Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu

Dieudonné Sylvain Guy Tancrède de Gratet de Dolomieu usually known as Déodat de Dolomieu was a French geologist. The mineral and the rock dolomite and the largest summital crater on the Piton de la Fournaise volcano were named after him. Dieudonné Dolomieu, also called Déodat De Gratet De Dolomieu, a French geologist and mineralogist after whom the mineral dolomite was named. A member of the.....

Jiro Horikoshi

Jiro Horikoshi was the chief engineer of many Japanese fighter designs of World War II, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter.Jiro Horikoshi was the chief engineer of many Japanese fighter designs of World War II, including the Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighter. Born: 22 June 1903, Fujioka, Gunma, Japan Died: 11 January 1982, Tokyo, Japan Jiro Horikoshi was born near the city of Fujioka, Gunma Pref.....

Konrad Zuse

Konrad Zuse was a German civil engineer, pioneering computer scientist, inventor and businessman. His greatest achievement was the world's first programmable computer; the functional program-controlled Turing-complete Z3 became operational in May 1941. Konrad Zuse was born in Berlin, Germany. In 1935, he graduated from the Technische Hochschule Berlin-Charlottenburg in civil engineering. After g.....

Johan August Brinell

August Brinell was a Swedish Metallurgical Engineer. Brinell is noted as the creator of a method for quantifying the surface hardness of materials, now known as the Brinell hardness test. His name is also commemorated in the description of a failure mechanism of material surfaces known as Brinelling. Johan August Brinell, Swedish metallurgist who devised the Brinell hardness test, a rapid, nondes.....

Abhinandan Varthaman

Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman VrC is an Indian Air Force fighter pilot who, during the 2019 India–Pakistan standoff, was held captive in Pakistan for 60 hours after his aircraft was shot down in an aerial dogfight. He was awarded a medal by the Indian government for shooting down of a PAF F-16 with his MiG-21 Bison. Pakistan released videos and images showing Varthaman being rescued fro.....

Hari Shankar Singhania

Hari Shankar Singhania was the President of J.K. Organisation, a leading Indian industrial group, which has its roots extending nearly 100 years, and is one of the largest industrial groups in India. It has multi-business, multi-product and multi-location operations. Most of the companies in the JK group are public limited entities, with more than 40,000 employees. The group has more than 500,000 .....

Karlheinz Brandenburg

Karlheinz Brandenburg is a German electrical engineer and mathematician. Together with Ernst Eberlein, Heinz Gerhäuser, Bernhard Grill, Jürgen Herre and Harald Popp, he developed the widespread MP3 method for audio data compression. Karlheinz Brandenburg is a German electrical engineer and mathematician.Together with Ernst Eberlein, Heinz Gerhäuser (former Institutes Director of Fraunhofer IIS.....

Aung San Suu Kyi

Aung San Suu Kyi is a Burmese politician, diplomat, author, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate (1991). She is the leader of the National League for Democracy and the first and incumbent State Counsellor, a position akin to a prime minister. She is also the first woman to serve as Minister for Foreign Affairs, for the President's Office, for Electric Power and Energy, and for Education. From 2012 to 2.....

Milkha Singh

Honorary Captain Milkha Singh, also known as The Flying Sikh, was an Indian track and field sprinter who was introduced to the sport while serving in the Indian Army. He is the only athlete to win gold in 400 metres race at the Asian Games as well the Commonwealth Games. He also won gold medals in the 1958 and 1962 Asian Games. He represented India in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, the 196.....

Ben Rich

Benjamin Robert Rich was an American engineer and the second Director of Lockheed's Skunk Works from 1975 to 1991, succeeding its founder, Kelly Johnson. Regarded as the "father of stealth", Rich was responsible for leading the development of the F-117, the first production stealth aircraft. .....

Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha

Dr. Anugrah Narayan Sinha, known as Bihar Vibhuti, was an Indian nationalist statesman, participant in Champaran Satyagraha, Gandhian & one of the architects of modern Bihar, who was the first Deputy Chief Minister and the Finance Minister of the Indian state of Bihar. [10:05 AM, 6/18/2021] +91 95351 00349: Anugrah Narayan Sinha was one of the great political leaders from Bihar. Anugrah Narayan S.....

Burt Rutan

Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft......

Leander Paes

Leander Adrian Paes is an Indian professional tennis player. Regarded as one of the greatest tennis players in doubles, he holds the record for the most doubles wins in the Davis Cup. Paes has won eight doubles and ten mixed doubles Grand Slam titles. Paes Paes was born in Calcutta, to Vece Paes, a Goan, and, Jennifer Paes, from Calcutta. He was educated at La Martiniere Calcutta, Madras Christi.....

Julius Plücker

Julius Plücker was a German mathematician and physicist. He made fundamental contributions to the field of analytical geometry and was a pioneer in the investigations of cathode rays that eventually led to the discovery of the electron. He also vastly extended the study of Lamé curves. Julius Plücker attended the universities in Heidelberg, Bonn, Berlin, and Paris. In 1829, after four years as .....

Edward Davy

Edward Davy was an English physician, scientist, and inventor who played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay. Davy was born in Ottery St Mary, Devonshire, England, son of Thomas Davy. Edward Davy was educated at a school run by his maternal uncle in Tower Street, London. Edward Davy, physician, chemist, and inventor who devised the electromagnetic repe.....

Kisan Baburao Hazare

Kisan Baburao Hazare, popularly known as Anna Hazare, is an Indian social activist who led movements to promote rural development, increase government transparency, and investigate and punish corruption in public life. Anna Hazare, Indian social activist who led movements to promote rural development, increase government transparency, and investigate and punish official corruption. In addition to .....

Lakshmi Nivas Mittal

Lakshmi Niwas Mittal is an Indian steel magnate, based in the United Kingdom. He is the Executive Chairman of ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steelmaking company, as well as Chairman of stainless steel manufacture Aperam. Mittal owns 38% of ArcelorMittal and holds a 20% stake in Queens Park Rangers F.C. In 2005, Forbes ranked Mittal as the third-richest person in the world, making him the fi.....

Nicolaus Otto

Nikolaus Otto, in full Nikolaus August Otto, (born June 10, 1832, Holzhausen, Nassau, Germany—died January 26, 1891, Cologne), German engineer who developed the four-stroke internal-combustion engine, which offered the first practical alternative to the steam engine as a power source. Otto built his first gasoline-powered engine in 1861. Three years later he formed a partnership with the German .....

Kumar Mangalam Birla

Kumar Mangalam Birla is an Indian billionaire industrialist, and the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerates in India. Kumar Mangalam Birla is an industrialist, entrepreneur, accountant, chief executive officer, business magnate. Kumar Mangalam Birla the chairman of the Aditya Birla Group, one of the largest conglomerates in India. He is also the chancellor of the Birl.....

Sir Charles Algernon Parsons

The Honourable Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, OM, KCB, FRS (13 June 1854 – 11 February 1931) was an Anglo-Irish engineer, best known for his invention of the compound steam turbine, and as the namesake of C. A. Parsons and Company. Sir Charles Algernon Parsons, the British engineer was born into an Anglo-Irish family in London as the youngest son of the famous astronomer William Parsons. With his.....

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