List of mechanical engineers

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This is a list of mechanical engineers, noted for their contribution to the field of mechanical engineering.

See also List of engineers for links to other engineering professions.

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  • Ahmed Zulfikar (1952–2010) – Entrepreneur and businessman
  • Al-Jazari (1136–1206) – polymath, numerous mechanical innovations
  • Al-Zarqali (1029–1087) – instrument maker, astrologer, and leading astronomers
  • Archimedes (c. 287–212 BC) – polymath, inventor of the screw pump
  • Richard Arkwright (1733–1792) – credited with inventing the spinning frame but most notable for contributions to the modern factory system
  • William George Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810–1900) – hydraulic power pioneer, founder of Armstrong Whitworth

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  • Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) – polymath
  • Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913) – inventor of the diesel engine
  • Bryan Donkin (1768–1855) – associated with paper making and printing machinery, tinned food, beam engines, gas valves and the Babbage difference engine; employed on civil engineering projects such as the Thames Tunnel, Chatham Docks and Caledonian Canal; member of Royal Society of Arts, Institution of Civil Engineers, and the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers; founder member of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Cornelius Drebbel (1572–1633) – inventor of the first navigable submarine
  • Keith Duckworth (1933–2005) – designer of the Cosworth DFV

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  • Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931) – inventor, entrepreneur
  • Chaim Elata (born 1929) – Israeli professor of mechanical engineering, President of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and Chairman of the Israel Public Utility Authority for Electricity
  • John Ericsson (1803–1889) – steam engine design, propeller design, iron clad warships (USS Monitor)
  • Oliver Evans (1755–1819) – steam power pioneer and inventor, best known for his "Oruktor Amphibolos"

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  • William Fairbairn (1789–1874) – steam power pioneer, developer of early high-pressure boiler (Lancashire boiler)
  • Harry Ferguson (1884–1960) – agricultural equipment engineer, founder of Ferguson Company (later Massey Ferguson)
  • Giovanni Fontana (c. 1395 – c. 1455) – fifteenth-century Venetian engineer
  • Henry Ford (1863–1947) – automotive engineer and industrialist, founder of Ford Motor Company
  • Benoît Fourneyron (1802–1867) – pioneered early practical water turbine
  • Robert Fulton (1765–1815) – credited with the development of the first commercial steamboat
  • Yuan-Cheng Fung (1919–2019) – American bio-engineer, a founding figure of bioengineering, tissue engineering, and the "founder of modern biomechanics"

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  • Emile Gagnan (1900–1979) – co-inventor (with Cousteau) of the diving regulator used in SCUBA equipment
  • Henry Laurence Gantt (1861–1919) – inventor of the Gantt chart
  • Blasco de Garay (1500–1552) – early steam power pioneer and developer of paddle wheels as a substitute for oars
  • Herbert William Garratt (1864–1913) – inventor of the Garratt system of articulated locomotives
  • Daniel Gooch (1816–1889) – first chief mechanical engineer of the Great Western Railway
  • John Viret Gooch (1812–1900) – locomotive superintendent of the London and South Western Railway
  • J.E. Gordon (1913–1998) – engineering author and developer of composite materials
  • George B. Grant (1849–1917) – worked on improved calculators and gear industry pioneer
  • Nigel Gresley (1876–1941) – steam locomotive engineer, developed Gresley conjugated valve gear
  • Ravi Grover (born 1949) – Indian nuclear scientist and mechanical engineer; widely given credit for building India's nuclear bomb
  • John Josiah Guest (1785–1852) – manager of the Dowlais Ironworks, Wales
  • Goldsworthy Gurney (1793–1875) – inventor and steam power pioneer, known for his Gurney Steam Carriage

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  • Alec Issigonis (1906–1988) – automotive engineer associated with the development of the Mini

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  • Frederick Lanchester (1868–1946) – polymath with contributions in automotive and aviation engineering, co-founder of Lanchester Motor Company
  • Gustaf de Laval (1845–1913) – developer of the De Laval nozzle, contributions in steam and dairy engineering, founder of Alfa Laval
  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) – polymath who invented, among other things, the Leibniz wheel

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  • Nicolaus Otto (1832–1891) – developer of the first commercially viable four-stroke engine

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  • Denis Papin (1647–1712) – inventor of the steam digester, forerunner of the steam engine
  • Charles Algernon Parsons (1854–1931) – steam and power engineer, inventor of compound steam turbine
  • Ferdinand Porsche (1875–1951) – automotive engineer, best known for creating the Volkswagen Beetle

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  • Taqi al-Din (1526–1585) – polymath, numerous mechanical innovations
  • Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) – Serbian electrical and mechanical engineer contributing to the development of AC motors and power delivery
  • Torine Torines (1876–1944) – pioneer Swedish sewing machine mechanic engineer
  • John Tregoning (1840s–1920s) – American mechanical engineer, who wrote the first books on factory management
  • Richard Trevithick (1771–1833) – steam power pioneer, designer of early high-pressure boiler (Cornish boiler) and "Puffing Devil" locomotive

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  • Jacques de Vaucanson (1709–1782) – credited with creating early robots (automata) as well as the automated loom
  • Richard Velazquez – automotive designer for Honda R&D Americas, Inc. and Porsche AG
  • Sir M Vishweswarayya (1861–1962) – chief designer, flood protection systems, Hyderabad; chief engineer, Krishna Raja Sagara dam, Mandya
  • Wernher Von Braun (1912–1977) – mechanical engineer, space architect credited with inventing the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany and the Saturn V for the United States

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