Encyclopedia subject

20th-century engineers

184 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Page 2 of 2

Nick WirthDesigner · Modern designNicholas John Peter Wirth (born 26 March 1966) is an automotive engineer and the founder and owner of Wirth Research.
Nigel GodrichPerson · Music memorabiliaNigel Timothy Godrich (born 28 February 1971) is an English record producer, recording engineer and musician.
Nikolai NikitinDesigner · DesignNikolai Vasilyevich Nikitin (15 December 1907 – 3 March 1973) was a Soviet architect, structural designer and construction engineer, best known for his monumental structures.
Norman PettyPerson · Music memorabiliaNorman Petty (May 25, 1927 – August 15, 1984) was an American musician, record producer, publisher, and radio station owner.
Norman SmithPerson · Music memorabiliaNorman Smith (22 February 1923 – 3 March 2008) was an English musician, record producer and engineer.
Nuccio BertoneDesigner · Modern designGiuseppe Bertone, also called "Nuccio", (4 July 1914, in Turin – 26 February 1997, in Turin) was an automobile designer and constructor.
Nzambi MateeDesigner · Modern designNzambi Matee (born September 19, 1992) is a Kenyan mechanical engineer, environmentalist, hardware designer, inventor, and entrepreneur.
O.S.T.R.Person · Music memorabiliaAdam Andrzej Ostrowski (born 15 May 1980 in Łódź, Poland), better known as O.S.T.R, is a Polish rapper, musician, audio engineer and record producer, famous for his freestyle rap skills,…
Oğuz AtayAuthor · BooksOğuz Atay (12 October 1934 – 13 December 1977) was a Turkish novelist and engineer. His first novel, Tutunamayanlar ('The Disconnected'), appeared in 1971–72.
Olivier MourgueDesigner · Modern designOlivier Mourgue (born 1939) is a French industrial designer best known as the designer of the futuristic Djinn chairs used in the film 2001: A Space Odyssey.
Paolo NespoliPhotographer · PhotographyMajor Paolo Angelo Nespoli (born 6 April 1957) is an Italian astronaut and engineer of the European Space Agency (ESA).
Pat KirtleyPerson · Music memorabiliaPat Kirtley (born 1952) is an American fingerstyle guitarist, composer and guitar educator.
Patrick HeadDesigner · Modern designSir Patrick Michael Head (born 5 June 1946) is a British motorsport executive who is the co-founder and former Engineering Director of the Williams Formula One team.
Paul AndreuDesigner · DesignPaul Andreu (10 July 1938 – 11 October 2018) was a French architect, known for his designs of multiple airports such as Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, and multiple prestigious projects…
Pelle PettersonDesigner · DesignPelle Helmer Petterson (born 31 July 1932) is a Swedish sailor and yacht designer.
Peter ProdromouDesigner · Modern designPeter Prodromou (Greek: Πέτρος Προδρόμου; born 14 January 1969) is a Greek-Cypriot aerodynamicist and engineer currently serving as the Technical Director for Aerodynamics for McLaren…
Peter SchreyerDesigner · Modern designPeter Schreyer (born 1953) is a German automobile designer widely known for his design contributions to the Audi TT.
Peter SengeAuthor · BooksPeter Michael Senge (born 1947) is an American systems scientist who is a senior lecturer at the MIT Sloan School of Management, co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute, and…
Petr HruškaAuthor · BooksIllustration — Petr Hruška in 2017
Phil RamonePerson · Music memorabiliaPhilip Rabinowitz (January 5, 1934 March 30, 2013), better known as Phil Ramone, was a South African-born American recording engineer, record producer, violinist and composer, and…
Philippe CharbonneauxDesigner · Modern designIllustration — Philippe Charbonneaux with a Renault 8
Pierre ClostermannAuthor · BooksPierre-Henri Clostermann (28 February 1921 – 22 March 2006) was a World War II French ace fighter pilot.
Pierre EstèvePerson · Music memorabiliaPierre Estève (born February 11, 1961, in Cahors, France, is an electric singer-songwriter and composer with a wide range of styles, a musician, a contemporary artist acclaimed for his…
Raed JarrarDesigner · DesignRaed Jarrar is a Palestinian Arab-American architect, blogger, and political advocate based in the U.S. Capital Washington, DC.
Raglan SquireDesigner · DesignRaglan Squire (30 January 1912 – 18 May 2004) was a British architect known for his building designs in London and many parts of the world.
Ralph H. BaerDesigner · Modern designRalph Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-born American inventor, game developer, and engineer.
Randall MunroeArtist · Comics and comic artRandall Patrick Munroe (born October 17, 1984)[1][2] is an American cartoonist, author, and engineer best known as the creator of the webcomic xkcd.
Raymond LeonardAuthor · BooksRaymond Leonard (born 1941) is Emeritus Professor of Industrial Technology at Manchester University, known for both his scientific and literary work.
Raymond ScottPerson · Music memorabiliaRay Scott (disambiguation)Ray Scott
Reinhold MackPerson · Music memorabiliaReinhold Mack (born 25 August 1949), sometimes credited mononymously as Mack, is a German record producer and engineer.
Richard James BurgessPerson · Music memorabiliaRichard James Burgess (born 29 June 1949) is an English musician, singer, songwriter, record producer, composer, author, manager, marketer and inventor.
Richard Percival ListerAuthor · BooksRichard Percival Lister FRSL (23 November 1914 – 1 May 2014) was an English author, poet, artist and metallurgist.
Rima FakihPerson · Film memorabiliaRima Fakih Slaiby (Fakih; born September 22, 1985) is a Lebanese-born American former professional wrestler and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss USA 2010.
Rob CavalloPerson · Music memorabiliaRobert Siers Cavallo (born March 21, 1963) is an American record producer, musician, and record executive.
Robert CailliauAuthor · BooksRobert Cailliau (French pronunciation: [kajo]; born 26 January 1947) is a Belgian informatics engineer who proposed the first (pre-www) hypertext system for CERN in 1987 and collaborated…
Robert Cecil MartinAuthor · BooksRobert Cecil Martin (born 5 December 1952), colloquially called "Uncle Bob", is an American software engineer, instructor, and author.
Robert OpronDesigner · Modern designRobert Maurice Jean Opron (22 February 1932 – 29 March 2021) was a French automotive designer.
Robin HerdDesigner · Modern designRobert John "Robin" Herd (23 March 1939 – 4 June 2019) was an English engineer, designer and businessman.
Ross BrawnDesigner · Modern designFormula One team technical director/team principal (1991–2006, 2008–2013)
Rudolf KompfnerDesigner · DesignRudolf Kompfner (May 16, 1909 – December 3, 1977) was an Austrian-born inventor, physicist and architect, best known as the inventor of the traveling-wave tube (TWT).
Ruth A. WeissDesigner · Modern design
Ryan NorthArtist · Comics and comic artRyan North (born October 20, 1980) is a Canadian webcomic and comic book writer and computer programmer.
Saif al-Islam al-GaddafiDesigner · DesignSaif al-Islam Muammar al-Gaddafi (25 June 1972 – 3 February 2026) was a Libyan political figure.
Sándor TaricsDesigner · DesignSándor Tarics (23 September 1913 – 21 May 2016) was a Hungarian water polo player who won a gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Sarah AllenPerson · Film memorabilia
Sean MurrayPerson · Music memorabiliaHe was born in Santa Barbara.
Sergei KhrushchevAuthor · BooksSergei Nikitich Khrushchev (2 July 1935 – 18 June 2020) was a Soviet-born American engineer and the second son of the Cold War-era Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev with his wife Nina…
Sixten SasonDesigner · Modern designKarl-Erik Sixten Sason (born Sixten Andersson; 12 March 1912 – 1 April 1967) was a Swedish industrial designer, noted for his work in designing several generations of Saab automobiles.
Stan WinstonPerson · Film memorabiliaStanley Winston (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film special make-up effects artist, best known for his work on the Terminator franchise, the Jurassic Park…
Steve ChenDesigner · Modern design
Steve MannAuthor · BooksWilliam Stephen George Mann (born 8 June 1962) is a Canadian engineer, professor, and inventor who works in wearable computing, augmented reality, extended reality, and computational…
Steven WilsonPerson · Music memorabiliaSteven John Wilson (born 3 November 1967) is an English musician, composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Sunny SanwarArtist · PaintingsSahibzada Sanwar Azam Sunny (born 17 December 1989) is a Bangladeshi-born American artist, environmental activist, inventor and entrepreneur.
Terry DatePerson · Music memorabiliaTerry Date (born January 31, 1956) is an American record producer and audio engineer specializing in rock genres, especially heavy metal.
Tom DeMarcoAuthor · BooksTom DeMarco (born August 20, 1940) is an American software engineer, author, and consultant on software engineering topics. He was an early developer of structured analysis in the 1970s.
Tom DowdPerson · Music memorabiliaThomas Dowd (disambiguation)
Valentina PistoliDesigner · DesignValentina Pistoli (1928–1993) was the first Albanian woman architect. She was a member of the Communist Party in Albania, and was born in Korçë.
Viktor Arnar IngólfssonAuthor · BooksViktor Arnar Ingólfsson (born 12 April 1955, in Akureyri) is an Icelandic writer of crime fiction. He has a B.Sc.
W. Edwards DemingPerson · Music memorabiliaWilliam Edwards Deming (October 14, 1900 – December 20, 1993) was an American business theorist, composer, economist, industrial engineer, management consultant, statistician, and writer.
Watts S. HumphreyAuthor · BooksWatts S. Humphrey (July 4, 1927 – October 28, 2010) was an American pioneer in software engineering who was called the "father of software quality."
William Daniel HillisAuthor · BooksWilliam Daniel Hillis (born September 25, 1956) is an American inventor, entrepreneur, and computer scientist, who pioneered parallel computers and their use in artificial intelligence.
Wirth MunroeDesigner · DesignWirth Middleton Munroe (November 29, 1902 – October 21, 1968) was a North American yacht designer and son of Ralph Middleton Munroe.
Wolf Rüdiger HessDesigner · DesignWolf Rüdiger Hess (Heß in German script; 18 November 1937 – 24 October 2001) was a German architect, the only son of Rudolf Hess and Ilse Hess (née Pröhl).
Wolfgang EggerDesigner · Modern designWolfgang Josef Egger (born 13 February 1963) is a German car designer who formerly served as a head designer for the European luxury car brands Alfa Romeo, Audi and Lamborghini, and…

Related subjects

Engineers425
19th-century engineers123
American engineers87
French engineers62
18th-century engineers44
British engineers36
Italian engineers29
German engineers28
16th-century engineers23
Engineers from United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland22

All subjects Return to the Encyclopedia