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  LaMarcus Adna Thompson

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  Walt Disney

  Walter Elias "Walt" Disney (December 5, 1901 – December 15, 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon and philanthropist. Disney is famous for his influence in the field of entertainment during the twentieth...
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  John Miller

  John A. Miller (born August John Mueller in 1872, Homewood, Illinois - died June 24, 1941, Houston, Texas) was a roller coaster designer and builder. He held over 100 patents, many of which were for roller coaster safety devices (e.g. the safety chain dog), that remain key components of present-day...
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  Werner Stengel

  Werner Stengel (born 22 August 1936) is a German roller coaster designer and engineer. Stengel is the founder of Stengel Engineering, also known as Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH (or Ingenieur Buero Stengel GmbH). Born 22 August 1936, in Bochum, Germany, Stengel first worked on amusement park rides in...
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  Don Dorsey

  Don Dorsey is an American audio production consultant, and a designer and director of fireworks and nighttime spectacular shows (including IllumiNations and Sorcery in the Sky.) From 1975 to 1992 he served as the main audio recording and post-production engineer for the Entertainment Division of...

• John Wardley

  John Wardley is a British award-winning concept designer and developer for theme parks, mainly for rides such as roller coasters. Wardley started off as a stage manager in the theatre, then later moving on to the film industry (including creating the special effects for five of the James Bond...

• Herbert Paul Schmeck

  Herbert Paul Schmeck (born 1890 in Reading, Pennsylvania, died 1956) was an American roller coaster designer. From 1923 to 1955, Schmeck designed 84 coasters for the Philadelphia Toboggan Company. As a designer and president, the company became the most prominent manufacturer of roller coasters in...

• Ron Toomer

  Ronald Valentine Toomer (born 31 May 1930) is one of the prominent roller coaster designers in the world. He graduated from the University of Nevada with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was on the design team for the heat shield on the Apollo spacecraft. When he joined Arrow Dynamics, he was...

• Anton Schwarzkopf

  Anton Schwarzkopf was a German engineer of amusement rides, and founder of the Schwarzkopf Industries company, which built numerous rides and large roller coasters for both amusement parks and travelling funfairs. Anton Schwarzkopf was introduced into the industry with his father's involvement with...