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- William Fairbairn (1789–1874) - Steam power pioneer, developer of early high-pressure boiler (Lancashire boiler)
- Harry Ferguson (1884–1960) - Agricultural equipment engineer, founder of Ferguson Company (later Massey Ferguson)
- Giovanni Fontana (ca. 1395 – ca. 1455) fifteenth-century Venetian engineer.
- Henry Ford (1863–1947) - Automotive engineer and industrialist, founder of Ford Motor Company
- Benoît Fourneyron (1802–1867) - Pioneered early practical water turbine
- Robert Fulton (1765–1815) - Credited with the development of the first commercial steamboat
- Yuan-Cheng Fung - biomechanics
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