American Inventor

NameDate of BirthDate of Death
Amar Bose November 2, 1929
Andy Hertzfeld April 6, 1953
Bill Lear June 26, 1902 May 14, 1978
Brian Walker
Charles Goodyear December 29, 1800 July 1, 1860
Charles Kettering August 29, 1876 November 25, 1958
David Sarnoff February 27, 1891 December 12, 1971
Dean Kamen April 5, 1951
Douglas Engelbart January 30, 1925
Edwin Armstrong December 18, 1890 March 31, 1954
Edwin Land May 7, 1909 March 1, 1991
Eli Whitney December 8, 1765 January 8, 1825
Elisha Gray August 2, 1835 January 21, 1901
Gary Gygax July 27, 1938 March 4, 2008
George Eastman July 12, 1854 March 14, 1932
George Westinghouse October 6, 1846 March 12, 1914
Harold Stephen Black April 14, 1898 December 11, 1983
Hugo Gernsback August 16, 1884 August 19, 1967
Jeff Hawkins June 1, 1957
John Robert Gregg June 17, 1867 February 23, 1948
John Romero October 28, 1967
Josiah Warren 1798 1874
Lee De Forest August 26, 1873 June 30, 1961
Leonard Bailey May 8, 1825 February 5, 1905
Melvil Dewey December 10, 1851 December 26, 1931
Milton Bradley 1836 1911
Oliver Evans September 13, 1755 April 15, 1819
Orville Wright August 19, 1871 1948
Paul Moody 1779 1831
Peter Cooper February 12, 1791 April 4, 1883
R. Buckminster Fuller July 12, 1895 July 1, 1983
Ray Dolby January 18, 1933
Ray Kurzweil February 12, 1948
Rick Baker December 8, 1950
Robert Jarvik May 14, 1946
Robert Metcalfe April 7, 1946
Robert Moog May 23, 1934 August 21, 2005
Samuel Morse April 27, 1791 April 2, 1872
Thomas A. Edison February 11, 1847 October 18, 1931
Vinton Cerf June 23, 1943
Walter Chrysler April 2, 1875 August 18, 1940
Wilbur Wright April 16, 1867 May 30, 1912
William Thomas Green Morton August 9, 1819 July 15, 1868