Engineer/designer Famous Names Starting with Letter J

Was an American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, and founder of the DeLorean

Was an American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, and founder of the DeLorean Motor Company.

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who playe

Was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-fast bowler who played for Berkshire. He was born in Berkshire.Flower, who made his Minor Counties Championship debut for the team in 1964, made his only List A appearance the following year, in the 1965 Gillette Cup, against Somerset. From the lower order, Flower scored a single run.

Was a Canadian-born architect who worked in Sydney, Australia and rural New South Wales from 1863.Hu

Was a Canadian-born architect who worked in Sydney, Australia and rural New South Wales from 1863.Hunt was trained in Boston, Massachusetts but then migrated to Australia and pursued a practice in Sydney. His output was extremely varied and included cathedrals, churches, chapels, houses, homesteads, stables and schools. Probably his first building designed in Australia was the Superintendent's Residence at the Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, designed in 1863. A few years later he designed the Catherine Hayes Hospital, which was also built at the Prince of Wales Hospital, with the design modified by Thomas Rowe. Hunt's other works include the Convent of the Sacred Heart, now Kincoppal-Rose Bay, School of the Sacred Heart, Sydney, in the Sydney suburb of Vaucluse; and Tivoli, now part of Kambala Girls School, in the suburb of Rose Bay. In Armidale, New South Wales, he designed St Peter's Anglican Cathedral and Booloominbah and Trevenna which are now both part of the University of New England.

Was an Australian architect, notable for his grand public buildings and successful design competitio

Was an Australian architect, notable for his grand public buildings and successful design competition entries.During his career, Clark won prizes in 38 of the 47 design competitions which he had entered.Clark had a preference for classical architecture, most of his designs were in the mode of Renaissance revival, Italianate and free classical idioms. He is widely considered to have been one of Australia's best exponent of classical building design.

Architect and engineer, was born in Ireland and emigrated to Tasmania in 1827. He received his early

Architect and engineer, was born in Ireland and emigrated to Tasmania in 1827. He received his early training with first Charles Beazley in London 1809-1812, then he went to work as a drawing clerk with John Rennie. It was here that he would have been involved with the design of London Bridge (now in the USA) and Waterloo Bridge, as well as lighthouse design and other engineering works.He arrived in Hobart on the 2nd August 1827 to take up a position as Civil Engineer and Architect. He held this post for eleven years during which he designed all the Government buildings erected in the colony during this period. His works include:

Is a retired American aeronautical engineer and inventor who contributed to the early designs of fli

Is a retired American aeronautical engineer and inventor who contributed to the early designs of flight surfaces. Other significant contributions included being project engineer in the development of the Grumman F8F fighter, involvement with short takeoff

Was an Australian architect. Born in Greenwich, England, he emigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1885.

Was an Australian architect. Born in Greenwich, England, he emigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1885. From 1921 to 1924 he was chairman of the Federal Capital Advisory Committee and influenced the development of Canberra. On 2 January 2008 it was announced that a suburb in the future Canberra district of Molonglo would be named Sulman.Sulman went to Sydney in 1885, and as a partner in the firm of Sulman and Power was associated in the designing of many of the finest buildings in Sydney and other capital cities. These included the Thomas Walker Convalescent Hospital, Concord, Sydney, the A.M.P. buildings in Melbourne and Brisbane, the Mutual Life Association building, Sydney, afterwards known as New Zealand Chambers, the Sydney Stock Exchange and several suburban churches. Between 1887 and 1912 Sulman was P. N. Russell lecturer in architecture at the University of Sydney. After 1908 he retired from active practice to some extent to develop his interest in town-planning. From 1916 to 1927 he was the Vernon lecturer in town planning at the University of Sydney. In 1921 he published his An Introduction to the Study of Town Planning in Australia.

Was a decorated American war veteran, and a son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. He was the chairman

Was a decorated American war veteran, and a son of Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton. He was the chairman of True North Partners, a venture capital firm.

Is an American contemporary menswear fashion designer. He grew up in the metro Detroit suburb of All

Is an American contemporary menswear fashion designer. He grew up in the metro Detroit suburb of Allen Park, a downriver community situated south of the city of Detroit. He attended Allen Park High School.

Was born in Christchurch, Hampshire. Many generations of the Verge family had been bricklayers and s

Was born in Christchurch, Hampshire. Many generations of the Verge family had been bricklayers and stone masons. From 1804 to 1828 Verge worked in London in the building trade. In 1828 Verge migrated to Sydney, Australia with his son Philip intending to take up a land grant. He took up land on the Williams River, south of Dungog, New South Wales. Having insufficient capital to pursue pastoralism, Verge returned to the building industry between 1830 and 1837 before settling on 'Austral Eden', a pastoral property by the Macleay River in northern New South Wales.

Was a late Baroque architect of the 18th century. Collas was born in Sedan to Antoine de Collas (die

Was a late Baroque architect of the 18th century. Collas was born in Sedan to Antoine de Collas (died 1693) and Elisabeth née de Vilain (died 1681). He was a French Huguenot, his father was a counsellor of William III of Orange, the later William III of England.

Was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented the first widely used high-level p

Was an American computer scientist. He led the team that invented the first widely used high-level programming language (FORTRAN) and was the inventor of the Backus-Naur form (BNF), the almost universally used notation to define formal language syntax. He also did research in function-level programming and helped to popularize it.

Was an American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, and founder of the DeLorean

Was an American engineer and executive in the U.S. automobile industry, and founder of the DeLorean Motor Company.He was most well known for developing the Pontiac GTO muscle car, the DeLorean DMC-12 sports car, which was later featured in the movie Back to the Future, and his high profile 1982 arrest on charges of drug trafficking, in an apparent attempt to raise funds for his struggling company, which declared bankruptcy that same year. He successfully defended himself against these charges, showing that his alleged involvement was a result of entrapment by federal agents.

A Norwegian (his father is Norwegian and mother is Polish) who is famous for his work on reverse eng

A Norwegian (his father is Norwegian and mother is Polish) who is famous for his work on reverse engineering data formats. He is most famous for his involvement in the release of the DeCSS software, which decodes the content-scrambling system used for DVD licensing enforcement. Jon is a self-trained software engineer, who quit high school at the first year to spend more time with the DeCSS case. He moved to the United States and worked as a software engineer in October 2005 until November 2006, and has since moved back to Norway.[1]

Was an American hacker who was the first juvenile incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States.[

Was an American hacker who was the first juvenile incarcerated for cybercrime in the United States.[1] The South Florida native was 15 years old at the time of the first offense and 16 years old on the date of his sentencing. He died on May 18th, 2008.

Was a Czech architect.Chocol studied architecture at the polytechnic in Prague (1908-24), then at th

Was a Czech architect.Chocol studied architecture at the polytechnic in Prague (1908-24), then at the academy in Vienna, under guidance of Otto Wagner (1907-09). He was one of three significant Cubist architects, together with Pavel Janák and Josef Gocár; all three were members of the Mánes Union of Fine Arts.

Was a Finnish church architect and engineer who worked in the Imperial Russia and independent Finlan

Was a Finnish church architect and engineer who worked in the Imperial Russia and independent Finland. He designed 35 churches for Finland and Finnish Karelia ceded to Soviet Union in 1944. Stenbäck's churches represent Romantic nationalism or Gothic Revival.

Was a German architect. He created a number of sacred and secular buildings, in the Ruhrgebiet, part

Was a German architect. He created a number of sacred and secular buildings, in the Ruhrgebiet, particularly in Gelsenkirchen. He is noted for his work of the 1920s in the brick-expressionist style. After leaving school, Franke studied at the Höxter Bauge

Was a Czech architect, one of the founders of modern architecture in Czechoslovakia.Josef Gocár rec

Was a Czech architect, one of the founders of modern architecture in Czechoslovakia.Josef Gocár received his early instruction at the State Technical School in Prague. At the age of 23 he went to study under Jan Kotera at the Prague School of Applied Arts. For two years afterward, 1906–1908, Gocár was employed by Kotera's studio. At that time he decided to join the Mánes Union of Fine Arts, but left it in 1911 to join the Cubist Group of Visual Artists. Gocár joined Pavel Janák, Josef Chochol and Odoln Grege in founding the Prague Art Workshops in 1912. In 1924, following the death of Kotera, Gocár became a professor at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts.

Was a tailor. He is one of the inventors of the sewing machine.Josef Madersperger was born in 1768 i

Was a tailor. He is one of the inventors of the sewing machine.Josef Madersperger was born in 1768 in Kufstein. In 1790 his father and he relocated to Vienna because his parents' house in Tirol burned down. In 1807 he started with the development of the sewing machine, spending all his savings and leisure time. In 1814 he presented his first sewing machine imitating a human hand. Madersperger did not commercialize the 1815 granted privilege which expired after 3 years. Sporadic he tried to merchandised fruits as you could learn from an apply for a concession at the municipality. It is unknown what he did with the business licence. 1823 he was registrated in the Himmelpfortgasse 14 as "former" middle-class taylor.

Was a Bohemian architect and restorer who worked in a purist gothic style.He was responsible for res

Was a Bohemian architect and restorer who worked in a purist gothic style.He was responsible for restoring many Bohemian castles and ancient buildings in Prague. His work aroused much controversy, but also contributed many important landmarks of Prague.

Was one of the most important Czech architects in the 19th century.

Was one of the most important Czech architects in the 19th century.

Is a Czech architect. He is known mainly as the designer of the pedestrian tunnel in the Deer Moat a

Is a Czech architect. He is known mainly as the designer of the pedestrian tunnel in the Deer Moat at the Prague Castle, and administrative building of the CSOB in Prague. In 2009, he was voted the most significant Czech architect of the 1989-2009 period.[1]

Was a Czech–Bulgarian architect, engineer and geodesist credited with shaping the modern appearanc

Was a Czech–Bulgarian architect, engineer and geodesist credited with shaping the modern appearance of Plovdiv, Bulgaria's second-largest city.[2]Even before the Treaty of San Stefano was signed on 3 March 1878 and Bulgaria was liberated from Ottoman rule, Schnitter was dispatched to Plovdiv by the Russians.[3] He settled in the city, which was the capital of autonomous Eastern Rumelia until the Unification of Bulgaria in 1885, and, after a brief private practice, served as Plovdiv's head architect and municipal chief of engineering from 1878 until his death in 1914.[3]

Was an acclaimed[who?] Czech fishpond builder and architect.Netolický worked as a regent of the Rožmberks' domain and designed fishpond system around the town Trebon. The builder of this system was the other well-known regent of this domain, Jakub Krcín. Netolický was a founder of the Zlatá Stoka (Golden Canal), one of two canals for regulation of water system in the region of Trebon.