Top 20 Engineer celebrities in United States
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Engineer celebrities [Updated February 26, 2021].
Stephen Bechtel, Jr. was born
on May 10, 1925
in San Francisco, California, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $3.8 Billion
John McAfee was born
on September 18, 1945
in Scotland, United States.
Net Worth 2020: $4 Million
Kate Gleason was born
on November 25, 1865
in Rochester, United States.
Leonard Kleinrock was born
on June 13, 1934
in United States.
Notable for his development of key elements of computer networking theory, this longtime University of California, Los Angeles professor is particularly famous for his work on queueing theory. He was a 2007 recipient of the National Medal of Science and a 2012 winner of the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal.
His 1970s hierarchical routing research was very important in the development of the modern internet.
Jacque Fresco was born
on March 13, 1916
in New York City, United States.
He is a self-taught scientist who has created conceptual sustainable cities, cybernetics, and energy efficiency.
Frederick Law Olmsted was born
on April 26, 1822
in Hartford, United States.
He designed the landscaping around the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
Casey Jones was born
on March 14, 1863
in United States.
His heroism has been sung about in songs by some of America's most famous musicians, including
Johnny Cash,
Pete Seeger and The Grateful Dead.
Willis Carrier was born
on November 26, 1876
in Angola, United States.
He first displayed his revolutionary air conditioning system at the New York World's Fair in 1939. The invention was popularized in the post-World War II years.
Vannevar Bush was born
on March 11, 1890
in Everett, United States.
He is credited with one of the earliest versions of the World Wide Web.
Mary Ross was born
on August 9, 1908
in United States.
Upon her death, she left a large endowment to Washington, D.C.'s National Museum of the American Indian.
Zai Ebido was born
on March 14, 1993
in Scottsdale, United States.
She also endorses products on her social media and can be seen in a photo promoting the Fit Kitchen food company on her Facebook.
Seph Cordovano was born
on November 23, 1987
in United States.
He worked as a lead designer for the NYC based companies KindFeed and Bridge.
Riley Bechtel was born
on March 25, 1952
in San Francisco, California, United States.
Net Worth 2020: 2 billion USD (2020)
Squire Whipple was born
on September 16, 1804
in Hardwick, Massachusetts, USA, United States.
Elmina Wilson was born
on September 29, 1870
in United States.
Kimberly Bryant was born
on January 14, 1967
in Memphis, United States.
Her efforts with Black Girls Code earned her a spot on Business Insider's list of 25 Most Influential African-Americans in Technology in 2013.
Horace Lawson Hunley was born
on June 20, 1823
in United States.
Before its own sinking, his H.L. Hunley was the first naval vessel in history to sink an enemy submarine (the USS Housatonic).
George Harold Brown was born
on October 14, 1908
in Milwaukee, United States.
In all he wrote more than 100 technical papers, some republished in engineering textbooks, and filed 80 patents.
Frederick Rentschler was born
on November 8, 1887
in United States.
He was awarded the Daniel Guggenheim Medal for American Engineering in 1956.
Forrest Bird was born
on June 9, 1921
in United States.
His ventilator for infants, nicknamed the Babybird, had a hand in decreasing the mortality rate in breathing-challenged infants from 70% to 10%.
