Occupation: Inventor
- ️Wed Dec 17 2008
Occupation: Inventor
LISTS
Some inventors are listed instead as Scientists.
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward G. Acheson | Inventor | 9-Mar-1856 | 6-Jul-1931 | Discovered silicon carbide |
| Robert Adler | Physicist | 4-Dec-1913 | 15-Feb-2007 | Invented wireless remote control |
| Howard Aiken | Physicist | 8-Mar-1900 | 14-Mar-1973 | Designer of early computers |
| Charles Alderton | Inventor | 21-Jun-1857 | 29-May-1941 | Invented Dr Pepper |
| Ernst F. W. Alexanderson | Inventor | 25-Jan-1878 | 14-May-1975 | Developed radio and television at GE and RCA |
| David Alter | Inventor | 3-Dec-1807 | 18-Sep-1881 | Almost discovered spectroscopy |
| Luis W. Alvarez | Physicist | 13-Jun-1911 | 1-Sep-1988 | Particle accelerator, extinction of dinosaurs |
| Mary Anderson | Inventor | 19-Feb-1866 | 27-Jun-1953 | Inventor of the windshield wiper |
| Nicolas Appert | Inventor | 17-Nov-1749 | 3-Jun-1841 | Food preservation |
| Archimedes | Mathematician | c. 290 BC | 211 BC | Greatest of the ancient mathematicians |
| Edwin H. Armstrong | Inventor | 18-Dec-1890 | 31-Jan-1954 | Inventor of FM radio |
| John Atanasoff | Inventor | 4-Oct-1903 | 15-Jun-1995 | Atanasoff-Berry Computer |
| Charles Babbage | Mathematician | 26-Dec-1791 | 18-Oct-1871 | Inventor of the Difference Engine |
| Ralph Baer | Inventor | 8-Mar-1922 | Inventor of the home video game console | |
| John Logie Baird | Inventor | 13-Aug-1888 | 14-Jun-1946 | Television |
| Paul Baran | Engineer | 29-Apr-1926 | 26-Mar-2011 | Packet-sharing in computer communications |
| John Bardeen | Physicist | 23-May-1908 | 30-Jan-1991 | Co-Inventor of the transistor |
| Emile Baudot | Inventor | 11-Sep-1845 | 28-Mar-1903 | Baudot Code |
| Arnold Beckman | Inventor | 10-Apr-1900 | 18-May-2004 | Philanthropist who invented pH meter |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Inventor | 3-Mar-1847 | 2-Aug-1922 | Inventor of the telephone |
| Vincent Bendix | Inventor | 12-Aug-1881 | 27-Mar-1945 | Founder of Bendix Corporation |
| Karl Benz | Inventor | 25-Nov-1844 | 4-Apr-1929 | Invented the automobile |
| Hans Berger | Physicist | 21-May-1873 | 1-Jun-1941 | Electroencephalogram |
| Henry Bessemer | Inventor | 19-Jan-1813 | 15-Mar-1898 | Bessemer process to manufacture steel |
| Forrest Bird | Inventor | 9-Jun-1921 | Bird Universal Medical Respirator | |
| Clarence Birdseye | Scientist | 9-Dec-1886 | 7-Oct-1956 | Frozen and dried food, wrapped in cellophane |
| László Bíró | Inventor | 29-Sep-1899 | 24-Oct-1985 | Ballpoint pen |
| George Blaisdell | Inventor | 5-Jun-1895 | 3-Oct-1978 | Zippo cigarette lighter |
| Samuel Blanc | Inventor | 13-Feb-1883 | 20-Dec-1964 | Founder of Roto-Rooter |
| Alan Blumlein | Inventor | 29-Jun-1903 | 7-Jun-1942 | Stereophonic recording |
| Nils Bohlin | Engineer | 17-Jul-1920 | 26-Sep-2002 | Three-point safety belt |
| J. Armand Bombardier | Business | 16-Apr-1907 | 18-Feb-1964 | Founder of Bombardier |
| Robert Bosch | Business | 23-Sep-1861 | 9-Mar-1942 | Founder of Bosch GmbH |
| Amar Bose | Inventor | 2-Nov-1929 | Inventor of Bose speakers | |
| Paul Boucherot | Engineer | 3-Oct-1869 | 7-Aug-1943 | Ocean thermal energy conversion |
| Matthew Boulton | Business | 3-Sep-1728 | 17-Aug-1809 | Financed the early steam engine |
| Willard S. Boyle | Physicist | 19-Aug-1924 | 7-May-2011 | Digital photography |
| Louis Braille | Inventor | 4-Jan-1809 | 6-Jan-1852 | Reading system for the blind |
| Joseph Bramah | Inventor | 13-Apr-1748 | 9-Dec-1814 | Inventor of the hydraulic press |
| George Brayton | Inventor | 3-Oct-1830 | 17-Dec-1892 | Brayton cycle engine |
| R. Hanbury Brown | Astronomer | 31-Aug-1916 | 16-Jan-2002 | Optical intensity interferometer |
| John Browning | Inventor | 23-Jan-1855 | 26-Nov-1926 | Best gun designer of all time |
| Filippo Brunelleschi | Architect | 1377 | 15-Apr-1446 | Florentine Renaissance architect |
| Charles F. Brush | Inventor | 17-Mar-1849 | 15-Jun-1929 | Street lights |
| Don Buchla | Inventor | Apr-1937 | Modular synthesizer designer | |
| David Buick | Engineer | 17-Sep-1854 | 6-Mar-1929 | Designed the first Buick motorcars |
| Gerald Bull | Inventor | 8-Mar-1928 | 22-Mar-1990 | Supergun builder |
| Vannevar Bush | Scientist | 11-Mar-1890 | 30-Jun-1974 | Pre-internet visionary |
| Chester Carlson | Inventor | 8-Feb-1906 | 19-Sep-1968 | Invented Xerography |
| Willis Carrier | Inventor | 26-Nov-1876 | 7-Oct-1950 | Created the first air conditioning |
| Edmund Cartwright | Inventor | 24-Apr-1743 | 30-Oct-1823 | Invented the power loom |
| George Washington Carver | Botanist | c. 1860 | 5-Jan-1943 | Crop rotation and peanut butter |
| George Cayley | Inventor | 27-Dec-1773 | 8-Dec-1854 | Father of aeronautics |
| Josephine Cochrane | Inventor | 8-Mar-1839 | 3-Aug-1913 | Invented the dishwasher |
| Christopher Cockerell | Inventor | 4-Jun-1910 | 1-Jun-1999 | Hovercraft |
| Samuel T. Cohen | Physicist | 25-Jan-1921 | 28-Nov-2010 | Neutron bomb |
| Samuel C. Collins | Chemist | 28-Dec-1898 | 19-Jun-1984 | Collins-type cryocooler |
| Samuel Colt | Inventor | 19-Jul-1814 | 10-Jan-1862 | Invented the revolver |
| Harry Coover | Chemist | 6-Mar-1919 | 19-Mar-2011 | Invented Super Glue |
| George Henry Corliss | Inventor | 2-Jun-1817 | 21-Feb-1888 | Corliss valve and steam engines |
| Frederick G. Cottrell | Inventor | 10-Jan-1877 | 16-Nov-1948 | Smokestack filters to fight pollution |
| Jacques Cousteau | Activist | 11-Jun-1910 | 25-Jun-1997 | Oceanographer, environmentalist |
| Seymour Cray | Inventor | 28-Sep-1925 | 5-Oct-1996 | Inventor of Cray supercomputers |
| Samuel Crompton | Inventor | 3-Dec-1753 | 26-Jun-1827 | Invented the spinning mule |
| Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot | Inventor | 26-Sep-1725 | 2-Oct-1804 | Steam-powered automobile |
| Jan Czochralski | Scientist | 23-Oct-1885 | 22-Apr-1953 | Czochralski Process |
| Leonardo Da Vinci | Artist | 15-Apr-1452 | 2-May-1519 | Mona Lisa, The Last Supper |
| Louis Daguerre | Inventor | 18-Nov-1787 | 10-Jul-1851 | Invented Daguerreotype photography |
| Gottlieb Daimler | Engineer | 17-Mar-1834 | 6-Mar-1900 | Invented the motorcycle |
| Gustaf Dalén | Inventor | 30-Nov-1869 | 9-Dec-1937 | Automatic sun valve |
| Humphry Davy | Chemist | 17-Dec-1778 | 29-May-1829 | Leading early 19th century chemist |
| Mark Dean | Engineer | 2-Mar-1957 | Computer architecture | |
| Michael DeBakey | Doctor | 7-Sep-1908 | 11-Jul-2008 | Father of cardiovascular surgery |
| John Deere | Business | 7-Feb-1804 | 17-May-1886 | Invented the self-scouring plow |
| Charles J. Van Depoele | Inventor | 27-Apr-1846 | 18-Mar-1892 | Trolley car pioneer |
| Robert H. Dicke | Physicist | 6-May-1916 | 4-Mar-1997 | Dicke radiometer |
| William K. L. Dickson | Inventor | 3-Aug-1860 | 28-Sep-1935 | Motion picture camera |
| Walter Diemer | Business | 8-Jan-1905 | 8-Jan-1998 | Invented bubble gum |
| Rudolf Diesel | Inventor | 18-Mar-1858 | 30-Sep-1913 | Inventor of the diesel engine |
| Ray Milton Dolby | Inventor | 18-Jan-1933 | Inventor of Dolby stereo | |
| Herbert Dow | Business | 26-Feb-1866 | 15-Oct-1930 | Founder of Dow Chemical |
| Henry Dreyfuss | Inventor | 2-Mar-1904 | 5-Oct-1972 | Product designer, human factors engineer |
| William Duddell | Physicist | 1872 | 4-Nov-1917 | Electronic music |
| Allen B. DuMont | Inventor | 29-Jan-1901 | 14-Nov-1965 | TV picture tube and TV network |
| August Dvorak | Inventor | 5-May-1894 | 10-Oct-1975 | Dvorak Simplified Keyboard |
| James Dyson | Inventor | 2-May-1947 | Dyson vacuum cleaner | |
| George Eastman | Inventor | 12-Jul-1854 | 14-Mar-1932 | Inventor of the Kodak camera |
| Roger Easton | Inventor | 30-Apr-1921 | Global Positioning System | |
| John Presper Eckert | Computer Programmer | 9-Apr-1919 | 3-Jun-1995 | ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers |
| Thomas Edison | Inventor | 11-Feb-1847 | 18-Oct-1931 | Invented the light bulb |
| William L. Emmet | Engineer | 10-Jul-1859 | 26-Sep-1941 | All-electric warships |
| Doug Engelbart | Computer Programmer | 30-Jan-1925 | Pioneer of human-computer interaction | |
| John Ericsson | Inventor | 31-Jul-1803 | 8-Mar-1889 | Built the ironclad USS Monitor |
| Moses Farmer | Inventor | 9-Feb-1820 | 25-May-1893 | Invented the fire alarm, electric trolley |
| Philo Farnsworth | Inventor | 19-Aug-1906 | 11-Mar-1971 | Inventor of electronic television |
| Leo Fender | Inventor | 10-Aug-1909 | 21-Mar-1991 | Electric guitarmaker |
| Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti | Business | 9-Apr-1864 | 13-Jan-1930 | England's electrical grid |
| George Ferris | Engineer | 14-Feb-1859 | 22-Nov-1896 | Ferris Wheel |
| George Finch | Chemist | 4-Aug-1888 | 22-Nov-1970 | Oxygen for mountain climbing |
| John Ambrose Fleming | Engineer | 29-Nov-1849 | 19-Apr-1945 | Invented the vacuum tube |
| Lee De Forest | Inventor | 26-Aug-1873 | 30-Jun-1961 | Inventor of the Audion vacuum tube |
| Benjamin Franklin | Diplomat | 17-Jan-1706 | 17-Apr-1790 | American founding father |
| Art Fry | Chemist | 19-Aug-1931 | Post-It notes | |
| R. Buckminster Fuller | Architect | 12-Jul-1895 | 1-Jul-1983 | Futurist, invented the geodesic dome |
| Robert Fulton | Inventor | 14-Nov-1765 | 24-Feb-1815 | Inventor of the submarine and steamboat |
| Galileo Galilei | Astronomer | 15-Feb-1564 | 8-Jan-1642 | Copernican observational astronomer |
| John C. Garand | Inventor | 1-Jan-1888 | 16-Feb-1974 | M-1 semiautomatic rifle |
| Richard Jordan Gatling | Inventor | 12-Sep-1818 | 26-Feb-1903 | Inventor of the Gatling Gun |
| Heinrich Geissler | Inventor | 26-May-1815 | 24-Jan-1879 | Geissler tube |
| Ivan Getting | Inventor | 18-Jan-1912 | 11-Oct-2003 | Global Positioning System |
| John H. Gibbon, Jr. | Doctor | 29-Sep-1903 | 5-Feb-1973 | Open-heart surgery |
| King Gillette | Inventor | 5-Jan-1855 | 9-Jul-1932 | Safety razor |
| Donald A. Glaser | Physicist | 21-Sep-1926 | Inventor of the bubble chamber | |
| Charles Goodyear | Inventor | 29-Dec-1800 | 1-Jul-1860 | Invented rubber vulcanization process |
| John Gorrie | Inventor | 3-Oct-1803 | 29-Jun-1855 | Invented air conditioning |
| Robert Gottschalk | Inventor | 12-Mar-1918 | 3-Jun-1982 | Wide-screen motion picture technology |
| Gordon Gould | Physicist | 17-Jul-1920 | 16-Sep-2005 | Invented the laser, arguably |
| Bette Nesmith Graham | Inventor | 23-Mar-1924 | 12-May-1980 | Correction fluid |
| Joseph Mortimer Granville | Doctor | 1833 | 1900 | Electric vibrator |
| Billy Gray | Actor | 13-Jan-1938 | Father Knows Best | |
| Wilson Greatbatch | Inventor | 6-Sep-1919 | 27-Sep-2011 | Implantable pacemaker |
| Johannes Gutenberg | Inventor | 1398 | 3-Feb-1468 | Inventor of movable type |
| Samuel Guthrie | Doctor | 1782 | 19-Oct-1848 | Discovered chloroform |
| Gary Gygax | Inventor | 27-Jul-1938 | 4-Mar-2008 | Co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons |
| David Hahn | Inventor | 30-Oct-1976 | Do-it-yourself nuclear reactor | |
| H. Tracy Hall | Chemist | 20-Oct-1919 | 25-Jul-2008 | Synthetic diamonds |
| Erle P. Halliburton | Business | 22-Sep-1891 | 13-Oct-1957 | Founder of Halliburton |
| Andrew Smith Hallidie | Inventor | 16-Mar-1836 | 24-Apr-1900 | Designed the first cable car system |
| Laurens Hammond | Inventor | 11-Jan-1895 | 3-Jul-1973 | Hammond Organ |
| Joseph Aloysius Hansom | Architect | 26-Oct-1803 | 29-Jun-1882 | Invented the Hansom Cab |
| Robert Hare | Chemist | 17-Jan-1781 | 15-May-1858 | Hydrostatic blow-pipe and spiritoscope |
| George Russell Harrison | Physicist | 14-Jul-1898 | 27-Jul-1979 | Echelle spectrograph |
| John Harrison | Inventor | Mar-1693 | 24-Mar-1776 | Inventor of a marine clock |
| E. Newton Harvey | Zoologist | 25-Nov-1887 | 21-Jul-1959 | Light-emitting organisms |
| Jeff Hawkins | Inventor | 1-Jun-1957 | Inventor of the Palm Pilot and Treo | |
| Morton Heilig | Inventor | 22-Dec-1926 | 14-May-1997 | Early virtual reality pioneer |
| Martin Hellman | Inventor | 2-Oct-1945 | Public key cryptographer | |
| Jaroslav Heyrovsky | Chemist | 20-Dec-1890 | 27-Mar-1967 | Polarography |
| Rowland Hill | Inventor | 3-Dec-1795 | 27-Aug-1879 | Invented the postage stamp |
| Stanley Hiller, Jr. | Inventor | 15-Nov-1924 | 20-Apr-2006 | Helicopter designer |
| Charles Hires | Business | 19-Aug-1851 | 31-Jul-1937 | Root beer |
| Chuck Hoberman | Inventor | 1956 | Creator of unfolding structures | |
| Herman Hollerith | Inventor | 29-Feb-1860 | 17-Nov-1929 | Invented the punchcard |
| Alexander Lyman Holley | Business | 20-Jul-1832 | 29-Jan-1882 | Designed steel foundries |
| Nick Holonyak | Physicist | 3-Nov-1928 | Light-emitting diodes | |
| Gottlob Honold | Engineer | 26-Aug-1876 | 17-Mar-1923 | Invented the spark plug |
| Leroy Hood | Biologist | 10-Oct-1938 | Systems biology and Human Genome Project | |
| Grace Murray Hopper | Computer Programmer | 9-Dec-1906 | 1-Jan-1992 | Computer programming pioneer |
| Godfrey N. Hounsfield | Engineer | 28-Aug-1919 | 12-Aug-2004 | Computerized axial tomography (CAT scans) |
| Edwin J. Houston | Inventor | 9-Jul-1847 | 1-Mar-1914 | Thomson-Houston Electric Company |
| Elias Howe | Inventor | 9-Jul-1819 | 3-Oct-1867 | Inventor of the sewing machine |
| David Hughes | Inventor | 16-May-1831 | 22-Jan-1900 | Inventor of the microphone |
| Jon M. Huntsman | Business | 21-Jun-1937 | Founder of Huntsman Corporation | |
| Jamie Hyneman | TV Personality | 25-Sep-1956 | Mustachioed host of MythBusters | |
| Frederic Eugene Ives | Inventor | 17-Feb-1856 | 27-May-1937 | Halftone process |
| Herbert E. Ives | Physicist | 21-Jul-1882 | 13-Nov-1953 | Facsimile machine |
| Joseph-Marie Jacquard | Inventor | 7-Jul-1752 | 7-Aug-1834 | Jacquard loom |
| Theo Jansen | Sculptor | 14-Mar-1948 | Evolves walking beach sculptures | |
| Robert Jarvik | Doctor | 11-May-1946 | Co-Inventor, Jarvik-7 artificial heart | |
| Lonnie Johnson | Inventor | 6-Oct-1949 | Revolutionized the squirt gun industry | |
| Martin L. Kaiser | Inventor | c. 1935 | Electronic surveillance consultant | |
| Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov | Inventor | 10-Nov-1919 | Inventor of Kalashnikov rifle | |
| Salar Kamangar | Business | c. 1977 | CEO of YouTube | |
| Dean Kamen | Inventor | 5-Apr-1951 | Segway pedestrian vehicle | |
| Theophilus Van Kannel | Inventor | 1841 | 24-Dec-1919 | Revolving door |
| Cresson H. Kearny | Inventor | 7-Jan-1914 | 18-Dec-2003 | Patriot, inventor, survivalist idol |
| John Harvey Kellogg | Doctor | 26-Feb-1852 | 14-Dec-1943 | Battle Creek Sanitarium |
| Will Keith Kellogg | Business | 7-Apr-1860 | 6-Oct-1951 | Corn flakes and Rice Krispies |
| Dick Kelty | Inventor | 13-Sep-1919 | 12-Jan-2004 | Invented the modern backpack |
| Charles F. Kettering | Engineer | 29-Aug-1876 | 25-Nov-1958 | Invented the electric starter |
| Jack S. Kilby | Inventor | 8-Nov-1923 | 20-Jun-2005 | Electrical engineering pioneer |
| Willem Johan Kolff | Scientist | 14-Feb-1911 | 11-Feb-2009 | Artificial kidney, artificial heart |
| Paul Kollsman | Inventor | 22-Feb-1900 | 17-Mar-1982 | Barometric altimeter |
| Ray Kurzweil | Inventor | 12-Feb-1948 | Age of Spiritual Machines | |
| Ken Kutaragi | Inventor | 8-Aug-1950 | Father of the PlayStation | |
| René Laënnec | Doctor | 17-Feb-1781 | 13-Aug-1826 | Stethoscope |
| Hedy Lamarr | Actor | 9-Nov-1913 | 19-Jan-2000 | Actress, invented frequency hopping |
| Edwin H. Land | Inventor | 7-May-1909 | 1-Mar-1991 | Polaroid Land Camera |
| Norm Larsen | Inventor | 1923 | Dec-1970 | WD-40 |
| William P. Lear | Inventor | 26-Jun-1902 | 14-May-1978 | Lear Jet, Inc. |
| Morris E. Leeds | Business | 6-Mar-1869 | 8-Feb-1952 | Leeds & Northrup Co. |
| Jerome H. Lemelson | Inventor | 18-Jul-1923 | 1-Oct-1997 | Inventor with a very good lawyer |
| Étienne Lenoir | Inventor | 12-Jan-1822 | 4-Aug-1900 | Internal-combustion engine |
| Donald James Leslie | Inventor | 13-Apr-1911 | 2-Sep-2004 | Invented the Leslie Speaker |
| Fred Leuchter, Jr. | Inventor | 1943 | Execution technologist, hero to neo-Nazis | |
| Karl von Linde | Engineer | 11-Jun-1842 | 16-Nov-1934 | Inventor of refrigeration |
| Alfred Lee Loomis | Physicist | 4-Nov-1887 | 1-Aug-1975 | Millionaire scientist |
| Georg Luger | Inventor | 6-Mar-1849 | 22-Dec-1923 | Invented the Luger pistol |
| Auguste Lumière | Inventor | 19-Oct-1862 | 10-Apr-1954 | Co-Inventor of motion pictures |
| Louis Lumière | Inventor | 5-Oct-1864 | 6-Jun-1948 | Inventor of motion pictures |
| Charles Macintosh | Chemist | 29-Dec-1766 | 25-Jul-1843 | Invented the raincoat |
| Theodore Maiman | Physicist | 11-Jul-1927 | 5-May-2007 | Built the first working laser |
| George William Manby | Inventor | 28-Nov-1765 | 18-Nov-1854 | Invented the fire extinguisher |
| Robert W. Mann | Inventor | 1924 | 16-Jun-2006 | Prosthetic devices |
| Steve Mann | Inventor | 1962 | Wearable computing guru | |
| Guglielmo Marconi | Scientist | 25-Apr-1874 | 20-Jul-1937 | Inventor of radio |
| William Moulton Marston | Inventor | 9-May-1893 | 2-May-1947 | Invented polygraph, Wonder Woman |
| John L. Mason | Inventor | 1832 | 26-Feb-1902 | Invented the screw-neck jar |
| Konosuke Matsushita | Business | 27-Nov-1894 | 27-Apr-1989 | Founder of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. |
| John William Mauchly | Physicist | 30-Aug-1907 | 8-Jan-1980 | ENIAC, BINAC, and UNIVAC I computers |
| Sir Hiram Maxim | Inventor | 5-Feb-1840 | 24-Nov-1916 | Maxim machine gun |
| Brian Maxwell | Inventor | 14-Mar-1953 | 19-Mar-2004 | Inventor of the PowerBar |
| John Loudon McAdam | Inventor | 21-Sep-1756 | 26-Nov-1836 | Macadam method of roads |
| Cyrus McCormick | Inventor | 15-Feb-1809 | 13-May-1884 | Invented grain harvester |
| Carver A. Mead | Engineer | 1-May-1934 | Microelectronics | |
| Ottmar Mergenthaler | Inventor | 11-May-1854 | 28-Oct-1899 | Automated typesetting |
| Bob Metcalfe | Business | 1946 | Co-Inventor of Ethernet | |
| Albert A. Michelson | Physicist | 19-Dec-1852 | 9-May-1931 | Measured the speed of light |
| Thomas Midgley | Chemist | 18-May-1889 | 2-Nov-1944 | Ethyl gasoline, Freon |
| Henri Moissan | Chemist | 28-Sep-1852 | 20-Feb-1907 | Isolated fluorine |
| Paul Moller | Inventor | 1937 | The Skycar | |
| Robert Moog | Inventor | 23-May-1934 | 21-Aug-2005 | Invented the synthesizer |
| William Moon | Inventor | 18-Dec-1818 | 9-Oct-1894 | Moon Code (similar to Braille) |
| Gordon Moore | Business | 3-Jan-1929 | Co-founder of Intel, laid down Moore's Law | |
| Samuel F. B. Morse | Inventor | 27-Apr-1791 | 2-Apr-1872 | Telegraph inventor and publicist |
| Thomas Newcomen | Inventor | 28-Feb-1663 | 5-Aug-1729 | Atmospheric steam engine |
| Nicéphore Niépce | Chemist | 7-Mar-1765 | 5-Jul-1833 | Inventor of photography |
| Alfred Nobel | Inventor | 21-Oct-1833 | 10-Dec-1896 | Dynamite inventor, established Nobel Prize |
| Robert Noyce | Inventor | 12-Dec-1927 | 3-Jun-1990 | Co-Inventor, integrated circuit |
| Elisha Otis | Inventor | 3-Aug-1811 | 8-Apr-1861 | Invented the safety elevator |
| Nikolaus Otto | Engineer | 14-Jun-1832 | 26-Jan-1891 | Four-stroke internal-combustion engine |
| William Oughtred | Mathematician | 5-Mar-1574 | 30-Jun-1660 | Inventor of the slide rule |
| Denis Papin | Inventor | 22-Aug-1647 | c. 1712 | Steam engine innovator |
| Les Paul | Guitarist | 9-Jun-1915 | 13-Aug-2009 | Electric guitar/multitrack recording pioneer |
| Mark Pauline | Performance Artist | 14-Dec-1953 | Survival Research Labs | |
| John S. Pemberton | Inventor | 8-Jul-1831 | 16-Aug-1888 | Creator of Coca-Cola |
| John Pethica | Physicist | 1953 | Atomic force microscopy | |
| Jean Piccard | Aviator | 28-Jan-1884 | 28-Jan-1963 | Extreme balloonist |
| Clifford A. Pickover | Mathematician | 15-Aug-1957 | Mathematician and prolific author | |
| Sir Isaac Pitman | Inventor | 4-Jan-1813 | 12-Jan-1897 | Stenographic Soundhand |
| James Plimpton | Inventor | 14-Apr-1828 | 1911 | Four-wheeled roller skates |
| Roy Plunkett | Chemist | 26-Jun-1910 | 12-May-1994 | Accidentally discovered Teflon |
| Ron Popeil | Business | 3-May-1935 | Ginsu knives, Mr. Microphone | |
| Samuel J. Popeil | Inventor | 22-Jan-1915 | 17-Jul-1984 | Veg-O-Matic |
| Francis A. Pratt | Business | 15-Feb-1827 | 10-Feb-1902 | Co-Founder of Pratt & Whitney |
| Fritz Pregl | Chemist | 3-Sep-1869 | 13-Dec-1930 | Microanalysis of organic compounds |
| George Pullman | Business | 3-Mar-1831 | 19-Oct-1897 | Inventor of the Pullman Sleeping Car |
| Jef Raskin | Computer Programmer | 9-Mar-1943 | 26-Feb-2005 | Designed Macintosh human interface |
| Jesse W. Reno | Inventor | 4-Aug-1861 | 2-Jun-1947 | Invented the escalator |
| Theodore W. Richards | Chemist | 31-Jan-1868 | 2-Apr-1928 | Atomic weights |
| Ed Roberts | Inventor | 13-Sep-1941 | 1-Apr-2010 | Inventor of the Altair computer |
| Erno Rubik | Inventor | 13-Jul-1944 | Rubik's Cube | |
| Jonas Salk | Scientist | 28-Oct-1914 | 23-Jun-1995 | Discoverer of the first polio vaccine |
| Adam Savage | TV Personality | 15-Jul-1967 | Goateed host of MythBusters | |
| Arthur L. Schawlow | Physicist | 5-May-1921 | 28-Apr-1999 | Laser spectroscopy |
| Jacob Schick | Inventor | 16-Sep-1877 | 3-Jul-1937 | Electric razor |
| Tom Scholz | Songwriter | 10-Mar-1947 | Founder and songwriter behind Boston | |
| Walter Schottky | Physicist | 23-Jul-1886 | 4-Mar-1976 | Solid-state physics and electronics |
| Raymond Scott | Musician | 10-Sep-1908 | 8-Feb-1994 | Powerhouse, invented the sequencer |
| Alois Senefelder | Inventor | 6-Nov-1771 | 26-Feb-1834 | Inventor of lithography |
| Claude Shannon | Scientist | 30-Apr-1916 | 24-Feb-2001 | Pioneer in information theory |
| Henry Sherwin | Business | 27-Sep-1842 | 26-Jun-1916 | Founder of Sherwin-Williams |
| Isaac Shoenberg | Engineer | 1-Mar-1880 | 25-Jan-1963 | 405-line format television |
| Christopher Sholes | Inventor | 14-Feb-1819 | 17-Feb-1890 | Typewriter inventor, QWERTY keyboard |
| Henry Shrapnel | Inventor | 3-Jun-1761 | 13-Mar-1842 | Explosive artillery shell |
| Alan Shugart | Inventor | 27-Sep-1930 | 12-Dec-2006 | SCSI interface |
| Loyd Sigmon | Radio Personality | 6-May-1909 | 2-Jun-2004 | SigAlert inventor |
| Igor Sikorsky | Business | 25-May-1889 | 26-Oct-1972 | Helicopter magnate |
| Spencer Silver | Chemist | 6-Feb-1941 | Post-It notes | |
| Luther Simjian | Inventor | 28-Jan-1905 | 23-Oct-1997 | Invented automated teller machine |
| Clive Sinclair | Business | 30-Jul-1940 | Sinclair ZX80 | |
| Isaac Merritt Singer | Business | 26-Oct-1811 | 23-Jul-1875 | Built a better sewing machine |
| George E. Smith | Scientist | 10-May-1930 | Digital photography | |
| Patrick Soon-Shiong | Business | 1952 | Founder, Abraxis BioScience | |
| James Murray Spangler | Inventor | 20-Nov-1848 | 22-Jan-1915 | Invented the upright vacuum cleaner |
| Percy Spencer | Scientist | 19-Jul-1894 | 8-Sep-1970 | Invented the microwave oven |
| Elmer Sperry | Inventor | 12-Oct-1860 | 10-Jun-1930 | Gyroscopic compass |
| Lawrence B. Sperry | Inventor | 22-Dec-1892 | 13-Dec-1923 | Invented the autopilot |
| Frank J. Sprague | Inventor | 25-Jul-1857 | 25-Oct-1934 | Streetcars and express elevators |
| George Stephen | Business | c. 1921 | 11-Feb-1993 | Weber kettle grill |
| Bert Sutherland | Engineer | 1936 | Scientist at Sun Microsystems | |
| Ivan Sutherland | Engineer | 16-May-1938 | Father of computer graphics | |
| Michio Suzuki | Business | 10-Feb-1887 | 1982 | Founder of Suzuki Motor Co. |
| The Svedberg | Chemist | 30-Aug-1884 | 25-Feb-1971 | Inventor of the ultracentrifuge |
| Timothy Swager | Chemist | 1-Jul-1961 | Chemist at MIT | |
| Sir Joseph Wilson Swan | Physicist | 31-Oct-1828 | 27-May-1914 | Light bulb, photographic printing |
| Ambrose Swasey | Business | 19-Dec-1846 | 15-Jun-1937 | Warner and Swasey Company and Observatory |
| William Henry Fox Talbot | Inventor | 11-Feb-1800 | 17-Sep-1877 | Calotype method of photography |
| Nikola Tesla | Inventor | 10-Jul-1856 | 7-Jan-1943 | Invented alternating current |
| Elihu Thomson | Inventor | 29-Mar-1853 | 13-Mar-1937 | Electric welding and A/C motors |
| Kiichiro Toyoda | Business | 11-Jun-1894 | 27-Mar-1952 | Founder of Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Sakichi Toyoda | Inventor | 14-Feb-1867 | 30-Oct-1930 | Founder of Toyota Industries Corp. |
| Edward Troughton | Inventor | Oct-1753 | 12-Jun-1835 | Early scientific instruments |
| Earl Tupper | Business | 28-Jul-1907 | 5-Oct-1983 | Inventor of Tupperware |
| Murray Turoff | Scientist | 13-Feb-1936 | Computer conferencing and instant messaging | |
| Merle Tuve | Physicist | 27-Jun-1901 | 20-May-1982 | Proximity fuse |
| Lew Urry | Chemist | 29-Jan-1927 | 19-Oct-2004 | Inventor of alkaline battery |
| Gunther von Hagens | Artist | 10-Jan-1945 | Popularized cadaver art | |
| John Walker | Chemist | 29-May-1781 | 1-May-1859 | Invented the friction match |
| Fred Waring | Conductor | 9-Jun-1900 | 29-Jul-1984 | Innovative bandleader and musician |
| John Warnock | Computer Programmer | 6-Oct-1940 | Co-Founder of Adobe | |
| Lewis Waterman | Inventor | 20-Nov-1836 | 1-May-1901 | Fountain pen |
| Thomas A. Watson | Engineer | 18-Jan-1854 | 13-Dec-1934 | Assistant to Alexander Graham Bell |
| Robert Watson-Watt | Physicist | 13-Apr-1892 | 5-Dec-1973 | Radar |
| James Watt | Inventor | 19-Jan-1736 | 19-Aug-1819 | Invented modern steam engine |
| Daniel B. Wesson | Business | 18-May-1825 | 4-Aug-1906 | Repeating pistol |
| George Westinghouse | Inventor | 6-Oct-1846 | 12-Mar-1914 | Air brake and A/C power |
| Eli Whitney | Inventor | 8-Dec-1765 | 8-Jan-1825 | Inventor of the cotton gin |
| Otto Wichterle | Chemist | 27-Oct-1913 | 18-Aug-1998 | Invented soft contact lenses |
| Paul Winchell | Actor | 21-Dec-1922 | 24-Jun-2005 | Ventriloquist and inventor |
| Jerry M. Woodall | Inventor | c. 1938 | Inventor of the red LED | |
| Orville Wright | Aviator | 19-Aug-1871 | 30-Jan-1948 | Co-Inventor of the airplane |
| Wilbur Wright | Aviator | 16-Apr-1867 | 30-May-1912 | Co-Inventor of the airplane |
| Linus Yale, Jr. | Inventor | 14-Apr-1821 | 24-Dec-1868 | Pin tumbler locks |
| Frits Zernike | Physicist | 16-Jul-1888 | 10-Mar-1966 | Phase-contrast microscope |
| Richard Zsigmondy | Chemist | 1-Apr-1865 | 23-Sep-1929 | Ultramicroscope |
| Edward G. Zubler | Inventor | 12-Mar-1925 | 20-Mar-2004 | Inventor of the halogen lamp |
| Konrad Zuse | Engineer | 22-Jun-1910 | 18-Dec-1995 | Built first Turing-complete computer |
| Vladimir Zworykin | Inventor | 30-Jul-1889 | 29-Jul-1982 | Patented color televison |
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