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19th-century engineers

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Adolf LángDesigner · DesignAdolf Láng (15 June 1848 – 2 May 1913), was a Hungarian architect.
Adolf W. EdelsvärdDesigner · DesignAdolf Wilhelm Edelsvärd (28 June 1824 – 15 October 1919) was a Swedish architect, engineer and military officer.
Agustín GoovaertsDesigner · DesignAugustin André Alphonse Pierre Goovaerts (often Agustín Goovaerts, May 31, 1885 – August 15, 1939) was a Belgian architect and engineer.
Alexander Emanuel AgassizAuthor · BooksAlexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835March 27, 1910), was an American scientist and engineer. He was the son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz.
Alice Elizabeth AndersonDesigner · Modern designAlice Elizabeth Anderson (8 June 1897 – 17 September 1926) was an Australian businesswoman, garage proprietor, designer, industrial/product designer, and mechanic.
André BlocArtist · SculptureAndré Bloc (Algiers, May 23, 1896 – New Delhi, November 8, 1966) was a French sculptor, magazine editor, and founder of several specialist journals. He founded the "Groupe Espace" in 1949.
Anne Crawford AchesonArtist · SculptureAnne Crawford Acheson (5 August 1882 – 13 March 1962) was a British-Irish sculptor. She and Elinor Hallé invented plaster casts for soldier's broken limbs.
Anthonie Rouwenhorst MulderDesigner · DesignAnthonie Thomas Lubertus Rouwenhorst Mulder (28 April 1848 – 6 March 1901) was a Dutch engineer and foreign advisor specializing in hydraulic engineering during the Meiji period in the…
Arnold BürkliDesigner · DesignIllustration — Arnold Bürkli, circa 1870
Arthur CallenderDesigner · DesignArthur Robert Callender (13 December 1875 – 12 December 1936), nicknamed Pecky, was an English engineer and archaeologist, best known for his role as assistant to Howard Carter during the…
Arturo CaprottiDesigner · DesignArturo Caprotti (22 March 1881 – 9 February 1938) was an Italian engineer and architect.
Auguste ChoisyAuthor · BooksIllustration — Portrait of Auguste Choisy
Auguste LumièrePhotographer · PhotographyAuguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) was a French engineer, industrialist, biologist, and illusionist.
Béla GersterDesigner · Design
Benjamin Hall, 1st Baron LlanoverDesigner · DesignBenjamin Hall, Baron Llanover (8 November 1802 – 27 April 1867) was a Whig / Liberal politician and social, church, health and local government reformer who served in the House of Commons…
Benno SchotzArtist · SculptureBenno Schotz (28 August 1891 – 11 October 1984) was an Estonian-born Scottish sculptor, and one of Scotland's leading artists during the twentieth century.
C. D. HoweArtist · PaintingsClarence Decatur Howe (15 January 1886 – 31 December 1960) was an American-born Canadian engineer, businessman and Liberal Party politician.
Carl Ritter von GhegaDesigner · DesignKarl Ritter von Ghega or Karl von Ghega (Karlo Gega) (10 January 1802 – 14 March 1860) was an Austrian-Albanian nobleman and the designer of the Semmering Railway from Gloggnitz to…
Carl ZeissPhotographer · PhotographyCarl Zeiss (German: [kaʁl ˈtsaɪs]; 11 September 1816 – 3 December 1888) was a German scientific instrument maker, optician and businessman.
Carlo CeppiDesigner · DesignCount Carlo Ceppi (11 October 1829 – 19 November 1921) was an Italian engineer and architect, active mainly in Piedmont.
Carlo Emilio GaddaAuthor · BooksCarlo Emilio Gadda (ˈkarlo eˈmiːljo ˈɡadda; 14 November 1893 – 21 May 1973) was an Italian writer and poet.
Cesare GambaDesigner · DesignCesare Gamba (1851 – 1927) was an Italian engineer, urban planner, and entrepreneur.
Charles William WilsonAuthor · Maps and atlases
Christian HedemannPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Christian Hedemann
Conde Balcom McCulloughDesigner · DesignConde Balcom McCullough (May 30, 1887 – May 6, 1946) was an American civil engineer who is primarily known for designing many of Oregon's coastal bridges on U.S. Route 101.
Corradino D'AscanioDesigner · Modern designCorradino D'Ascanio was an Italian military flight engineer, inventor, designer, university teacher, entrepreneur and design engineer (1891–1981).
Daniel McCallumDesigner · DesignDaniel Craig McCallum (January 21, 1815 – December 27, 1878) was a Scottish-born American railroad engineer, general manager of the New York and Erie Railroad and Union Brevet Major General…
Dankmar AdlerDesigner · DesignDankmar Adler (July 3, 1844 – April 16, 1900) was a German-born American architect and civil engineer.
Douglas ShearerPerson · Film memorabiliaDouglas Graham Shearer (November 17, 1899 – January 5, 1971) was a Canadian American pioneering sound designer and recording director who played a key role in the advancement of sound…
Edmund Frederick Du CaneDesigner · DesignIllustration — Du Cane Road in Shepherd's Bush, London is named after Sir Edmund Frederick Du Cane.
Edmund Heusinger von WaldeggAuthor · BooksEdmund Heusinger von Waldegg (12 May 1817 – 2 February 1886) was a German mechanical engineer and railway engineer.
Édouard EstauniéAuthor · BooksÉdouard Estaunié (4 February 1862 in Dijon – 2 April 1942 in Paris) was a French novelist.
Edwin CerioDesigner · DesignEdwin Cerio (28 June 1875 – 24 January 1960) was a prominent Italian writer, engineer, architect, historian, and botanist.
Emile BerlinerPerson · Music memorabiliaEmile Berliner (born Emil Berliner; May 20, 1851 – August 3, 1929) was a German-American inventor and businessman who invented the lateral-cut flat disc record, also known as a "gramophone…
Émile ReynaudPhotographer · PhotographyCharles-Émile Reynaud (8 December 1844 – 9 January 1918) was a French inventor, responsible for the praxinoscope (an animation device patented in 1877 that improved on the zoetrope) and was…
Engelbert ZaschkaAuthor · BooksEngelbert Zaschka (1 September 1895 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany – 26 June 1955 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany) was a German chief engineer, chief designer and inventor.
Euclides da CunhaAuthor · BooksEuclides da Cunha (January 20, 1866 – August 15, 1909) was a Brazilian journalist, sociologist and engineer.
Eugène BourdonArtist · WatchesEugène Bourdon (1808–1884) was a French watchmaker and engineer. He is the inventor of the Bourdon tube pressure gauge for which he obtained a patent in 1849.
Ferdinand de LessepsAuthor · BooksFerdinand Marie de Lesseps (lang; 19 November 1805 – 7 December 1894) was a French Orientalist diplomat and later developer of the Suez Canal, which in 1869, joined the Mediterranean and…
Fleeming JenkinAuthor · BooksHenry Charles Fleeming Jenkin FRS FRSE (25 March 1833 – 12 June 1885) was a British engineer, inventor, economist, linguist, actor and dramatist known as the inventor of the cable car or…
Francisco Pereira PassosDesigner · DesignFrancisco Pereira Passos (29 August 1836 – 12 March 1913) was a Brazilian civil engineer and politician.
Frank WilkesonAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Frank Wilkeson
Franz Josef PoppDesigner · Modern designFranz Josef Popp (14 January 1886 in Vienna – 29 July 1954 in Stuttgart) was one of three men responsible for the founding of BMW AG and the First General Director of BMW AG from 1922 to…
Frederick BanisterDesigner · DesignFrederick Dale Banister MICE (15 March 1823 – 22 December 1897), was an English civil engineer, best known for his 35 years as the Chief Engineer of the London, Brighton and South Coast…
Gaston TissandierAuthor · BooksIllustration — Gaston Tissandier; photograph by Alphonse Liébert
Georg SteenkeDesigner · DesignIllustration — Georg Steenke's monument at Elbląg Canal: „Dem Erbauer des Oberländischen Canals und der geneigten Ebenen, dem königl.
Georges SorelAuthor · BooksGeorges Eugène Sorel (lang; 2 November 1847 – 29 August 1922) was a French social thinker, political theorist, historian, and later journalist.
Gerald Lenox ConynghamAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gerald Lenox-Conyngham c.1920
Giuseppe MengoniDesigner · DesignGiuseppe Mengoni (23 November 1829 – 30 December 1877) was an Italian architect. He designed the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II in Milan, one of the largest and most impressive…
Gottlieb SchumacherAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — Gottlieb Schumacher
Gourgen YanikianAuthor · BooksGourgen Mkrtich Yanikian (December 24, 1895 – February 27, 1984) was an Armenian genocide survivor.
Gustaf EstlanderDesigner · DesignGustaf Axel Estlander (18 September 1876 – 1 December 1930) was a Finnish architect and one of the most successful Scandinavian yacht designers of the early 20th century.
Gustave EiffelDesigner · DesignAlexandre Gustave Eiffel (Bonickhausen dit Eiffel; 15 December 1832 – 27 December 1923) was a French civil engineer.
Gustave LyonDesigner · DesignGustave Lyon (19 November 1857 – 12 January 1936) was a French piano maker, acoustician and inventor. He was head of Pleyel et Cie from 1887.
Han Tiauw TjongPhotographer · PhotographyHan Tiauw Tjong Sia (1894–1940), known as Dr. Han Tiauw Tjong, was a prominent colonial Indonesian politician, engineer, community leader and a member of the influential Han family of Lasem.
Heinrich SeidelAuthor · BooksHeinrich Friedrich Wilhelm Seidel (25 June 1842, Perlin, Mecklenburg-Schwerin – 7 November 1906, Berlin) was a German engineer, poet and writer.
Henri PoincaréAuthor · BooksJules Henri Poincaré (29 April 185417 July 1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science.
Henri RouartArtist · PaintingsStanislas-Henri Rouart (2 October 1833, Paris – 2 January 1912, Paris) was a French engineer, industrialist, art collector and painter.
Henri Victor RegnaultPhotographer · PhotographyHenri Victor Regnault ForMemRS (ɑ̃ʁi viktɔʁ ʁəɲo; 21 July 1810 – 19 January 1878) was a French chemist and physicist best known for his careful measurements of the thermal properties of…
Henry JamesAuthor · Maps and atlasesDirector of the Topographical and Statistical Department of the War Office, 1857–70
Henry MitchellAuthor · Maps and atlases
Herbert HooverAuthor · BooksHerbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874October 20, 1964) was the 31st president of the United States, serving from 1929 to 1933.
Herbert MacaulayDesigner · DesignOlayinka Herbert Samuel Heelas Badmus Macaulay (14 November 1864 – 7 May 1946) was a Nigerian nationalist, politician, surveyor, engineer, architect, journalist, and musician.
Hovhannes KatchaznouniDesigner · DesignHovhannes Kajaznuni or Katchaznouni (14 February 1868 – 15 January 1938) was an Armenian architect and politician who served as the first prime minister of the First Republic of Armenia…
Hugo BorchardtDesigner · Modern designHugo Borchardt (June 6, 1844 – May 8, 1924) was a German firearms inventor and engineer, born in Magdeburg, Kingdom of Prussia.
Isaac RobertsPhotographer · PhotographyIsaac Roberts (27 January 1829 – 17 July 1904) was a Welsh engineer and businessman best known for his work as an amateur astronomer, pioneering the field of astrophotography of nebulae.
Isambard Kingdom BrunelDesigner · DesignIsambard Kingdom Brunel (9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was an English civil and marine engineer considered "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution", "perhaps the most…
Jacob EllehammerArtist · WatchesJacob Ellehammer was born on 14 June 1871. Ellehammer died on 20 May 1946.
James Buchanan EadsAuthor · BooksJames Buchanan Eads (May 23, 1820 – March 8, 1887) was an American civil engineer and inventor. He held more than 50 patents and was known internationally.
James NasmythPhotographer · PhotographyJames Hall Nasmyth (sometimes spelled Naesmyth, Nasmith, or Nesmyth; 19 August 1808 – 7 May 1890) was a Scottish engineer, philosopher, artist and inventor famous for his development of the…
James NewlandsDesigner · DesignJames Newlands (28 July 1813 – 15 July 1871) was a Scottish civil engineer who worked in Liverpool as the first Borough Engineer appointed in the United Kingdom.
Johan Adrianus Gerard van der SteurDesigner · Modern designJohan Adrianus Gerard (J.A.G.) van der Steur (30 October 1865 – 7 February 1945) was a Dutch architect and professor at the Delft Technical University, of which he was rector magnificus in…
Johannes OtzenDesigner · DesignJohannes Otzen was an architect, university teacher, counsel and engineer (1839–1911). He was born in Thumby and died in Berlin.
John Augustus RoeblingDesigner · DesignJohn Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer.
John C. FrémontAuthor · BooksMajor-General John Charles Frémont (January 21, 1813July 13, 1890) was a United States Army officer, explorer, and politician.
John G. BennettAuthor · BooksJohn Godolphin Bennett (8 June 1897 – 13 December 1974) was a British academic and writer. He is best known for his books on psychology and spirituality, particularly on the teachings of G.
John George HowardDesigner · DesignJohn Howard (disambiguation)
John Turtle WoodDesigner · DesignJohn Turtle Wood (13 February 1821 – 25 March 1890) was an English architect, engineer and archaeologist.
José EchegarayAuthor · BooksJosé Echegaray y Eizaguirre (19 April 183214 September 1916) was a Spanish civil engineer, mathematician, politician, and one of the leading dramatists of the last quarter of the 19th…
José Ortiz-EchagüePhotographer · PhotographyJosé Ortiz-Echagüe (2 August 1886 in Guadalajara – 7 September 1980 in Madrid) was a Spanish entrepreneur, industrial and military engineer, pilot and photographer, founder of…
Josef SchnitterDesigner · DesignIllustration — Josef Schnitter in 1900
Joseph WhitworthDesigner · Modern designSir Joseph Whitworth, 1st Baronet (21 December 1803 – 22 January 1887) was an English engineer, entrepreneur, inventor and philanthropist.
Jules CarvalloDesigner · DesignJules Carvallo (1820 in Talence, Gironde – 1916) was a French engineer.
Jules GarnierAuthor · BooksJacque Jules Garnier (25 November 1839 in Saint-Étienne – 8 March 1904 in Gorbio) was a French engineer and industrialist.
Kolë IdromenoPhotographer · PhotographyNikoll Idromeno (Greek: Νικόλαος Ιδρωμένος; Albanian pronunciation: [ˌniˈkɔɫa kɔl ˈidɾɔˌmɛnɔ];
Kurt AtterbergPerson · Music memorabiliaKurt Magnus Atterberg (Swedish: [²atːɛrbærj], 12 December 1887 – 15 February 1974) was a Swedish composer and civil engineer.
Louis FavreDesigner · DesignLouis Favre (26 January 1826 – 19 July 1879) was a Swiss businessman and self-taught engineer who is primarily notable for the construction of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel between 1872 and his…
Louis LumièrePerson · Film memorabiliaLouis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948) was a French engineer and industrialist who played a key role in the development of photography and cinema.
Louis RéardDesigner · FashionLouis Réard (10 October 1896 – 16 September 1984) was a French automobile engineer and fashion designer who introduced the modern two-piece bikini in July 1946.
Lucien FabreAuthor · BooksLucien Fabre (14 February 1889 – 26 November 1952) was a French novelist, essayist, and poet.
Mammad Hasan HajinskiDesigner · DesignMammad Hasan Jafargulu oglu Hajinski (Məmməd Həsən Cəfərqulu oğlu Hacınski; March 3, 1875 – February 9, 1931) was an Azerbaijani architect and statesman.
Manuel V. DomenechDesigner · DesignManuel V. Domenech Ferrer (23 March 1869 – 15 March 1942) was a Puerto Rican politician and engineer.
Mariano FortunyArtist · SculptureMariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Marià Fortuny i de Madrazo; 11 May 1871 – 3 May 1949) was a Spanish polymath, artist, inventor, and fashion designer who opened his couture house in 1906 and…
Mariano PanebiancoDesigner · DesignIllustration — Mariano Panebianco
Mary BrushDesigner · Modern designMary Taylor Brush (January 11, 1866 – July 29, 1949) was an American aviator, artist, plane designer, and camouflage pioneer.
Max ValierAuthor · BooksMax Valier (9 February 1895 – 17 May 1930) was an Austrian rocketry pioneer. He was a leading figure in the world's first large-scale rocket program, Opel-RAK, and helped found the German…
Milutin MilankovićAuthor · BooksMilutin Milanković (sometimes anglicised as Milutin Milankovitch; Милутин Миланковић, pron;
Miron MerzhanovDesigner · DesignMiron Ivanovich Merzhanov, born Meran Merzhanyantz (September 23, 1895 – December 1975), was a Soviet architect of Armenian descent, notable for being the de facto personal architect of…
Montgomery C. MeigsDesigner · DesignNational Academy of Sciences, member, builder of Arlington National Cemetery
Nils StrindbergPhotographer · PhotographyNils Strindberg (4 September 1872 – October 1897) was a Swedish photographer and scientist.
Oskar BarnackPhotographer · PhotographyOskar Barnack (Nuthe-Urstromtal, Brandenburg, 1 November 1879 – Bad Nauheim, Hesse, 16 January 1936) was a German inventor and photographer who built, in 1913, what would later become the…
Othmar Hermann AmmannDesigner · DesignOthmar Hermann Ammann (March 26, 1879 – September 22, 1965) was a Swiss-American civil engineer whose bridge designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge, and…
Otto LilienthalPerson · Film memorabiliaKarl Wilhelm Otto Lilienthal (23 May 1848 – 10 August 1896) was a German pioneer of aviation who became known as the "flying man".
Ottomar AnschützPhotographer · PhotographyOttomar Anschütz (16 May 1846 – 30 May 1907) was a German inventor, photographer, and chronophotographer.
Ove ArupDesigner · DesignSir Ove Nyquist Arup (16 April 1895 – 5 February 1988) was a British engineer with Danish heritage who founded Arup, a multinational corporation offering engineering, design, planning,…
Pavel FlorenskyAuthor · BooksPavel Alexandrovich Florensky (also P. A. Florenskiĭ, Florenskii, Florenskij; Pavel Florenski;
Peder Vilhelm Jensen-KlintDesigner · Modern designPeder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint (21 June 1853 – 1 December 1930) was a Danish architect, designer, painter and architectural theorist, best known for designing Grundtvig's Church in Copenhagen,…
Pedro BenoitDesigner · DesignPedro Benoit (February 18, 1836 – April 4, 1897) was an Argentine architect, engineer, and urbanist best known for designing the layout of La Plata City.
Percy FawcettAuthor · BooksPercy Harrison Fawcett (18 August 1867 disappeared 29 May 1925) was a British geographer, artillery officer, cartographer/surveyor, archaeologist and explorer of South America.
Pier Luigi NerviDesigner · DesignPier Luigi Nervi (21 June 1891 – 9 January 1979) was an Italian engineer and architect. He studied at the University of Bologna graduating in 1913.
Pietro FenoglioDesigner · DesignPietro Fenoglio (Turin, 3 May 1865 – Corio, 22 August 1927) was an Italian engineer and architect, then a bank manager, considered one of the most important pioneers of Art Nouveau in Italy.
Pinhas RutenbergAuthor · BooksPinhas Rutenberg (Pyotr Moiseyevich Rutenberg; 5 February 1879 – 3 January 1942) was a Russian-Jewish businessman, hydraulic engineer and political activist.
Pompeu FabraAuthor · BooksPompeu Fabra i Poch (20 February 1868 – 25 December 1948) was a Catalan engineer, linguist, and grammarian.
R. J. MitchellDesigner · Modern designReginald Joseph Mitchell (20 May 1895 – 11 June 1937) was a British aircraft designer who worked for the Southampton aviation company Supermarine from 1916 until 1936.
Ralph PeerPerson · Music memorabiliaRalph Sylvester Peer (May 22, 1892 – January 19, 1960) was an American talent scout, recording engineer, record producer and music publisher in the 1920s and 1930s.
Raymond MaysAuthor · BooksIllustration — Mays racing a plane at Skegness Sands, 1923
Richard Hugh StotherdAuthor · Maps and atlasesRichard Hugh Stotherd (1828–1895) was a British Army officer, a major-general in the Royal Engineers and the director-general of the Ordnance Survey of the United Kingdom,
Robert MosesDesigner · DesignRobert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid-20th century.
Robert W. PaulPerson · Film memorabiliaRobert William Paul (3 October 1869 – 28 March 1943) was an English pioneer of film and scientific instrument maker.
Rudolf von SebottendorfAuthor · BooksAdam Alfred Rudolf Glauer also known as Rudolf Freiherr von Sebottendorff (or Sebottendorf;

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