Inventor

NameNationalityDate of BirthDate of Death
Alan Cox Welsh July 22, 1968
Alexander Graham Bell Scottish March 3, 1847 August 2, 1922
Amar Bose American November 2, 1929
Andy Hertzfeld American April 6, 1953
Bernard Palissy French 1510 1590
Bill Lear American June 26, 1902 May 14, 1978
Brian Walker American
Charles Goodyear American December 29, 1800 July 1, 1860
Charles Kettering American August 29, 1876 November 25, 1958
Colin Chapman English May 9, 1928 December 16, 1982
David Sarnoff American February 27, 1891 December 12, 1971
Dean Kamen American April 5, 1951
Douglas Engelbart American January 30, 1925
Edwin Armstrong American December 18, 1890 March 31, 1954
Edwin Land American May 7, 1909 March 1, 1991
Eli Whitney American December 8, 1765 January 8, 1825
Elisha Gray American August 2, 1835 January 21, 1901
Erno Rubik Hungarian July 13, 1944
Frank Hornby English May 15, 1863 September 21, 1936
Frank Whittle English June 1, 1907 August 9, 1996
Gary Gygax American July 27, 1938 March 4, 2008
George Eastman American July 12, 1854 March 14, 1932
George Stephenson English June 9, 1781 August 12, 1848
George Westinghouse American October 6, 1846 March 12, 1914
Harold Stephen Black American April 14, 1898 December 11, 1983
Henri Coanda Romanian June 7, 1886 November 25, 1972
Hugo Gernsback American August 16, 1884 August 19, 1967
Isaac Pitman English January 4, 1813 January 22, 1897
Isambard K. Brunel British April 9, 1806 September 15, 1859
James Chalmers Scottish 1782 1853
James Naismith Canadian November 6, 1861 November 28, 1939
James Nasmyth Scottish August 19, 1808 May 7, 1890
Jeff Hawkins American June 1, 1957
John Ambrose Fleming English November 29, 1849 April 18, 1945
John Ericsson Swedish July 31, 1803 March 8, 1889
John Harrison English March 24, 1693 March 24, 1776
John Robert Gregg American June 17, 1867 February 23, 1948
John Romero American October 28, 1967
Josiah Warren American 1798 1874
Konrad Zuse German June 22, 1910 December 18, 1995
Lee De Forest American August 26, 1873 June 30, 1961
Leo Baekeland Belgian November 14, 1863 February 23, 1944
Leon Foucault French September 18, 1819 February 11, 1868
Leon Theremin Russian August 15, 1896 November 3, 1993
Leonard Bailey American May 8, 1825 February 5, 1905
Melvil Dewey American December 10, 1851 December 26, 1931
Mikhail Kalashnikov Russian November 10, 1919
Milton Bradley American 1836 1911
Nikola Tesla July 9, 1856 January 8, 1943
Oliver Evans American September 13, 1755 April 15, 1819
Orville Wright American August 19, 1871 1948
Paul Moody American 1779 1831
Peter Cooper American February 12, 1791 April 4, 1883
Pierre Beaumarchais French January 24, 1732 May 17, 1799
R. Buckminster Fuller American July 12, 1895 July 1, 1983
Ray Dolby American January 18, 1933
Ray Kurzweil American February 12, 1948
Rick Baker American December 8, 1950
Robert Jarvik American May 14, 1946
Robert Metcalfe American April 7, 1946
Robert Moog American May 23, 1934 August 21, 2005
Rowland Hill English December 3, 1795 August 27, 1879
Rudolf Diesel German March 18, 1858 September 30, 1913
Samuel Morse American April 27, 1791 April 2, 1872
Thomas A. Edison American February 11, 1847 October 18, 1931
Tim Berners Lee English June 8, 1955
Tim Berners-Lee English June 8, 1955
Tim Bray Canadian June 21, 1955
Vinton Cerf American June 23, 1943
Walter Chrysler American April 2, 1875 August 18, 1940
Wilbur Wright American April 16, 1867 May 30, 1912
William Thomas Green Morton American August 9, 1819 July 15, 1868
Wilson Greatbatch