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Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
Buzz Aldrin
Buzz Aldrin is an American former astronaut, aeronautical engineer, and fighter pilot. He was the second person to walk on the Moon after mission commander Neil Armstrong. He made three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, and was the Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo 11 mission. Following the deaths of Armstrong in 2012 and pilot Michael Collins in 2021, he is the last surviving Apollo 11 crew member. Following Jim Lovell's death in 2025, Aldrin became the oldest living astronaut.

Frederick Winslow Taylor
American mechanical engineer (1856–1915)
Gus Grissom
American astronaut (1926–1967)

Jack Swigert
NASA Astronaut, Pilot (1931-1982)

Bill Nye
American science educator, comedian, television host, actor, writer, scientist and mechanical engineer

Ralph H. Baer
German-born American inventor and engineer (1922–2014)

Willis Carrier
American inventor (1876–1950)

Aron Ralston
Mountain climber, autobiographer, motivational speaker
Elias Howe
American inventor (1819–1867)

Karen L. Nyberg
American astronaut

Henry Gantt
American engineer (1861-1919)
William Shepherd
American astronaut
Gwynne Shotwell
American business executive (born 1963)
Gerald Carr
American astronaut (1932–2020)
Alex Padilla
United States Senator from California since 2021
John Ericsson
Swedish-US engineer (1803-1889)
Mark Rober
American YouTuber, engineer and inventor
Dean Kamen
American businessman
Daniel M. Tani
American astronaut
Leo Frank
American factory superintendent and lynching victim (1884–1915)

Thomas Massie
Thomas Harold Massie is an American politician and engineer. A member of the Republican Party, Massie has been the United States representative for Kentucky's 4th congressional district since 2012. The district is dominated by the Kentucky side of the Cincinnati area and Louisville's eastern suburbs extending over much of northeastern Kentucky.
Avijit Roy
Bangladeshi-American engineer, blogger and activist (1972-2015)
Clifton Williams
American astronaut (1932–1967)
Stephen Timoshenko
Ukrainian & American engineer (1878–1972)
Ursula Burns
American businessperson
Steven R. Nagel
American astronaut (1946-2014)
Joseph R. Tanner
Welsh-American astronaut
Lester Allan Pelton
American mechanical engineer (1829–1908)

Kevin P. Chilton
United States general and astronaut
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
professional association
Jeffrey Ashby
American astronaut
Whitcomb L. Judson
inventor

Walter Hunt
American mechanic and inventor (1796–1859)
Martin “John” M. Atalla
electrical engineer and "Father of the PIN" (1924–2009)
No Kum-sok
North Korean Air Force officer (1932–2022)
Jacob Perkins
American scientist (1766-1849)
Seth Lloyd
American engineer
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
American mechanical engineer (1860–1930)
Wayne Moore
American swimmer
John S. Bull
U.S. Navy test pilot, engineer and astronaut (1934–2008)
Greg Barton
Olympic canoeist
William S. Harley
American businessman and co-founder of the Harley-Davidson Motor Company
Roger Boisjoly
American aerospace engineer (1938–2012)
Diane Greene
American computer scientist
Linus Yale
American mechanical engineer (1821–1868)
George Brayton
American mechanical engineer (1830–1892)
John Brashear
American astronomer and instrument builder (1840–1920)
George Herman Babcock
American inventor (1832–1893)
Yvonne Young Clark
mechanical engineer (1929-2019)
Robert Henry Thurston
American mechanical engineer (1839-1903)
Maxime Faget
Belizean American mechanical engineer (1921–2004)
J. Ernest Wilkins Jr.
American nuclear physicist
Daniel C. Drucker
American mechanical engineer (1918-2001)
Amos Whitney
American businessman (1832–1920)

Charles M. Vest
American mechanical engineer (1941-2013)
Carl Georg Barth
mathematician (1860-1939)
Alexander Lyman Holley
American engineer (1832–1882)
Rajat Gupta
Indian-American businessman
Sadettin Saran
Turkish businessperson (born 1964)