Engineers and Inventors through history
The atlas holds 23 people and 720 moments here, from 287 BC to 2024. The most recorded lives are Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and George Washington. Across the Age of Exploration and the Cold War.
Notable people
Albert Einstein
from 1879 to 1955
85 moments here
German-born theoretical physicist who transformed modern physics through special and general relativity, foundational work on quantum theory, and…
Leonardo da Vinci
from 1452 to 1519
27 moments here
Italian Renaissance painter, draftsman, engineer, architect, anatomist, and natural philosopher.…
George Washington
from 1732 to 1799
45 moments here
George Washington was a Virginia surveyor, planter, military commander, revolutionary leader, constitutional statesman, and the first president of…
Galileo Galilei
from 1564 to 1642
35 moments here
Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, mathematician, and natural philosopher. Born in Pisa, Galileo was educated in Tuscany, taught mathematics at…
Thomas Edison
from 1847 to 1931
39 moments here
American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Archimedes
from 287 BC to 212 BC
5 moments here
Ancient Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, astronomer, and inventor associated above all with Syracuse in Sicily.…
Christopher Columbus
from 1451 to 1506
73 moments here
Genoese navigator who completed four Castilian-sponsored Atlantic expeditions between 1492 and 1504.…
Steve Jobs
from 1955 to 2011
37 moments here
Steven Paul Jobs was an American entrepreneur, inventor, and executive who co-founded Apple, founded NeXT, and led Pixar.…
Thomas Jefferson
from 1743 to 1826
29 moments here
Thomas Jefferson was an American lawyer, Virginia political leader, diplomat, secretary of state, vice president, and third president of the United…
Nikola Tesla
from 1856 to 1943
34 moments here
Serbian-American engineer and inventor best known for foundational work on alternating-current power systems, the induction motor, high-frequency…
Walt Disney
from 1901 to 1966
25 moments here
Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
from 1646 to 1716
54 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
Henry Ford
from 1863 to 1947
26 moments here
American industrialist and founder of Ford Motor Company. Ford grew up in rural Michigan, worked in Detroit engineering and machine shops, developed…
Jimmy Carter
from 1924 to 2024
51 moments here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Alfred Nobel
from 1833 to 1896
18 moments here
Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel (1833–1896) developed dynamite and other explosives, built businesses…
Leonhard Euler
from 1707 to 1783
18 moments here
Swiss mathematician, physicist, astronomer, engineer, and polymath. Euler’s documented life moved from Basel and nearby Riehen to Saint Petersburg,…
Johannes Kepler
from 1571 to 1630
16 moments here
German astronomer, mathematician, astrologer, natural philosopher, and music theorist. Kepler’s documented life moved from Württemberg schooling…
Johannes Gutenberg
from 1400 to 1468
13 moments here
German inventor and craftsman associated with the development of European movable-type printing.…
Michael Faraday
from 1791 to 1867
21 moments here
English chemist and physicist whose experimental work transformed the study of electromagnetism and electrochemistry.…
Osama bin Laden
from 1957 to 2011
21 moments here
Saudi-born founder and first emir of al-Qaeda. His documented movements include childhood and education in Saudi Arabia and England; militant…
Jacques Cartier
from 1491 to 1557
22 moments here
French navigator and explorer from Saint-Malo whose three Atlantic voyages of 1534, 1535–1536, and 1541–1542 surveyed the Gulf and River of Saint…
Mohamed Morsi
from 1951 to 2019
21 moments here
Egyptian engineer, university professor, Muslim Brotherhood politician, and Egypt’s fifth president, serving from 2012 until his removal in July…
Hypatia
from 370 to 415
5 moments here
Hypatia was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, mathematician, astronomer, and teacher. Her birth is disputed, with estimates ranging from about 350 to…
Moments
- 269 BC Studies in Alexandria Archimedes
- 393 Teaches Synesius in Alexandria Hypatia
- 1411 First family departure from Mainz Johannes Gutenberg
- 1469 Moves to Florence Leonardo da Vinci
- 1470 Family relocates to Savona Christopher Columbus
- 1534 Presentation to Francis I Jacques Cartier
- 1564 Baptized at Pisa Cathedral Galileo Galilei
- 1577 Family move to Leonberg Johannes Kepler
- 1687 Stay at Rheinfels Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1707 Baptism at St. Martin's Church Leonhard Euler
- 1735 Lives at Little Hunting Creek George Washington
- 1761 College of William & Mary student Thomas Jefferson
- 1804 Bookbinder's apprenticeship Michael Faraday
- 1841 Pupil at Jacobs Apologistic School Alfred Nobel
- 1854 Childhood in Port Huron Thomas Edison
- 1861 Primary school attendance Nikola Tesla
- 1880 Family moves to Munich Albert Einstein
- 1882 Return to the family farm Henry Ford
- 1921 Laugh-O-Gram Studio work Walt Disney
- 1924 Childhood in Archery Jimmy Carter
- 1967 Move to Crist Drive home Steve Jobs
- 1997 Move to Kandahar Osama bin Laden
- 2012 Meeting Hillary Clinton in Cairo Mohamed Morsi