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.....

Mir Yousuf Ali Khan

Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III Nawab Abul Quasim Owaisi, Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III is commonly known as Salar Jung III. He built many tourist places like Salar Jung Museum. He was fourth in order of nobility after the three Paigah. Nawab Abul Quasim Owaisi, Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar JungIII is commonly known as Salar Jung III. He built many tourist places like Salar Jung Museum.[1.....

John A. Roebling

John Augustus Roebling was a German-born American civil engineer. He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. John Augustus Roebling, original name Johann August Röbling,a German-born American civil engineer, a pioneer in the design of suspension.....

E. Sreedharan

Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is an Indian engineer turned politician from Kerala who is credited with changing the face of public transport in India with his leadership in building the Konkan Railway and the Delhi Metro while he served as the managing director of Delhi Metro Rail Corporation between 1995 and 2012. Elattuvalapil Sreedharan is an Indian politician and engineer who is known for transform.....

Carl von Linde

Carl Paul Gottfried Linde was a German scientist, engineer, and businessman. He discovered a refrigeration cycle and invented the first industrial-scale air separation and gas liquefaction processes, which led to the first reliable and efficient compressed-ammonia refrigerator in 1876. Carl Paul Gottfried Linde was a German scientist, engineer, and businessman. He discovered a refrigeration cycle .....

Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde

Kowdoor Sadananda Hegde was an Indian jurist and politician who served as a judge in the Supreme Court of India and later as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Hegde founded the Nitte Education Trust. He is the father of Santhosh Hegde, who also served as a judge in the Supreme Court of India. Hegde served as a public prosecutor from 1947 to 1951. In 1952, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha, a positi.....

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