SettingsWeapons scientists and engineers
Barnes Wallis
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, CBE FRS, RDI, FRAeS, was an English scientist, engineer and inventor.
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis, CBE FRS, RDI, FRAeS, was an English scientist, engineer and inventor.
Cameron Wright
Horace Cameron Wright (Cam, 1901?-1979) was a Welsh scientist who worked for the Royal Naval Physiological Laboratory at Alverstoke, near Gosport in Hampshire and for the British Ministry of Air...
Horace Cameron Wright (Cam, 1901?-1979) was a Welsh scientist who worked for the Royal Naval Physiological Laboratory at Alverstoke, near Gosport in Hampshire and for the British Ministry of Air...
Eberhard Rees
Dr Eberhard Friedrich Michael Rees (1909 Trossingen, Baden-Württemberg - April 2, 1998 DeLand, Florida) was a German-American (by becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States) rocketry pi...
Dr Eberhard Friedrich Michael Rees (1909 Trossingen, Baden-Württemberg - April 2, 1998 DeLand, Florida) was a German-American (by becoming a naturalized citizen of the United States) rocketry pi...
Eugene Reising
Eugene Reising was an American inventor who invented M50 Reising submachine gun in 1938.
Eugene Reising was an American inventor who invented M50 Reising submachine gun in 1938.
Friedrich Tinner
Friedrich Tinner; Born 1937, is a Swiss nuclear engineer and a long-associated friend of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, connected with the Khan network trafficking in the proliferation of nuclear materi...
Friedrich Tinner; Born 1937, is a Swiss nuclear engineer and a long-associated friend of Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, connected with the Khan network trafficking in the proliferation of nuclear materi...
Helmut Hölzer
Helmut Hoelzer was a Nazi Germany V-2 rocket engineer who was brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip.
Helmut Hoelzer was a Nazi Germany V-2 rocket engineer who was brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.
Julius Robert Oppenheimer (April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist and professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley.
James L. Hoard
James Lynn Hoard was an American chemist, a member of the Manhattan Project.
James Lynn Hoard was an American chemist, a member of the Manhattan Project.
Joan Curran
Lady Joan Strothers Curran (February 26, 1916 – February 10, 1999) was a Welsh scientist.
Lady Joan Strothers Curran (February 26, 1916 – February 10, 1999) was a Welsh scientist.
Joseph O. Hirschfelder
Joseph Oakland Hirschfelder was an American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project and in the creation of the nuclear bomb.
Joseph Oakland Hirschfelder was an American physicist who participated in the Manhattan Project and in the creation of the nuclear bomb.
Kurt H. Debus
Kurt Heinrich Debus (November 29, 1908–October 10, 1983) was a German V-2 rocket scientist during World War II who, after being brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip, beca...
Kurt Heinrich Debus (November 29, 1908–October 10, 1983) was a German V-2 rocket scientist during World War II who, after being brought to the United States under Operation Paperclip, beca...
Leonid Kurchevsky
Leonid Vasilyevich Kurchevsky (Леонид Васильевич Курчевский) (September 22, 1890, Pereslavl-Zalessky – November 26, 1937 (January 12, 1939?)) was a Russian/Soviet weapons designer.
Leonid Vasilyevich Kurchevsky (Леонид Васильевич Курчевский) (September 22, 1890, Pereslavl-Zalessky – November 26, 1937 (January 12, 1939?)) was a Russian/Soviet weapons designer.
Ludwig Roth
Ludwig Roth was the Aerospace engineer who was the head of the Peenemünde Future Projects Office which designed the Wasserfall and created advanced rockets designs such as the A9/A10 ICBM.
Ludwig Roth was the Aerospace engineer who was the head of the Peenemünde Future Projects Office which designed the Wasserfall and created advanced rockets designs such as the A9/A10 ICBM.
Mikhail Kalashnikov
Lieutenant General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников, Mihail Timofeevič Kalašnikov) (born 10 November 1919 in Russia's Southern Altai region) is a Russian (fo...
Lieutenant General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (Михаи́л Тимофе́евич Кала́шников, Mihail Timofeevič Kalašnikov) (born 10 November 1919 in Russia's Southern Altai region) is a Russian (fo...
Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi
Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi, Neuclear Physics.
Muhammad Hafeez Qureshi, Neuclear Physics.
Munir Ahmad Khan
Munir Ahmad Khan, HI, was a Pakistani nuclear engineer and a scientist who served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 1972 to 1991.
Munir Ahmad Khan, HI, was a Pakistani nuclear engineer and a scientist who served as the Chairman of the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission from 1972 to 1991.
Myrtle Bachelder
Myrtle Claire Bachelder was an American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer, who is noted for her secret work on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb program, and for the development of techniqu...
Myrtle Claire Bachelder was an American chemist and Women's Army Corps officer, who is noted for her secret work on the Manhattan Project atomic bomb program, and for the development of techniqu...
Otto Ambros
Otto Ambros was a German chemist and Nazi war criminal, notably involved with the research of chemical nerve agents.
Otto Ambros was a German chemist and Nazi war criminal, notably involved with the research of chemical nerve agents.
Paul C. Donnelly
Paul Charles Donnelly (b. March 28, 1923) is an American guided missile pioneer who was a senior NASA manager during the Apollo moon landing program at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
Paul Charles Donnelly (b. March 28, 1923) is an American guided missile pioneer who was a senior NASA manager during the Apollo moon landing program at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC).
Richard Feynman
Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodyn...
Richard Phillips Feynman (; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American physicist known for his work in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodyn...
Robert A. Fuhrman
Robert A. Fuhrman was an American engineer responsible for the development of the Polaris Missile and Poseidon missile, as well as President and Chief Operating Officer of Lockheed Corporation.
Robert A. Fuhrman was an American engineer responsible for the development of the Polaris Missile and Poseidon missile, as well as President and Chief Operating Officer of Lockheed Corporation.
Robert Truax
Captain Robert C. Truax (USN) (September 3, 1917 – September 17, 2010) was a rocket engineer in the United States Navy, and companies such as Aerojet and Truax Engineering, which he founded.
Captain Robert C. Truax (USN) (September 3, 1917 – September 17, 2010) was a rocket engineer in the United States Navy, and companies such as Aerojet and Truax Engineering, which he founded.
Ross Gunn
Ross Gunn was an American physicist, a key player in the USA nuclear submarine program, and a principal in the Manhattan Project.
Ross Gunn was an American physicist, a key player in the USA nuclear submarine program, and a principal in the Manhattan Project.
Tasneem M. Shah
Tasneem M. Shah, Ph.D., SI, TI, is a Pakistani scientist and a prominent mathematician who has made pioneering and instrumental research and contributions to the field of computational fluid dyn...
Tasneem M. Shah, Ph.D., SI, TI, is a Pakistani scientist and a prominent mathematician who has made pioneering and instrumental research and contributions to the field of computational fluid dyn...
Wernher von Braun
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German-born rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology...
Wernher Magnus Maximilian Freiherr von Braun was a German-born rocket scientist, aerospace engineer, space architect, and one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology...