Names to know

[Moseph]

I thought it would be interesting for everyone to share who they felt were some important figures in music that were known for things other than musicianship. Who's your industry icon?

I'll start with my obvious ones:

Analog Design
Alan Blumlein
Rupert Neve
Saul Walker
Bob Moog
Georg Neumann

Computers and Digital
Claude Shannon
Harry Nyquist
Max Mathews
Miller Puckette

Production
Tom Dowd
Les Paul
George Massenburg
George Martin

Other
John Storyk
Leo Fender

[The Chemist]

Production
Martins Saulespurens
Skipper Wise
Allen Sides

Organizations
Audio Engineering Society
European Broadcasting Union
Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers

[Seafroggys]

Les Paul for developing multi-track recording

George Martin for being a kickass producer for the greatest band

Geoff Emerick for being a kickass engineer for the greatest band

Phil Spector for obvious reasons