Some of the most notable contributors to the Corrosion Engineering discipline include among others:
* Michael Faraday (1791–1867)
* Marcel Pourbaix (1904–1998)
* Herbert H. Uhlig (1907–1993)
* Ulick Richardson Evans (1889–1980)
* Mars Guy Fontana (1910–1988)
* Melvin Romanoff (   -1970)