swap_horiz Werner von Braun Alternatives

1

Fred Sanger

Frederick Sanger was a British biochemist renowned for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology. He developed pionee...

20TH Century British Biochemistry Genetics

9.8 Brilliant

2

Maurice Hilleman

Maurice Hilleman was a prominent American microbiologist whose groundbreaking work significantly advanced vaccine develo...

American Medicine 20TH Century Vaccines

9.7 Brilliant

3

Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first succes...

American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.6 Brilliant

4

Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger was an Austrian theoretical physicist instrumental in developing quantum mechanics. His most significa...

Austrian Physics 20TH Century Quantum Mechanics

9.6 Brilliant

5

Carl Djerassi

Carl Djerassi was an Austrian-American chemist whose work profoundly impacted medicine. He synthesized norethindrone in...

Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Austrian American

9.5 Brilliant

6

Bob Noyce

Robert Noyce (1927–1990) was an American physicist, inventor, and businessman nicknamed 'the Mayor of Silicon Valley.' H...

American Silicon Valley 20TH Century Microchip

9.5 Brilliant

7

Ferdinand Porsche

Ferdinand Porsche was an Austrian-born inventor instrumental in shaping twentieth-century automotive design. His enginee...

Austrian Racing 20TH Century Automobile

9.4 Excellent

8

Charles K. Kao

Charles K. Kao was an engineer and physicist whose research established the practical basis for transmitting information...

Optics 20TH Century Fiber Optics Communications

9.4 Excellent

9

Robert H. Goddard

Robert H. Goddard was an American physicist whose pioneering work fundamentally shaped space exploration. He developed a...

American Space 20TH Century Liquid Fuel

9.1 Excellent

10

Sergei Korolev

Sergei Korolev was a pivotal Soviet aerospace inventor responsible for pioneering rocket technology during the Cold War....

Aerospace Space 20TH Century Soviet

9.1 Excellent

11

Ralph Baer

Ralph Baer was a German-American inventor instrumental in pioneering interactive television entertainment. He developed...

Gaming Television 20TH Century German American

9.1 Excellent

12

Ralph H. Baer

Ralph H. Baer was a German-American inventor instrumental in pioneering interactive television entertainment. He develop...

Gaming Television 20TH Century German American

9.1 Excellent

13

Bradford Parkinson

Bradford Parkinson developed foundational concepts for Global Positioning System technology. His work, beginning in the...

Navigation Aerospace 20TH Century GPS

8.9 Great

14

Ivan A. Getting

Ivan A. Getting was an American physicist and electrical engineer who played a crucial role in the development of modern...

Navigation Aerospace 20TH Century GPS

8.5 Great

15

Hermann Oberth

Hermann Oberth was a German engineer and theorist instrumental in developing early rocketry concepts. His 1923 publicati...

German Theory Space 20TH Century

8.4 Great

16

Charles Stark Draper

Charles Stark Draper was an American scientist and engineer who taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT...

Navigation Aerospace 20TH Century Controls

8.3 Great

17

Maxime Faget

Maxime Faget was a Belizean-born American aerospace engineer who played a central role in the early development of NASA'...

Aerospace 20TH Century Nasa Spaceflight

8.3 Great

18

John R. Pierce

John R. Pierce was an American engineer and author who spent much of his career at Bell Labs, where he coined the term "...

Space 20TH Century Telecom Bell Labs

8.3 Great

19

Harold Rosen

Harold Rosen was an American electrical engineer who led the Hughes Aircraft team that developed the Syncom series of co...

Aerospace Space 20TH Century Telecom

8.1 Great

20

George Carruthers

George Carruthers (1939–2020) was an American astrophysicist and inventor who worked at the United States Naval Research...

American Space 20TH Century Nasa

7.8 Good