The Magician
Driven by Power
Definition
A person who wants to transform society by using science to manipulate others and gain power.
Shockwave (IDW)
Shockwave is driven exclusively by logic and science, and he is single- handedly responsible for creating technology that allowed members of his race to combine, the creation and deployment of change causing ores, the thirteenth of which would have destroyed the Earth without his intervention, and finally, nearly causing the extinction of his kind in pursuit of an eternal end to conflict.
Batman
Batman creates technology (such as the Batmobile, Batarangs, and other unoriginally named devices) that he uses for his goal of eliminating crime in Gotham.
Jacen Solo/ Darth Caedus (Star Wars Expanded Universe)
Jacen Solo once went on a year-long exodus in order to gain more power in the Force. Furthermore, he's not above using mind control and military force to persuade others to do what he prefers them to do. He qualifies as a hero due to his end goal, which is an end to war.
Albert Einstein used math and science to construct and prove theories that changed the way people thought about the universe as we know it.
Albert Einstein's Gravitational Waves Detected in Landmark Discovery