Jeff Bezos12 January 1964, American
Founder of Amazon.com
Howard Hughes24 December 1905, American
Entrepreneur, Investor
Buzz Aldrin20 January 1930, American
American engineer
John DeLorean06 January 1925, American
Inventor, Engineer
Linus Torvalds28 December 1969, Finnish, American
Software Engineer
James Watt19 January 1736, Scottish
Inventor of Steam Engine
David Baszucki20 January 1963, Canadian
Entrepreneur
John Bradfield26 December 1867, Australian
Designer of Sydney Harbour Bridge
Carol Vorderman24 December 1960, British
Television presenter, Journalist, Engineer
Atticus Ross16 January 1968, British
Musician
Bjarne Stroustrup30 December 1950, Danish
Computer scientist, Engineer, Scientist,
Alfredo Ferrari19 January 1932, Italian
Engineer
Owsley Stanley19 January 1935, American
Chemist, Engineer, Audio engineer
Charles Goodyear29 December 1800, American
Inventor, Chemist, Engineer
Tony Hoare11 January 1934, British
Computer scientist, Engineer, Programmer, Writer,
Scotty Moore27 December 1931, American
Guitarist, Audio engineer
Thomas Massie13 January 1971, American
Inventor
Don Norman25 December 1935, American
Engineer, Computer scientist, Psychologist, Writer
Nevil Shute17 January 1899, British
Novelist
Krishna Bharat07 January 1970, American
computer scientist, engineer
George Cayley27 December 1773, British
Aeronautical engineer, Engineer, Politician
Phil Ramone05 January 1934, American, South African
Record producer, Audio engineer, Composer, Music
Hugh Lofting14 January 1886, British
Author
Ebenezer Howard19 January 1850, British
architect, Esperantist, urban planner
Raghunath Anant Mashelkar01 January 1943, Indian
Engineer, Scientist
Andrew Coyne23 December 1960, Canadian
Columnist, Editor
Robin Guthrie04 January 1962, Scottish
Record producer, Composer, Audio engineer,
Wael Ghonim23 December 1980, Egyptian, American
Computer Engineer
Rodney Brooks30 December 1954, Australian
Computer scientist, Engineer, University teacher,
Ray Dolby18 January 1933, American
Engineer, Inventor, Audio engineer, Electrical
Gustave Whitehead01 January 1874, German, American
Aerospace engineer, Engineer
Zora Arkus-Duntov25 December 1909, Belgian, American
Engineer, Racecar driver
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John Garand01 January 1888, Canadian, American
Designer
Kevin A. Lynch07 January 1918, American
architect, university teacher
Sandford Fleming07 January 1827, Canadian, British
Engineer, Postage stamp designer, Inventor
Franz Josef Popp14 January 1886, Austrian
Engineer, Manager, Entrepreneur
Alexander Parkes29 December 1813, British
Inventor, Chemist, Engineer
Bruce Fairbairn30 December 1949, Canadian
Musician, Engineer, Audio engineer, Trumpeter,
David Braben02 January 1964, British
Entrepreneur, Programmer, Engineer, Game designer
Abraham-Louis Breguet10 January 1747, French
Horologist
Andy Johns01 January 1952, British
Engineer, Audio engineer, Record producer,
Allan Alcorn01 January 1948, American
Computer scientist, Engineer
Madman Muntz03 January 1914, American
Businessperson, Entrepreneur, Electrical engineer,
Camille Jordan05 January 1838, French
Mathematician, Engineer, Professor
Agner Krarup Erlang01 January 1878, Danish
Mathematician, Engineer, Statistician
Robert Scoble18 January 1965, American
Blogger, Writer, Computer scientist, Podcaster
Vasily Degtyaryov02 January 1880, Russian
Russian engineer
Sergei Avdeyev01 January 1956, Russian
Engineer, Astronaut
Sergey Korolyov12 January 1907, Russian
Engineer
Tim Shaw15 January 1974, British
Radio host
Joseph Strauss09 January 1870, American
Engineer
Nikolai Zhukovsky17 January 1847, Russian
Scientist, Mathematician, Engineer
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu14 January 1952, Romanian
Prime Minister
Étienne Lenoir12 January 1822, Belgian, French, Luxembourgian
Inventor, Engineer