John M. Burnham (September 11, 1917 – November 15, 1957) was the designer of , the world's first operational nuclear-powered

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. He was a 1941 graduate of the United States Naval Academy. In 1947, he joined the Electric Boat Division of the General Dynamics Corporation at Groton, Connecticut. He became design manager at Electric Boat in 1952 and was responsible for the design of ''Nautilus'' and two other nuclear-powered submarines, and .

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* 1917 births 1957 deaths American industrial designers 20th-century American engineers United States Naval Academy alumni {{US-engineer-stub