Born into the family which originated Suttons Seeds, John's father was an engineer credited with inventing the motor lawn-mower, among other things, and his mother was a teacher of classics.

Reinhold Rudenberg (February 4, 1883 - December 25, 1961) was a German-American electrical engineer and inventor, credited with many innovations in the electric power and related fields.

John William Earnshaw (1900 - 1982) was a self-taught Australian engineer credited with many inventions.

Though the Glaswegian engineer credited with the invention of television in 1926 was a visionary, he would almost certainly be amazed at what his work has wrought.

Robert B. Dome (October 12, 1905 - January 18, 1996) was an American electrical engineer credited with inventing frequency interlace color television modulation, which was compatible with existing black and white television sets.

James M. Roe (born 1943) is an American engineer and amateur astronomer credited with the discovery of 94 asteroids between 1998 and 2002.

Samuel Brown was an English engineer and inventor credited with developing one of the earliest examples of an internal combustion engine, during the early 19th century.

But in Monday's boardroom purge, Sony demoted the one engineer credited with developing a new, world-beating product line, the PlayStation game consoles.

Andrew Meikle (1719 - 27 November 1811) was an early mechanical engineer credited with inventing the threshing machine, a device used to remove the outer husks from grains of wheat.

François Hussenot (March 22, 1912 - May 16, 1951) was a French engineer, credited with the invention of one of the early forms of the flight data recorder.