The Most Influential People Across History
Find the most influential people in 24 academic disciplines and numerous subdisciplines
Find famous and important people related to your research. This is an excellent tool for research papers, topic papers, and building a bibliography. Using our influence-based algorithm, our rankings synthesize data from Wikipedia, Wikidata, Semantic Scholar, and CrossRef.
Students and researchers now have a fast and reliable way to find influential thinkers from 24 disciplines and 300 sub-disciplines (and growing). If you want to find history’s most influential philsosophers, or the world’s most influential mathematicians currently, now you can.
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List of the most influential people in Engineering,
#6501
Paul Steinbok
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Sophie LaRochelle
#133672
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1964 - Present (62 years)
Sophie LaRochelle is a Canada Research Chair and professor of engineering at Université Laval. She specializes in developing fiber optic components for signal-processing and data transmission in telecommunication networks.
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Phillip H. Geil
#155936
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#6504
Michael Stowasser
#155948
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#6505
Heng-ching Huang
#155963
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#6506
Lorenzo Moroni
#155966
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#6507
Jooheon Kim
#155967
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#6508
Bin Li Jiang
#155979
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#6509
Joseph Helszajn
#141063
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1934 - 2019 (85 years)
Joseph Helszajn , was Professor of Microwave Engineering at Heriot-Watt University. He was best known for his work on non-reciprocal microwave circuits and devices, such as yttrium iron garnet isolatorss and circulators. During his tenure, Helszajn has authored multiple engineering textbooks on non-reciprocal microwave devices.
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Stefano Nolfi
#109515
Overall Influence
1963 - Present (63 years)
Stefano Nolfi is a director of research of the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies at the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche and head of the Laboratory of Autonomous Robots and Artificial Life. He is one of the founders of Evolutionary robotics . Nolfi's research interests include: evolution of communication and language, language and action, adaptive behavior, swarm robotics.
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Wang Chiu-Hwa
#93923
Overall Influence
1925 - 2021 (96 years)
Wang Chiu-Hwa was a Taiwanese architect noted for her work with libraries in Taiwan. Due to the many libraries she designed and the fact she pioneered the earliest modern university library in Taiwan, Wang was given the unofficial title of "Taiwan’s 'Mother of Libraries'".
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Ole Secher. Madsen
#156018
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Magdy K. Younes
#156072
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Jay R. Lund
#156090
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1957 - Present (69 years)
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Guoqiang Mao
#156105
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#6516
William Earl Singhose
#156128
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Alfred Blume
#156143
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Nikos. E. Mastorakis
#156145
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#6519
Chen-shang Chang
#156195
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#6520
Kailash Prasad
#156201
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#6521
James Logan Merz
#156208
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#6522
Ramanathan Chandiramouli
#156219
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#6523
Dawn Bonfield
#114499
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#6524
Bogdan Maciej Wilamowski
#156222
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#6525
Ping Tong
#156230
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#6526
Salah Eldin Elmaghraby
#156249
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#6527
Jan Wernerman
#156261
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1949 - Present (77 years)
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Wim Sweldens
#156278
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#6529
Laura P. Spinadel
#55718
Overall Influence
1958 - Present (68 years)
Laura Patricia Spinadel is an Austrian Argentine architect, urban planner, writer, educator and principal of the firm BUSarchitektur and of the company BOA büro für offensive aleatorik in Vienna. Laura P. Spinadel has made an international name based on her Compact City and works, both considered pioneers of the holistic architecture ideology. She is Doctor Honoris Causa at the Civic Parliament of the Humanity, Transacademy Universal Institute of Nations.
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Olaf Wolkenhauer
#156299
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1966 - Present (60 years)
#6531
Seung‐boo Jung
#156324
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#6532
William Fuller Fearon
#156339
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Stefan Turek
#156340
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Siew‐hwa Chan
#156346
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#6535
Carl Edward Baum
#156377
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#6536
Nan Zhao
#156380
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David E. Fleischer
#156408
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Changhuei Yang
#156411
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Masahiro Asada
#156423
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Masahiro Asada from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan was named Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in 2012 for contributions to semiconductor laser theory and terahertz devices.
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Peter John Kirkpatrick
#156430
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Jianzhong Wu
#156463
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1976 - Present (50 years)
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Claude Engle
#103860
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Claude R. Engle III is an American electrical engineer and internationally known lighting consultant, who has designed lighting schemes for many notable structures including the Reichstag and the Louvre.
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Massimo Tornatore
#156472
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Trac Duy Tran
#156504
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Jianyu Y. Yang
#156532
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Makarand Madhao Ghangrekar
#156540
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Arindam Ghosh
#156544
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Benita Mehra
#124788
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Areas of Specialization: Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Construction Management Benita Mehra was born near London into a family of Indian immigrants. She is based in London, where she works as an engineer in the public and private sectors. Mehra obtained her bachelor’s degree in electrical and electronic engineering from City University London. After graduating, she worked for the British Airports Authority (BAA), eventually assuming responsibility for several multi-million-pound construction projects, including new terminal buildings at Heathrow and the redevelopment of Stansted airport.
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Erich Prof Dr Fitzer
#156548
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Miguel A. Marino
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Miguel A. Marino is an American engineer, currently the Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Hydrologic Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering and Biological & Agricultural Engineering at University of California, Davis, and also a published author. He was honored as a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1999, and a Life Member in 2005, as well as being the ASCE's Editor of its journal Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management in 1984-88.
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