engineers
109 notable engineers on file — 14 still here, 95 not.
still with us
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Elon Musk
aliveAmerican businessman
born 1971
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
alive6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran from 2005 to 2013
born 1956
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Tim Cook
aliveAmerican business executive, former Apple executive chairman
born 1960
Sunita Williams
aliveAmerican astronaut and USN officer
born 1965
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Bernard Arnault
aliveFrench entrepreneur
born 1949
Christina Koch
aliveAmerican astronaut
born 1979
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Demis Hassabis
aliveBritish artificial intelligence researcher
born 1976
Jensen Huang
aliveAmerican entrepreneur and businessman; co-founder and CEO of Nvidia
born 1963
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Muhammad al-Bashir
aliveSyrian engineer and former prime minister of Syria
born 1983
John Ternus
aliveCEO of Apple
born 1975
Alex Padilla
aliveUnited States Senator from California since 2021
born 1973
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Sonam Wangchuk
aliveIndian engineer, innovator and education reformist
born 1966
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Steve Huffman
aliveAmerican businessman
born 1983
Jose M. Hernandez
aliveAmerican engineer and astronaut
born 1962
gone (30 of 95)
Leonardo da Vinci
deadItalian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
1452 – 1519
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
deadAmerican theoretical physicist
1904 – 1967
Ivar Giæver
deadNorwegian-American physicist
1929 – 2025
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Ion Iliescu
deadPresident of Romania (1990–1996; 2000–2004)
1930 – 2025
Mario Molina
deadMexican chemical engineer
1943 – 2020
Hideki Shirakawa
deadJapanese scientist
1936 – 2026
Zhu Rongji
dead5th Premier of the People's Republic of China from 1998 to 2003
1928 – 2026
Niklaus Wirth
deadSwiss computer scientist
1934 – 2024
Bill Anders
deadAmerican astronaut and lunar explorer
1933 – 2024
Ratan Tata
deadIndian industrialist
1937 – 2024
Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi
deadengineer and politician
1972 – 2026
Tony Hoare
deadBritish computer scientist
1934 – 2026
Nikolai Ryzhkov
deadSoviet-Russian politician
1929 – 2024
John McAfee
deadBritish-American programmer and businessman
1945 – 2021
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Vladimir Aksyonov
deadSoviet cosmonaut
1935 – 2024
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Ali Shamkhani
deadIranian naval officer and politician
1955 – 2026
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Marc Garneau
deadCanadian astronaut and politician
1949 – 2025
Marcello Gandini
deadItalian automotive designer
1938 – 2024
Richard H. Truly
deadAmerican astronaut and NASA administrator
1937 – 2024
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Richard E. Stearns
deadAmerican computer scientist
1936 – 2026
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E. Allen Emerson
deadAmerican computer scientist
1954 – 2024
Mahammed Dionne
deadSenegalese prime minister
1959 – 2024
Hermano da Silva Ramos
deadracecar driver
1925 – 2026
Alberto Colombo
deadItalian racecar driver
1946 – 2024
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Cleve Moler
deadAmerican mathematician specializing in numerical analysis (1939 - 2026)
1939 – 2026
Peter Hirsch
deadBritish metallurgist
1925 – 2025
Kitty O'Neil
deadAmerican racing driver and stuntwoman
1946 – 2018
Marie Bashir
deadAustralian governor, educator and psychiatrist
1930 – 2026
David McKinley
deadAmerican politician
1947 – 2026
Kaqusha Jashari
deadPrime Minister of Kosovo
1946 – 2025