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This is a list of mechanical engineers, notable people who were trained in or practiced mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, etc. This is not a list of engineers practicing that profession.

See also List of engineers for links to other engineering professions.

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  • Mark Coulton - The Father of Nuclear Engineering
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Yi Xing - 8th century China, first to use an escapement mechanism in operating a water-powered armillary sphere

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Zhang Heng - 1st century-2nd century China, invented the first hydraulic-powered armillary sphere, and the first seismometer device to detect the direction of earthquakes

References

Mechanical Engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the application of principles of physics for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems.
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Nuclear engineering Application of the breakdown of atomic nuclei and/or other sub-atomic physics, based on the principles of nuclear physics. It includes, but is not limited to, the interaction and maintenance of nuclear fission systems and components— specifically, nuclear
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engineer is someone who is trained or professionally engaged in a branch of engineering.[1] Engineers use technology, mathematics, and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
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André-Gustave Citroën (November 2, 1878-July 3, 1935) was a French Jewish entrepreneur of Dutch and Polish descent. He is remembered chiefly for the make of car named after him, but also for his invention of double helical gears.
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David Keith Duckworth, (August 10 1933 – December 19 2005), was an English mechanical engineer. He is most famous for designing the Cosworth DFV (Double Four Valve) engine, an engine that revolutionised the sport of Formula One.
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The DFV was an engine produced by Cosworth originally for Formula One motor racing. Named Four Valve because of the four valves per cylinder, and Double as it was a V8 development of the earlier, four cylinder FVA (four valve type A
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John Ericsson (July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson. He was born at Långbanshyttan in Värmland, Sweden, but primarily came to be active in the United States.
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Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolutionized transportation and American industry.
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Yuan-Cheng Bert Fung (born 1919) is a modern scientist, regarded as a founding figure of bioengineering and the "Founder of Modern Biomechanics"[1].

He was born in Jiangsu Province, China in 1919.
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Biomechanics is the research and analysis of the mechanics of living organisms or the application and derivation of engineering principles to and from biological systems. The research and analysis can be carried forth on multiple levels, from the molecular, wherein biomaterials
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Emile Gagnan (born November 1900, died 1979) was a French engineer and co-inventor (together with Jacques-Yves Cousteau) of the demand-valve used for the first Scuba equipment ("Aqua-Lung") in 1943.
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Henry Laurence Gantt
Born 1861

Died November 23, 1919

Citizenship United States
Field Scientific management
Known for Gantt chart

Henry Laurence Gantt, A.B., M.E.
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Gantt chart is a popular type of bar chart that illustrates a project schedule. Gantt charts illustrate the start and finish dates of the terminal elements and summary elements of a project. Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the work breakdown structure of the project.
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Sir Josiah John Guest, 1st Baronet, known as John Josiah Guest, (February 2, 1785 - November 26, 1852) was a Welsh engineer and entrepreneur.

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Born in Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, as the son of Thomas Guest, a partner in the Dowlais Iron Company.
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Beulah Louise Henry (February 11 1887 – 1973[1]) was an American inventor from Memphis,Tennessee. She has the nickname Lady Edison. She was awarded many patents including a bobbin-free sewing machine and a vacuum ice cream freezer.
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Heron

Born fl. 10 AD

Residence Alexandria, Egypt
Nationality Greek
Field Mathematics
Known for aeolipile

Hero (or Heron) of Alexandria
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Alfred Hitchcock

Birth name Alfred Joseph Hitchcock
Born July 13 1899(1899--)
Leytonstone, London, England
Died March 29 1980 (aged 82)
Bel Air, Los Angeles, U.S.A.
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August Horch (October 12, 1868 - February 3, 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing firm that would become Audi.

He was born in Winningen, Moselle. He was educated in Mittweida.
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Alan Dennis Kulwicki (December 14, 1954 - April 1, 1993) was an American NASCAR Winston Cup racecar driver. He arrived at the highest and most expensive level of stock car racing in the United States in 1985 with only a borrowed pickup truck, a racecar, and no sponsor.
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Sport governing body

Category Stock cars
Area of jurisdiction Canada,United States,Mexico
Formation date 1948
Headquarters Daytona Beach, Florida
Charlotte, North Carolina
New York City, New York

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Frederick William Lanchester, Hon FRAeS (October 23, 1868 - March 8, 1946) was an English polymath and engineer who made important contributions to automotive engineering, aerodynamics and co-invented the field of operations research.
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Leonardo da Vinci

Self-portrait in red chalk, circa 1512 to 1515. [a]
Birth name Leonardo di Ser Piero
March 15 1452(1452--)
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Ma Jun (馬鈞, Wade-Giles: Ma Chün; 200 - 265), styled Deheng (徳衡), was a Chinese mechanical engineer and government official during the Three Kingdoms era of China.
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The South Pointing Chariot (Zhi Nan Che 指南車) is widely regarded as the most complex geared mechanism of the ancient Chinese civilization, and was continually used throughout the medieval period as well.
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A puppet is a representational object manipulated by a puppeteer. It is usually but not always a depiction of a human character and is used in (a) play or a presentation. The puppet undergoes a process of transformation through being animated, and is normally manipulated by one, or
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The chain pump is a type of water pump where an endless chain has positioned on it a series of circular discs. One end of the chain dips in to the water, and the chain runs through a tube, slightly bigger than the diameter of the discs.
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Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from cocoons made by the larvae of the silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity (sericulture).
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loom. Vertical looms were probably the first to be invented.]] A loom is a machine or device for weaving thread or yarn into textiles. Looms can range from very small hand-held frames, to large free-standing hand looms, to huge automatic mechanical devices.
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