electrician An electrician is a tradesman, tradesperson specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, transmission lines, stationary machines, and related equipment. Electricians may be employed in the installation of new electrical components or the ...

is a tradesman specializing in electrical wiring of buildings, stationary machines and related equipment. This is a list of notable people who have been electricians.

Australia

* Laurie Brereton, politician * Colin Brooks, politician * Harry Jensen, unionist and politician *

Gil Langley Gilbert Roche Andrews Langley (14 September 1919 – 14 May 2001) was an Australian Test cricketer, champion Australian rules footballer and member of parliament, serving as Speaker of the South Australian House of Assembly from 1977 to 1979 ...

, cricketer *

Ian Maxfield Ian John Maxfield (born 23 June 1959) is a former Australian politician. Born in Warragul, Victoria, he graduated from Drouin High School in 1976. In 1979, he received an A-Grade Electrical Mechanic and Motor Control certificate from Noble Pa ...

, unionist and politician * Josh McCrone, Rugby League player * William Laird Smith, unionist and politician, Minister for the Navy * Mike Symon, politician * Peter Turnbull, World War II fighter ace

Bermuda

* Johnny Barnes, noted as a national institution for greeting commuters

Brazil

* Roberto Azevêdo, diplomat * Delcídio do Amaral, politician * Silas Rondeau, politician

Canada

John Babcock John Henry Foster Babcock (July 23, 1900 – February 18, 2010) was, at age 109, the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War and, after the death of Harry Patch, was the conflict's olde ...

, First World War veteran * David Bjornson, Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament 1988-1993 for Selkirk-Red River * Navraj Singh Goraya, rapper, producer and audio engineer * David Price, politician * Fred Rose, politician and Soviet spy

France

* Pierre Le Guennec, former possessor of many works by Picasso

Germany

* Hermann Einstein, father of Albert Einstein. Hermann and his brother Jakob founded an electrical engineering company called Einstein & Cie.

Iceland

* Guðmundur Gunnarsson, union leader

Ireland

* Conor Cusack, hurler * Karl Shiels, actor

Israel

* Dror Adani, convicted for conspiracy to murder * Haim Corfu, politician * Moshe Flimann, politician * Alex Goldfarb, politician * Yeruham Zeisel, politician

New Zealand

* Alfred Ngaro, politician

Poland

* Stanisław Jaros, executed for assassination attempts *

Lech Wałęsa Lech Wałęsa (; ; born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995. After winning the 1990 Polish presidential election, 1990 election, Wałę ...

, 2nd president of Poland

Russia

* Yevgeny Nikonov, Soviet naval war hero from Estonia

United Kingdom

* Frank Chapple, union leader *

Alan Charles Alan Charles was the Labour Party (UK), Labour Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner from 2012 to 2016. He was the first person to hold the post, having been elected on 15 November 2012. In July 2015, Charles announced that he would not be s ...

, Police Commissioner * Liam Cunningham, actor * Ivor Linton, footballer *

Stuart Pearce Stuart Pearce (born 24 April 1962) is an English professional football manager and former player, who was most recently a first-team coach for Premier League club West Ham United. He was nicknamed "Psycho" for his unforgiving style of play. ...

, footballer

United States

* Elmer Baumann, union leader and politician * Thomas Bell, novelist * Clipper Darrell, superfan * Adam DeBus, baseball player * Lex Green, politician * Micky Hammon, politician *

Bobby Henon Bobby Henon is an American former politician. He was a Democratic member of the Philadelphia City Council from 2012 until 2022. Political career Henon, an electrician by trade, has worked as a steward, sub-foreman, and foreman. John "Johnny Do ...

, politician * Edwin D. Hill, union leader * William J. Lindsay, politician * Francis Mahoney, basketball player * Richard Christy, musician and radio personality * Mike Maronna, actor *

Brian McMahan Brian McMahan (born January 26, 1969) is an American musician from Louisville, Kentucky. He was a guitarist and vocalist in the seminal rock bands Squirrel Bait and Slint. After the breakup of the latter in November 1990, he went on to play with ...

, guitarist *

Donald Norcross Donald W. Norcross (born December 13, 1958) is an American politician and labor leader who is the U.S. representative for in South Jersey. A member of the Democratic Party, Norcross was first elected to this congressional seat in 2014, followi ...

, politician * Joseph C. Palczynski, spree killer * Thomas Harrison Provenzano, convicted murderer * Jesse Sullivan, amputee who was given a robotic arm *Donald Turnupseed, the other driver in James Dean's fatal accident * Frank Weddig, politician

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