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Find out more about the greatest Scottish Engineers, including Alexander Graham Bell, James Watt, John Logie Baird, Thomas Telford and Chris Sawyer.

Famous Scottish Engineers

Famous People From Scotland
Civil Engineers
Alexander Graham BellAlexander Graham Bell
03 March 1847
Inventor of Telephone
James WattJames Watt
19 January 1736
Inventor of Steam Engine

John Logie BairdJohn Logie Baird
13 August 1888
Engineer

Thomas TelfordThomas Telford
09 August 1757
Civil Engineer

John Rennie the ElderJohn Rennie the Elder
07 June 1761
Civil Engineer

Chris SawyerChris Sawyer
27 October 1967
engineer, programmer
Robin GuthrieRobin Guthrie
04 January 1962
Record producer, Composer, Audio engineer,

David BrewsterDavid Brewster
11 December 1781
Botanist, Civil engineer, Physicist, Engineer,

Sandford FlemingSandford Fleming
07 January 1827
Engineer
William John Macquorn RankineWilliam John Macquorn Rankine
05 July 1820
Engineer, Physicist, Civil engineer, University

David Dunbar BuickDavid Dunbar Buick
17 September 1854
Inventor
Robert StirlingRobert Stirling
25 October 1790
Clergyman

John Scott RussellJohn Scott Russell
09 May 1808
Engineer

Alexander WintonAlexander Winton
20 June 1860
Engineer

William FairbairnWilliam Fairbairn
19 February 1789
Civil engineer

Dugald ClerkDugald Clerk
31 March 1854
Engineer
Andrew MeikleAndrew Meikle
05 May 1719
Engineer

Alfred EwingAlfred Ewing
27 March 1855
Physicist

Robert StevensonRobert Stevenson
08 June 1772
engineer, civil engineer

John ElderJohn Elder
08 March 1824
Marine Engineer
Adam ClarkAdam Clark
14 August 1811
Civil Engineer

Henry BellHenry Bell
07 April 1767
Engineer
John Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron ReithJohn Charles Walsham Reith, 1st Baron Reith
20 July 1889
Broadcaster