List of mechanical engineers
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This is a list of mechanical engineers, notable people who were trained in or practiced mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, etc. This is not a list of engineers practicing that profession.
See also List of engineers for links to other engineering professions.
Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
[edit] B
- Joseph Cyril Bamford - Founder of the JCB company, manufacturing heavy plant, and especially backhoes
[edit] C
- Andrew Conru[1] Founder of Adult FriendFinder , an entrepreneur with a doctorate in mechanical engineering design
- André Citroën - Automobile
[edit] D
- Rudolf Diesel - inventor of the Diesel engine
- Keith Duckworth - designer of the Cosworth DFV
[edit] E
- John Ericsson - Inventor of Ship Propeller[1]
[edit] F
- Henry Ford - automobiles
- Yuan-Cheng Fung - Biomechanics
[edit] G
- Emile Gagnan - underwater apparatus
- Henry Laurence Gantt - Gantt chart
- John Josiah Guest - iron production
[edit] H
- Beulah Louise Henry - nicknamed lady Edison
- Hero of Alexandria - ancient
- Alfred Hitchcock - filmmaker
- August Horch - automobiles
[edit] I
[edit] K
- Alan Kulwicki - 1992 NASCAR Champion
- Çağla Kubat - Turkish actress / model
- Anil Kumble - Indian cricketer
[edit] L
- Frederick Lanchester - automobiles and aviation
- Leonardo Da Vinci
[edit] M
- Ma Jun - 3rd century China, invented the South Pointing Chariot, mechanical puppet theaters, chain pumps, improved silk looms, etc.
- Elijah McCoy
- Andrew Meikle - threshing machine and windmill sails
- James Morgan - Applied Materials CEO
- Thomas Midgley, Jr. - He developed tetra-ethyl lead (TEL) and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)
[edit] N
- Bill Nye - (The Science Guy)
- Nikola Tesla
[edit] P
- Charles Algernon Parsons - steam turbine inventor
- Ferdinand Porsche - automobile
[edit] R
- William John Macquorn Rankine - Steam engine, fatigue
- Richard Roberts - machine tool and machinery maker.
- Alfred H. Rzeppa - constant-velocity joint
- Osbourne Reynolds
[edit] S
- Igor Sikorsky - Inventor of the single-rotor Helicopter
- George Stephenson - Railway Engineer and Founder of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- Robert Stephenson - Railway Engineer
- Su Song - 11th century China, first to use an escapement mechanism (see Yi Xing below) and chain drive to operate his astronomical clock tower
- John H. Sununu - Presidential Chief of Staff
- Dr. Victor Szebehely- Aerospace Engineering & Celestial Mechanics
[edit] T
- Dr. Andy Thomas - Australian Astronaut
- Nikola Tesla - Serbian Physician, Mathematist, Engineer
[edit] U
[edit] V
- Boris Vian - writer
[edit] W
- James Watt - Scottish inventor of the Watt steam engine that fundamentally changed the Industrial Revolution and considered by many in the discipline as the father of mechanical engineering.
- Samuel T. Wellman - various inventions used in the steel industry
- Eli Whitney - cotton gin, interchangeable parts
- Joseph Whitworth - mechanical
- Ludwig Wittgenstein - aerospace engineer turned philosopher
- Nathaniel C. Wyeth - inventor, chemical engineer
[edit] X
[edit] Y
Yi Xing - 8th century China, first to use an escapement mechanism in operating a water-powered armillary sphere
[edit] Z
Zhang Heng - 1st century-2nd century China, invented the first hydraulic-powered armillary sphere, and the first seismometer device to detect the direction of earthquakes