Heinrich Nordhoff
German engineer born in 1899. Led the Volkswagen company as it was rebuilt after WW II.
Henri Becquerel
French engineer, physicist, scientist, & Nobel laureate who discovered evidence of radioactivity.
Gustave Eiffel
French civil engineer best known for building the Eiffel Tower & helping to build the Statue of Liberty.
Robert Fulton
American engineer & inventor born in 1765. Developed world’s first commercially successful steamboat.
Jack Parsons
American rocket engineer, chemist, & Thelemite occultist born in 1914.
Louis Lumiere
French engineer & industrialist who played a key role in the development of photography & cinema.
Auguste Lumière
French engineer, industrialist, biologist, & illusionist born in 1862. Inventor of the cinematograph.
John Loudon McAdam
Scottish civil engineer & road builder born in 1756. He was the inventor of “macadamisation”.
Ivar Kreuger
Swedish civil engineer, financier, entrepreneur, industrialist, & alleged financial swindler born in 1880.
Karel Bossart
Belgian-American rocket engineer, designer, & creator of the Atlas ICBM born in 1904. Worked for the United States Air Force.