DNB - Metallurgists
A search in the on-line version of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography shows a number of metallurgists are recognised there.
Allen, Norman Percy (1903–1972)
Andrews, Thomas (1847–1907)
Atkinson, Stephen (fl. 1586–1619)
Austen, Sir William Chandler Roberts- (1843–1902)
Bell, Sir (Isaac) Lowthian, first baronet (1816–1904)
Bessemer, Sir Henry (1813–1898)
Brearley, Harry (1871–1948)
Carpenter, Sir (Henry Cort) Harold (1875–1940)
Coles, Sherard Osborn Cowper- (1866–1936)
Cullen, William (1867–1948)
Desch, Cecil Henry (1874–1958)
Finniston, Sir (Harold) Montague] (1912–1991)
Foster, Sir Clement Le Neve (1841–1904)
Fowler, Sir Henry (1870–1938)
Giffard, John Anthony Hardinge, third earl of Halsbury (1908–2000)
Gilchrist, Percy Carlyle (1851–1935)
Gowland, William (1842–1922)
Hadfield, Sir Robert Abbott (1858–1940)
Harris, John Edwin (1932–2009)
Honeycombe, Sir Robert William Kerr (1921–2007)
Johnson, Percival Norton (1792–1866)
McCance, Sir Andrew (1889–1983)
Matthey, George (1825–1913)
Morrison, Sir (William) Murray (1873–1948)
Murphy, Alfred John (1901–1980)
Mushet, David (1772–1847)
Mushet, Robert Forester (1811–1891)
Percy, John (1817–1889)
Phillips, John Arthur (1822–1887)
Raynor, Geoffrey Vincent (1913–1983)
Richardson, (Frederick) Denys (1913–1983)
Rosenhain, Walter (1875–1934)
Rothery, William Hume- (1899–1968)
Siemens, Sir (Charles) William (formerly Karl Wilhelm) (1823–1883)
Smith, Cyril Stanley (1903–1992)
Snelus, George James (1837–1906)
Sykes, Sir Charles (1905–1982)
Talbot, Benjamin (1864–1947)
Thomas, Sidney Gilchrist (1850–1885)
Tipper (nee Elam), Constance Fligg (1894–1995)
Webster, James (1821–1904)
Wiggin, Sir Henry Samuel (1824–1905)
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