Famous Engineers

This list currently contains 114 personalities among which there are for example, Léonard de Vinci, Gustave Eiffel, Nikola Tesla, Auguste Lumière, Haroun Tazieff, René Lacoste, Marcel Dassault, Louis Lumière, Elon Musk, Buzz Aldrin, André Citroën, Patrick Le Lay, Mac Lesggy, Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Pesquet, ...

Died 100 years ago in 2025

† at 84 years

1841 • 1925

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

† at 49 years

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

1841 • 1890

† at ~75 years

~-287 • ~-212

† at 97 years

1914 • 2012

John B. Goodenough

† at 100 years

John B. Goodenough

1922 • 2023

Video game designers

† at 57 years

1845 • 1903

† at 79 years

1929 • 2009

Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee

† at 89 years

1910 • 1999

† at 64 years

1872 • 1936

Weather forecasters

Mikhaïl Botvinnik

Died 30 years ago in 2025

† at 83 years

Mikhaïl Botvinnik

1911 • 1995

Vitalik Buterin

Vitalik Buterin

Santiago Calatrava Valls

Santiago Calatrava Valls

King Camp Gillette

† at 77 years

King Camp Gillette

1855 • 1932

Peter Carl Goldmark

† at 71 years

Peter Carl Goldmark

1906 • 1977

† at 56 years

1837 • 1894

Alexander Cartwright

† at 72 years

Alexander Cartwright

1820 • 1892

† at 54 years

1928 • 1982

Pierre Charles L'Enfant

Died 200 years ago in 2025

† at 70 years

Pierre Charles L'Enfant

1754 • 1825

Walter Chrysler

Born 150 years ago in 2025

† at 65 years

Walter Chrysler

1875 • 1940

† at 57 years

André Citroën

1878 • 1935

High-tech entrepreneurs

Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis

† at 51 years

Gaspard-Gustave Coriolis

1792 • 1843

Gottlieb Daimler

† at 65 years

Gottlieb Daimler

1834 • 1900

† at 78 years

1889 • 1967

Marcel Dassault

† at 94 years

Marcel Dassault

1892 • 1986

Léonard de Vinci

† at 67 years

Léonard de Vinci

1452 • 1519

† at 55 years

1858 • 1913

† at 80 years

1933 • 2013

† at 91 years

1832 • 1923

Robert Elliot Kahn

Robert Elliot Kahn

Douglas Engelbart

Born 100 years ago in 2025

† at 88 years

Douglas Engelbart

1925 • 2013

† at 78 years

1900 • 1979

Alexander Graham Bell

† at 75 years

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 • 1922

† at 74 years

1826 • 1901

† at 79 years

1936 • 2016

† at 85 years

1656 • 1742

† at 62 years

1880 • 1943

† at 36 years

1857 • 1894

William Hewlett

Died 25 years ago in 2026

† at 87 years

William Hewlett

1913 • 2001

† at 84 years

1906 • 1991

Akihiko Hoshide

Akihiko Hoshide

† at 89 years

1908 • 1997

High-tech entrepreneurs

Died 10 years ago in 2025

† at 55 years

1959 • 2015

Video game designers

Albert Jacquard

Born 100 years ago in 2025

† at 87 years

Albert Jacquard

1925 • 2013

Henry John Kaiser

† at 85 years

Henry John Kaiser

1882 • 1967

Mikhaïl Kalachnikov

† at 94 years

Mikhaïl Kalachnikov

1919 • 2013

William Kamkwamba

William Kamkwamba

Died 20 years ago in 2025

† at 81 years

1923 • 2005

Sergueï Korolev

† at 59 years

Sergueï Korolev

1907 • 1966

† at 92 years

1904 • 1996

Loïk Le Floch-Prigent

Loïk Le Floch-Prigent

† at 77 years

1942 • 2020

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

† at 73 years

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

1633 • 1707

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

† at 65 years

Jean Le Rond d'Alembert

1717 • 1783

† at 78 years

1871 • 1950

John Logie Baird

† at 57 years

John Logie Baird

1888 • 1946

† at 83 years

1864 • 1948

Auguste Lumière

† at 91 years

Auguste Lumière

1862 • 1954

Died 10 years ago in 2025

† at 63 years

1952 • 2015

Alfieri Maserati

† at 44 years

Alfieri Maserati

1887 • 1932

† at 75 years

1945 • 2021

† at 78 years

André Michelin

1853 • 1931

Died 20 years ago in 2025

† at 71 years

1934 • 2005

† at 78 years

1921 • 1999

High-tech entrepreneurs

Nicéphore Niépce

† at 68 years

Nicéphore Niépce

1765 • 1833

† at 83 years

1912 • 1996

High-tech entrepreneurs

Alekseï Pajitnov

Alekseï Pajitnov

Video game designers

† at 58 years

Henri Poincaré

1854 • 1912