Sustainable transport pioneers

Elon Reeve Musk is a businessman and entrepreneur known for his leadership of Tesla, SpaceX, X, and xAI. Musk has been the wealthiest person in the world since 2025; as of April 2026, Forbes estimates his net worth to be US$809 billion.

German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816–1892)

German inventor of early form of bicycle and typewriter (1785-1851)

English entrepreneur and inventor (1940–2021)

German engineer and physicist (1801–1874)

British painter, landscape architect (1685-1748)

American businessman

Danish architect and urban designer

Humanist and bishop

Colombian politician

British businessman (1854-1901)

Scottish inventor of the bicycle (1812–1878)

British politician (born 1974)

horologist, inventor

Dutch engineer (1945–2008)

British inventor, built first electric locomotive (1804–1894)

Ukrainian engineer and inventor (1845-1898)

Bleichert, short for Adolf Bleichert & Co., was a German engineering firm founded in 1874 by Adolf Bleichert. The company dominated the aerial wire ropeway industry during the first half of the 20th century, and its portfolio included cranes, electric cars, elevators, and mining and ship-loading equipment. It ceased operations in 1993. thumb|Adolf Bleichert - Founder of the Bleichert Aerial Wire Ropeway System thumb|Postcard 1910 - Factory of Adolf Bleichert & Co. Leipzig-Gohlis thumb|Factory plan of Adolf Bleichert & Co. Leipzig-Gohlis

Danish urban designer and expert on urban mobility and bicycle friendliness

German inventor

British cycle designer (1920-2012)

American architect

engineer

New York City public official

Austrian civil engineer

Scottish cartwright (1834–1904)

Dutch politician (born 1935)

English electrical engineer and inventor

British philosopher (1966-)