Category: Inventors
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Person Profiles (515)
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William Painter
20 Nov 1838 Triadelphia, Montgomery, Maryland, United States - 15 Jul 1906
Carl Helge Julius Palmcrantz
07 Jul 1842 Hammerdal, Jämtland, Sverige - 22 Nov 1880
Seymour Aubrey Papert
29 Feb 1928 Pretoria, Transvaal, Union of South Africa - 01 Aug 2016
George Parker
01 Nov 1863 Shullsburg, Lafayette, Wisconsin, USA - 19 Jul 1937
Henry Parmalee
09 Apr 1844 Durham, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States - 27 Sep 1902
Frederic Paroutaud
22 May 1955 Monterey, Monterey, California, USA - 28 Jun 2012
Henry Parsell
abt 1868 Newburgh, Orange, New York, United States - 23 Aug 1962
Charles Parsons
13 Jun 1854 London, England, United Kingdom - 11 Feb 1931
Steven Passage
11 Oct 1941 Pontiac, Oakland, Michigan, United States - 14 Jun 1994
Samuel (Pauli) Pauly
1766 Vechigen, Bern, Switzerland - abt 1821
Floyd Paxton
07 Mar 1918 - 10 Dec 1975
Aaron (Peaslee) Peasley
02 Jul 1775 Newton, Rockingham, New Hampshire - 06 Apr 1837
John Pemberton
08 Jul 1831 Knoxville, Georgia, United States - 16 Aug 1888
Landis Perry
30 Apr 1913 Whittier, Los Angeles, California, United States - 13 Jan 1985
Louis Phelan
10 Feb 1884 St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States - 01 Oct 1971
George Phelps
19 Mar 1820 Troy, Rensselaer, New York, United States - 18 May 1888
Gerard Phillips
1883 St Leonards, New South Wales (Australia) - 29 Oct 1920
Auguste Piccard
28 Jan 1884 Basel, Switzerland - 24 Mar 1962
Jacques Piccard
28 Jul 1922 Bruxelles, Brabant, Belgique - 01 Nov 2008
Jean Piccard
28 Jan 1884 Basel, Switzerland - 28 Jan 1963
James Plimpton
abt 1828 Medfield, Massachusetts, USA - abt 1911
William Plummer
abt 1873 Smyth County, Virginia, USA - 1943
Petrache Poenaru
10 Jan 1799 Băneşti, Wallachia, Romania - 02 Oct 1875
Stephen Poplawski
12 Aug 1885 Warsaw, Poland - 09 Dec 1956
Joseph Priestley
13 Mar 1733 Fieldhead, Birstall, West Yorkshire, England - 06 Feb 1804
William Prior
07 Feb 1923 Newark, Licking, Ohio, United States - 10 Mar 2010
William Purvis
12 Aug 1838 Pennsylvania, United States - 10 Aug 1914
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Jacob Rabinow
08 Jan 1910 Kharkiv, Ukraine - 11 Sep 1999
Theodore (Randolph) Fitz Randolph
24 Jun 1826 Mansfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania, United States - 07 Nov 1883
Calvin Rawdon
1820 Ohio, United States - 1898
Jesse Reno
04 Aug 1861 Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas, USA - 02 Jun 1947
Charles Richter
26 Apr 1901 Overpeck, Butler, Ohio, United States - 20 Sep 1985
Niklaus Riggenbach
21 May 1817 Gebweiler, Elsaß, Frankreich - 25 Jul 1899
Paul Ripley
01 Jan 1950 Boise, Idaho, United States - 03 Jan 2019
Jerry Ritchie
1930s - 2000s
Ruth (Rogan) Benerito
12 Jan 1916 New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, United States - 05 Oct 2013
Enoch Roland
27 Jun 1827 Accokeek, Prince George's, Maryland, United States - 02 Jul 1915
Richard Roland
26 Dec 1917 Elkhart, Elkhart, Indiana, United States - 01 Sep 2006
Charles Root
13 Nov 1858 Bristol, Hartford, Connecticut, United States - 16 Aug 1907
Samuel Rowbotham
1816 England, United Kingdom - 23 Dec 1884
Margaret (Royster) Wright
06 Apr 1906 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States - 14 Mar 2001
Reinhold Rudenberg
04 Feb 1883 Hanover, Prussia, Germany - 25 Dec 1961
John Rust
06 Sep 1892 Necessity, Stephens, Texas, United States - 20 Jan 1954
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Henry Sampson
22 Apr 1934 Jackson, Mississippi, United States - 04 Jun 2015
Alberto Santos-Dumont
20 Jul 1873 Cabangu, Minas Gerais, Brasil - 23 Jul 1932
Arthur Savage
13 May 1857 Kingston, Jamaica, British West Indies - 22 Sep 1938
Karl Daniel Scheffer
06 Jun 1922 Pretoria, Eastern Cape, South Africa - 21 Jun 2013
Gilmore Schjeldahl
01 Jun 1912 Esmond, Benson, North Dakota, United States - 10 Mar 2002
August Schrader
1807 Hamburg, Germany - 1894
László (Schweiger) Bíró
29 Sep 1899 Budapest, Austria-Hungary - 24 Oct 1985
Samuel Scottron
abt Feb 1841 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States - 14 Oct 1908
Iwan Serrurier
21 Sep 1878 Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland - 1953
Arthur Shimel
05 Mar 1892 Moorland Township, Muskegon, Michigan, United States - abt 1968
William Shockley
13 Feb 1910 St George Hanover Square, London, England, United Kingdom - 12 Aug 1989
Henry Shreve
21 Oct 1785 Mansfield Township, Burlington County, New Jersey, United States - 06 Mar 1851
Alexander Sim
28 Aug 1840 Aberlour, Banffshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 28 Nov 1900
George Simonson
09 Sep 1856 Royal Oak, Oakland, Michigan, United States - 14 Apr 1943
Lucien Smith
18 Sep 1839 Willoughby, Lake, Ohio, United States - 1898
Homer Snook
25 Mar 1878 Antwerp, Paulding, Ohio, United States - 23 Sep 1942
Samuel Sowles
abt 25 Jan 1830 Pompey, Onondaga, New York, United States - abt 12 Jul 1875
Clarence Spicer
30 Nov 1875 West Hallock, Peoria, Illinois, United States - 21 Nov 1939
Richard Spikes
02 Oct 1878 Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States - 22 Jan 1965
John Spilsbury
abt 1739 Worcester, Worcestershire, England - 03 Apr 1769
Thomas Starzl
11 Mar 1926 Le Mars, Plymouth, Iowa, United States - 04 Mar 2017
Andreas Stihl
10 Nov 1896 Zürich, Switzerland - 14 Jan 1973
Aurel Stodola
10 May 1859 Liptovský Mikuláš, Kingdom of Hungary - 25 Dec 1942
Emil Strub
13 Jul 1858 Trimbach, Switzerland - 15 Dec 1909
William Sturgeon
23 May 1783 Whittington, Lancashire, England - 04 Dec 1850
Otto Sundbäck
24 Apr 1880 Sonarp, Ödestugu (F), Sverige - 21 Jun 1954
Joseph Swan
31 Oct 1828 Pallion Hall, Sunderland, Durham, UK - 27 May 1914
Robert Swanson
1905 - 1994
Jan Szczepanik
13 Jun 1872 Rudniki, Mościska, Königreich Galizien und Lodomerien, Österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie - 18 Apr 1926
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Harko Jacob Tadema
01 Nov 1910 Heemstede, Noord-Holland, Nederland
Gyula Takátsy
1914 - 1980
Charles Taylor
24 May 1868 Cerro Gordo Township, Piatt, Illinois, United States - 30 Jan 1956
Charles Taylor
24 May 1868 Cerro Gordo, Illinois, United States - 30 Jan 1956
Headlie Taylor
07 Jul 1883 Bungowannah, New South Wales, Australia - 22 Mar 1957
Bernardus Dominicus Hubertus Tellegen
24 Jun 1900 Winschoten, Groningen, Nederland - 30 Aug 1990
Charles Tennant
03 May 1768 Ayrshire, Scotland - 01 Oct 1838
Benjamin Thompson
26 Mar 1753 Woburn, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 21 Aug 1814
Edward Thompson
08 Mar 1827 Louth, Lincoln, Upper Canada - 29 Apr 1909
Lamarcus Thompson
08 Mar 1848 Jersey, Licking County, Ohio, USA - 08 May 1919
Robert Thomson
29 Jun 1822 Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Mar 1873
Eric Tigerstedt
14 Aug 1887 Helsinki, Finland - 20 Apr 1925
Kálmán Tihanyi
28 Apr 1897 Üzbég, Kingdom of Hungary, Austria-Hungary - 26 Feb 1947
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Simon Toffler
abt Sep 1842 Péchiújfalu, Sarós, Hungary - 20 Dec 1907
Franc Trkman
1903 Nanos – then in Austria-Hungary, now in Slovenia - 1978
William Turck
16 Nov 1921 Hornell, Steuben, New York, USA - 25 Aug 2021
Hartson Tuttle
05 Jul 1847 Ashtabula, Ohio, United States - 25 Aug 1927
Joseph Twiss
13 Apr 1761 Connecticut - 15 May 1842
Stefan Tyszkiewicz-Łohojski
24 Nov 1894 Warsaw, Russian Empire - 06 Feb 1976
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Lewis Urry
29 Jan 1927 Pontypool, Ontario, Canada - 25 Oct 2004
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Karl Friedrich Michael (Vaillant) Benz
25 Nov 1844 Mühlburg, Großherzogtum Baden, Deutscher Bund - 04 Apr 1929
Pieter van Musschenbroek
14 Mar 1692 Leiden, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden - 19 Sep 1761
Curtis Veeder
31 Jan 1862 Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States - 27 Dec 1943
Johann Friederich Vetterli
21 Aug 1822 Wagenhausen, Thurgau, Switzerland - 21 May 1882
Artturi Virtanen
15 Jan 1895 Helsinki, Finland - 11 Nov 1973
Richard Voigt
17 Dec 1892 Lancaster, Erie, New York, United States - 12 Jan 1969
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Moses Walker
07 Oct 1856 Mount Pleasant, Ohio, United States - 11 May 1924
Harold Walmsley
abt 11 Mar 1882 La Grange, Cook, Illinois, United States - 05 Jan 1931
Roy Weatherby
04 Sep 1910 White City, Morris, Kansas, United States - 04 Apr 1988
Leonard Wheeler
18 Apr 1811 Shrewsbury, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States - 25 Feb 1872
Gerald White
19 Feb 1904 Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, United States - 21 Nov 1984
Virgil White
04 May 1869 Pleasant Grove, Minnesota - 10 May 1953
Eli Whitney
08 Dec 1765 Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay - 08 Jan 1825
John Whitney
08 Apr 1917 Pasadena, Los Angeles, California, United States - 22 Sep 1995
Austin Whittlesey
13 May 1832 Springport, Cayuga, New York, United States - 31 Mar 1899
Stephen Wilcox
12 Feb 1830 Westerly, Washington, Rhode Island, United States - 27 Nov 1893
Douw Williamson
15 Nov 1830 Manhattan, New York County, New York, United States - 03 Jan 1897
Thomas Willson
14 Mar 1860 Princeton, Blenheim, Oxford, Grenville, Canada West - 20 Dec 1915
Isaac Winslow
01 Jan 1787 Westbrook, Cumberland, Massachusetts, United States
Joseph Winters
29 Aug 1816 Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, United States - 29 Nov 1916
Alexander Wolcott
14 Feb 1804 New York City, New York County, New York, United States - 10 Nov 1844
Alanson Wood
10 Feb 1829 New York, USA - 04 May 1909
David Woodward
28 Feb 1825 Manchester, Ontario, New York, United States - 30 Mar 1921
Stephen Wozniak
1950s
Jerauld Wright
31 Aug 1917 Liverpool, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada - 13 Sep 2016
Orville Wright
19 Aug 1871 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States - 30 Jan 1948
Wilbur Wright
16 Apr 1867 Millville, Henry, Indiana, United States - 30 May 1912
Benjamin Wyatt
14 Jan 1745 Blackbrook Farm, Weeford, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England - 05 Jan 1818
Samuel Wyatt
08 Sep 1737 Weeford, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England - 08 Feb 1807
Arthur Wynne
22 Jun 1871 Liverpool, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 14 Jan 1945
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Asen (Yordanov) Jordanoff
02 Sep 1896 Sofia, Bulgaria - 19 Oct 1967
Jacob (Youphes) Davis
1831 Riga, Russian Empire (now Republic of Latvia) - abt 1908
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Ludwik Zamenhof
15 Dec 1859 Białystok, Polska - 14 Apr 1917
Kazimierz Żegleń
04 Mar 1869 Kaczanówka, Skałat, Galicja, Austria - abt 1910
Frits Zernike
16 Jul 1888 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland - 10 Mar 1966
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