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NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown 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
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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
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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
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Engineer
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Robert Watson-Watt
Physicist
13-Apr-1892 5-Dec-1973 Radar
James Watt
Inventor
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Business
18-May-1825 4-Aug-1906 Repeating pistol
George Westinghouse
Inventor
6-Oct-1846 12-Mar-1914 Air brake and A/C power
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Inventor
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Otto Wichterle
Chemist
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Paul Winchell
Actor
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Jerry M. Woodall
Inventor
c. 1938   Inventor of the red LED
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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
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