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This dimension groups transport figures by their nationality. Wikipedia defines nationality as "the legal status of belonging to a particular nation, defined as a group of people organized in one country, under one legal jurisdiction, or a group of people who are united by a common culture, history, traditions, and awareness of a common origin." Browsing by nationality shows how transport innovation clustered in certain countries at certain times.

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Era of Emergence
1814 CE 1
United States
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Alexander de Seversky

United States

Alexander Graham Bell

United States

Alexander Winton

United States

Alfred E. Kahn

United States

Alfred P. Sloan

United States

Alice Huyler Ramsey

United States

Amelia Earhart

United States

Andrew Smith Hallidie

United States

Beverley Bass

United States

Byron Carter

United States

Charles F. Kettering

United States

Charles Lindbergh

United States

Charles Momsen

United States

Charles Stewart Mott

United States

Clessie Cummins

United States

Clifford Milburn Holland

United States

Cornelius Vanderbilt

United States

David Bushnell (inventor)

United States

David Dunbar Buick

United States

Dean Kamen

United States

Donald Douglas

United States

Donald McKay

United States

Earle S. MacPherson

United States

Ed Cole

United States

Eddie Rickenbacker

United States

Edsel Ford

United States

Edward Forman

United States

Elisha Otis

United States

Elwood Haynes

United States

Errett Lobban Cord

United States

Fred Duesenberg

United States

George B. Selden

United States

George de Bothezat

United States

George Pullman

United States

George W. Romney

United States

George Westinghouse

United States

Gustave Whitehead

United States

Hans von Ohain

United States

Harvey S. Firestone

United States

Henry Ford

United States

Henry M. Leland

United States

Horace Elgin Dodge

United States

Horatio Nelson Jackson

United States

Igor Sikorsky

United States

Jacqueline Cochran

United States

James Ward Packard

United States

Jeannette Piccard

United States

Jerrie Mock

United States

Joe Sutter

United States

John Augustus Roebling

United States

John D. Hertz

United States

John DeLorean

United States

John Francis Dodge

United States

John Philip Holland

United States

John Stapp

United States

Joseph Strauss

United States

Juan Trippe

United States

Kelly Johnson

United States

Larry Shinoda

United States

Leland Stanford

United States

Malcom McLean

United States

Mary Anderson (inventor)

United States

Matthias Baldwin

United States

Orville Wright

United States

Othmar Ammann

United States

Ransom E. Olds

United States

Robert Fulton

United States

Robert H. Goddard

United States

Shane Chen

United States

Simon Lake

United States

Sylvester Marsh

United States

Warren Avis

United States

Wernher von Braun

United States

Wilbur Wright

United States

William Boeing

United States

William Francis Gibbs

United States

Zora Arkus-Duntov

United States
Sources
1. Wikipedia: George Stephenson
WikipediaGeorge Stephenson, first locomotive Blucher, Figures category
Quote, George Stephenson, first locomotive Blucher, Figures category
Stephenson designed his first locomotive in 1814, a travelling engine designed for hauling coal on the Killingworth wagonway named Blucher
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