In 1863, Hunley engineered the first combat submarine for the Confederates during the Civil War. Despite the submarine having already sunk once, killing a majority of its crew, Hunley was aboard the CSS Hunley for its the second attempt at the Union blockade in Charleston, where he drowned along with the entirety of its crew.
The rocket scientist invented liquid-fueled rocket engines during his time with the German rocketeering society Verein für Raumschiffahrt. He was killed in 1930 when an alcohol-fueled engine exploded on his test bench.
A 24-year-old inventor who worked for General Electric, Nelson was killed while test-driving a motorized bike for which he invented a motor in 1903.
Bullock invented the web rotary press, a printing press fed by a continuous roll of paper. In 1867, he either kicked or had his foot caught in one of the mechanisms, which resulted in an infected cut, gangrene, and eventually death.
The physician invented blood transfusions in order to see if there were any rejuvenation effects on the human body. Bogdanov died in 1928 after his 12th transfusion, which was either infected or of the wrong blood type.
The professional stuntman developed a shock-absorbent barrel in which he would go over the Nigara Falls. He did so successfully, but when performing a similar stunt in the Astrodome, the barrel was released too early — and Soucek plummeted 180 feet, hitting the rim of the water tank designed to cushion the blow.
The two physicists were running experiments on plutonium for The Manhattan Project, and both died due to lethal doses of radiation a year apart (1945 and 1946, respectively).
The shipbuilder was the chief naval architect of the HMS Titanic and was onboard the ship as she sank in 1912.
The first balloon flight by Rozier and Marquis d'Arlandes.Wikipedia
Jean-Françoise Pilâtre de Rozier volunteered for the first human hot air balloon flight in 1783 because "there was no way" he "was going to let this honor go to an artisan." The flight propelled him into international stardom.
Later on, two others became the first to cross the English Channel by hot air balloon and became the new international superstars.
Pilâtre de Rozier, envious that he was no longer the center of attention, created the Rozière balloon to solve the problems faced by the previous guys. But something mysterious went wrong during his attempt at crossing the English Channel, and he died during the flight.
Smolinski died in 1973 while test-piloting his flying car, the AVE MIZAR, the only product his company ever attempted to produce.
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