List of Mechanical Engineers - W

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• James Watt (1736–1819) - Inventor of the Watt steam engine whose development helped enable the Industrial Revolution
• Samuel T. Wellman (1847–1919) - Inventor and industrialist responsible for numerous steel industry innovations
• Eli Whitney (1765–1825) - Inventor of the cotton gin
• Joseph Whitworth (1803–1887) - Associated with standardizing thread pitch and techniques enabling precision machining
• Martin Wiberg (1826–1905) - Computer technology pioneer (logarithmic table machine)
• Walter Gordon Wilson (1874–1957) - inventor of the Wilson preselector gearbox
• Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951) - aerospace engineer turned philosopher
• Nathaniel C. Wyeth (1911–1990) - Developed polyethylene terephthalate (PET) beverage container
• Felix Wankel (1902–1988) - Inventor of the Wankel Rotary Engine