List of Famous people named Galileo

Here are some famous Galileos:

Galileo Galilei

First Name Galileo
Born on February 15, 1564
Died on January 8, 1642 (aged 77)
Born in Italy, Tuscany

Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath, from Pisa. Galileo has been called the "father of observational astronomy", the "father of modern physics", the "father of the scientific method", and the "father of modern science".

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Galileo Ferraris

First Name Galileo
Born on October 30, 1847
Died on February 7, 1897 (aged 49)
Born in Italy, Piedmont

Galileo Ferraris was an Italian university professor, physicist and electrical engineer, one of the pioneers of AC power system and an inventor of the three-phase induction motor although he never patented his work. Many newspapers touted that his work on the induction motor and power transmission systems were some of the greatest inventions of all ages. He published an extensive and complete monograph on the experimental results obtained with open-circuit transformers of the type designed by the power engineers Lucien Gaulard and John Dixon Gibbs.

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