Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Mechanical Engineers, including Nikola Tesla, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Albert Göring, Henry Gantt and Ludwig Prandtl

Famous 19th Century Mechanical Engineers

Nikola TeslaNikola Tesla
10 July 1856, Austrian, American
Inventor, Father of Radio
Rudolf DieselRudolf Diesel
18 March 1858, German, French
Inventor of Diesel Engine

Gustaf Dalén Gustaf Dalén
30 November 1869, Swedish
Inventor of Automatic Regulators, AGA Cookers,

Aurel StodolaAurel Stodola
10 May 1859, Slovak
Engineer

Kate GleasonKate Gleason
25 November 1865, American
Mechanical Engineer

Frederick Winslow TaylorFrederick Winslow Taylor
20 March 1856, American
Tennis player, Engineer, Economist, Golfer,
Albert GöringAlbert Göring
09 March 1895, Austrian, German
Mechanical engineer

Henry GanttHenry Gantt
20 May 1861, American
Engineer

Hugo JunkersHugo Junkers
03 February 1859, German
Engineer

John GarandJohn Garand
01 January 1888, Canadian, American
Designer
Ludwig PrandtlLudwig Prandtl
04 February 1875, German
Physicist, Mechanical engineer, University teacher

Nigel GresleyNigel Gresley
19 June 1876, British
Engineer
Henry M. LelandHenry M. Leland
14 February 1843, American
Machinist

Carl von LindeCarl von Linde
11 June 1842, German
Scientist

Henry MaudslayHenry Maudslay
22 August 1771, British
Innovator
Elmer Ambrose SperryElmer Ambrose Sperry
12 October 1860, American
Inventor

Laurens HammondLaurens Hammond
11 January 1895, American
Engineer
Karl TerzaghiKarl Terzaghi
02 October 1883, Austrian, American
Mechanical engineer

William George Armstrong, Baron ArmstrongWilliam George Armstrong, Baron Armstrong
26 November 1810, British
Engineer