Percy Hobart
1885 - 1957
HPI 55.2825 languages
British Army general and military engineer
The Most Famous
Engineers from India
6 notable people
This page contains a list of the greatest Indians Engineers. The pantheon dataset contains 409 Engineers, 5 of which were born in India. This makes India the birth place of the 15th most number of Engineers behind Czechia and Switzerland.
Top 6 Indian Engineers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Indian Engineers of all time. This list of famous Indian Engineers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity.
#1 #2 
Arthur E. Kennelly
1861 - 1939
HPI 54.0920 languagesAmerican electrical engineer (1861–1939)
#3 
Verghese Kurien
1921 - 2012
HPI 53.3826 languagesIndian entrepreneur
#4 
Rajeshwari Chatterjee
1922 - 2010
HPI 48.5316 languagesIndian scientist
#5 
Sonam Wangchuk
b. 1966
HPI 48.0214 languagesSonam Wangchuk is most famous for pioneering the Ice Stupa project that harvests glacial water to combat Ladakh's water scarcity through innovative engineering. A surprising fact is that he inspired the character Phunsukh Wangdu in the Bollywood film 3 Idiots. His legacy endures via SECMOL's education reforms and...Read moreShow less
Sonam Wangchuk is most famous for pioneering the Ice Stupa project that harvests glacial water to combat Ladakh's water scarcity through innovative engineering. A surprising fact is that he inspired the character Phunsukh Wangdu in the Bollywood film 3 Idiots. His legacy endures via SECMOL's education reforms and sustainable climate solutions in the Himalayas.
#6 
Tessy Thomas
b. 1963
HPI 46.9826 languagesIndian scientist
Overlapping Lives
Which Engineers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 6 most globally memorable Engineers since 1700.
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