The best choice that I could think of would be a past president and not one in the previous years that is still alive the best choice would be either John F. Kennedy because of his involvement in the moon landing or Franklin D. Rosevelt for his involvement with the war.
I believe so.......If you are talking of the printing press guy
Troubleshooter
genius whiz
mender
technician
consultant
Not sure what you’re going for, lots of words for such.