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All Technology & Invention Engineering & Architecture

Role: Any Engineer 19 Architect 17 Inventor 8

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Wernher von Braun 1912–1977Engineering & ArchitectureGerman-American aerospace engineer who led the development of the Saturn V rocket that took humans to the Moon.

Robert Fulton 1765–1815Engineering & ArchitectureEngineer and inventor whose steamboat Clermont revolutionized American river transportation.

George Westinghouse 1846–1914Engineering & ArchitectureEngineer and industrialist who championed alternating current and founded the Westinghouse Electric Company.

Buckminster Fuller 1895–1983Engineering & ArchitecturePopularized the geodesic dome and promoted resource-efficient structural design.

John A. Roebling 1806–1869Engineering & ArchitectureDeveloped wire-rope suspension bridge design and planned the Brooklyn Bridge.

John Ericsson 1803–1889Engineering & ArchitectureSwedish-American engineer who designed the ironclad USS Monitor, revolutionizing naval warfare.

Gustavus Franklin Swift 1839–1903Engineering & ArchitectureMeatpacking pioneer who developed the refrigerated rail car, transforming the food industry.

Elmer Sperry 1860–1930Engineering & ArchitectureInventor and engineer who developed gyroscopic stabilizers for ships and aircraft.