| 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 |
