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Nikolaus Otto
1832 – 1891The four-stroke engine that moved the 20th century.
Germany·Engineering
Alfred Nobel
1833 – 1896Invented dynamite, then endowed the prizes to redeem the legacy.
Sweden·Chemistry · Engineering
Karl Benz
1844 – 1929Built and patented the first practical automobile.
Germany·Engineering
Thomas Edison
1847 – 19311,093 patents and the industrial research laboratory itself.
United States·Engineering
Nikola Tesla
1856 – 1943Alternating current, induction motors and radio principles.
Serbia·Engineering · Physics
Frederick Winslow Taylor
1856 – 1915Scientific management — the origin of every productivity metric and its discontents.
United States·Business · Engineering
Henry Ford
1863 – 1947The moving assembly line and the five-dollar day created mass consumer industry.
United States·Business · Engineering
Alberto Santos-Dumont
1873 – 1932Flew the first publicly witnessed powered aircraft in Europe.
Brazil·Engineering
Guglielmo Marconi
1874 – 1937Made radio a transatlantic reality.
Italy·Engineering · PhysicsNobel