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Vinton Cerf

Vinton Cerf is an American computer scientist and engineer who co-designed the TCP/IP protocols with Bob Kahn during the...

Internet Software USA Computer Science

9.8 Brilliant

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Theodore von Kármán

Theodore von Kármán was a prominent Hungarian-American engineer whose work fundamentally shaped the field of aerospace....

Hungarian Aerospace Jpl Aerodynamics

9.7 Brilliant

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Stephen Timoshenko

Stephen Timoshenko was a Ukrainian-American engineer whose work helped shape modern engineering mechanics. He contribute...

20TH Century Mechanical Ukraine Civil

9.7 Brilliant

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Henry Royce

Henry Royce was a prominent British engineer renowned for his contributions to automotive design and mechanical engineer...

Automotive Designer Historical Mechanical Engineer

9.4 Excellent

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Pierre Bézier

Pierre Bézier was a French engineer who worked for Renault and developed the mathematical curve that bears his name. Béz...

France 20TH Century Mechanical Cad Cam

9.4 Excellent

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Max Faget

Maxime Faget was an aerospace engineer born in British Honduras, now Belize, who became an American citizen and worked f...

American Aerospace Historical Nasa

9.3 Excellent

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A.N. Tupolev

Andrei Nikolayevich Tupolev was a Soviet aeronautical engineer and aircraft designer who founded the Tupolev design bure...

Russia Designer Aerospace 20TH Century

9.3 Excellent

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Andrei Tupolev

Andrei Tupolev was a prominent Soviet engineer instrumental in shaping twentieth-century aviation. He established the Tu...

Aircraft Aerospace Soviet Tupolev

9.1 Excellent

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Mikhail Mil

Mikhail Mil was a Soviet aircraft and helicopter designer who established the Mil design bureau in 1947, the organizatio...

Aerospace Historical Aviation Soviet

9.1 Excellent

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Sergei Ilyushin

Sergei Ilyushin was a Soviet aircraft designer and the founder of the Ilyushin design bureau. His work included the Il-2...

Russia Designer Aerospace 20TH Century

9.1 Excellent

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Octave Chanute

Octave Chanute was a French-American civil engineer and aviation researcher who became an important figure in the ninete...

Aerospace 19TH Century 20TH Century Aviation

9.0 Excellent

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Alexei Isayev

Alexei Mikhailovich Isayev was a Soviet rocket engineer who specialized in liquid-propellant propulsion. In 1944 he form...

Aerospace Historical Soviet Rocketry

8.9 Great

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Valentin Glushko

Valentin Glushko was a prominent Soviet aerospace engineer instrumental in developing advanced rocket propulsion systems...

Aerospace Soviet Propulsion Rocket Engines

8.8 Great

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Pavel Sukhoi

Pavel Sukhoi was a Soviet engineer instrumental in developing advanced military aircraft. He established the Sukhoi Desi...

Aircraft Aerospace Soviet Sukhoi

8.8 Great

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Sergey Ilyushin

Sergey Ilyushin was a pioneering Soviet aerospace engineer responsible for establishing the Ilyushin Design Bureau. His...

Aircraft Aerospace Soviet Ilyushin

8.8 Great

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Oleg Antonov

Oleg Antonov was a Soviet engineer instrumental in designing aircraft for strategic transport. He established the Antono...

Aircraft Aerospace Soviet Antonov

8.7 Great

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Beatrice Shilling

Beatrice Shilling (1909-1990) was a British aeronautical and mechanical engineer who worked at the Royal Aircraft Establ...

Aerospace UK 20TH Century Mechanical

8.5 Great

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Henry Farman

Henry Farman was a British-born French aviator, aircraft designer, and manufacturer who became an early pioneer of Europ...

France Aerospace 19TH Century 20TH Century

8.3 Great

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Nikolai Kamov

Nikolai Kamov was a Soviet aerospace engineer who founded the Kamov helicopter design bureau in 1940. He and his bureau...

Kamov Aerospace Soviet Helicopters

8.2 Great

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Richard Pearse

Richard Pearse (1877-1953) was a New Zealand farmer and inventor who carried out independent experiments with powered ai...

New Zealand Inventor Aerospace 19TH Century

6.9 Fair