This is a list of mechanical engineers, people who were trained in or practiced mechanical engineering, nuclear engineering, etc..

See also List of engineers for links to other engineering professions.

B

• Samuel Bentham - naval machinery
• Karl Benz - automobiles
• Henry Bessemer - steel
• Pierre Bezier - mechanical
• Joseph Bombardier - snowmobiles
• Abraham Louis Breguet - watchmaking
• Louis Charles Breguet - aviation
• Isambard Kingdom Brunel

C

• Alexander Calder - mobiles
• Jimmy Carter
• Jacques Cousteau - underwater apparatus

D

• Rudolf Diesel - inventor of the Diesel engine

E

F

• Henry Ford - automobiles
• Yuan-Cheng Fung - Biomechanics

G

• Emile Gagnan - underwater apparatus
• Henry Laurence Gantt - Gantt chart
• John Josiah Guest - iron production

H

• Beulah Louise Henry - nicknamed lady Edison
• Hero of Alexandria - ancient
• Alfred Hitchcock - filmmaker
• August Horch - automobiles

I

J

• Joseph Jaggers - the man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo

K

L

• Frederick Lanchester - automobiles and aviation
• Leonardo Da Vinci - perhaps the greatest engineer

M

• Elijah McCoy
• Andrew Meikle - threshing machine and windmill sails
• James Morgan - Applied Materials CEO

N

• Bill Nye

O

P

• Ferdinand Porsche - automobile

Q

R

• William John Macquorn Rankine - Steam engine, fatigue
• Richard Roberts- machine tool and machinery maker.
• Alfred H. Rzeppa - constant-velocity joint

S

• Tom Scholtz - rock band Boston (band)
• John H. Sununu - Presidential Chief of Staff
• Dr. Victor Szebehely- Aerospace Engineering & Celestial Mechanics

T

U

V

• Eli Whitney - cotton gin, interchangeable parts
• Joseph Whitworth - mechanical
• Ludwig Wittgenstein - aerospace engineer turned philosopher

X

Y

Z