Category: Inventors

A

• Armenia, Inventors
• Australia, Inventors
• Austrian Inventors

C

• Canada, Inventors

E

• English Inventors

F

• French Inventors

G

• German Inventors

I

• India, Inventors
• Irish Inventors
• Italian Inventors

J

• Japanese Inventors

N

• Norwegian Inventors

R

• Russia, Inventors

S

• Scottish Inventors

T

• Taiwanese Inventors
• Toy Inventors

U

• United States, Inventors

W

• Weapon Inventors

Б

• Владимир Павлович Бармин 17 Mar 1909 Москва, Россия - 17 Jul 1993
• Николай Геннадиевич Басов 14 Dec 1922 Усмань, Липецкая, Советский Союз - 1 Jul 2001

Π

• Γεώργιος Νικόλαου Παπανικολάου 13 May 1883 Κύμης, Εὔβοια Eúboia, Ελλάς - 19 Feb 1962

A

• Samuel W Alderson 21 Oct 1914 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - 11 Feb 2005
• Alexandre Alexeieff 18 Apr 1901 Kazan, Russia - 9 Aug 1982
• Rostislav Evgenievich Alexeyev 18 Dec 1916 Novozybkov, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire - 9 Feb 1980
• Giovanni Battista Amici 25 Mar 1786 Modena, Italy. - 10 Apr 1863
• Mary Anderson 19 Feb 1866 Greene, Alabama, United States - 27 Jun 1953
• Hal Oscar Anger 20 May 1920 Denver, Colorado, United States - 31 Oct 2005

Å

• Anders Knutsson Ångström 28 Feb 1888 Adolf Fredrik, Stockholm, Sverige - 27 Oct 1981

A

• Hermann Franz Joseph Hubertus Maria Anschütz-Kaempfe 3 Oct 1872 Zweibrücken, Germany - 6 May 1931
• Virginia Apgar 7 Jun 1909 Westfield, Union, New Jersey, United States - 7 Aug 1974
• Nicolas Appert 17 Nov 1749 Châlons-sur-Marne, Champagne, France - 1 Jun 1841
• Francis Magoun Archibald PhD 7 Oct 1899 Milton, Queens, Nova Scotia, Canada - 1 Jul 1955
• François Pierre Ami Argand 5 Jul 1750 Geneva, Republic of Geneva - 24 Oct 1803
• Thomas J Armat 25 Oct 1866 Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States - 30 Sep 1948
• William George Armstrong 26 Nov 1810 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England - 27 Dec 1900
• Neil Arnott 15 May 1788 Arbroath, Scotland - Mar 1874
• Joseph Aspdin Dec 1778 Leeds, England - 20 Mar 1855
• John Vincent Atanasoff 4 Oct 1903 Hamilton, New York, United States - 15 Jun 1995

B

• Charles Babbage KH FRS 26 Dec 1791 London, England - 18 Oct 1871
• Victor Babeș 28 Jul 1854 Vienna, Austrian Empire - 19 Oct 1926
• Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland 14 Nov 1863 Ghent, Belgium - 23 Feb 1944
• John Logie Baird 13 Aug 1888 Helensburgh Scotland - 14 Jun 1946
• George Charles Ballas 28 Jun 1925 Ruston, Louisiana, United States - 25 Jun 2011
• Joseph Arthur Ball 16 Aug 1894 Massachusetts, United States - 27 Aug 1951
• Shulim Wolf Leib (Baranov) Baranoff-Rossine 1888 Ukraine - 1944
• John Barber 1734 Nottinghamshire, England - 1793
• John Bardeen 23 May 1908 Madison, Wisconsin - 30 Jan 1991
• Anthony Rene Barringer 20 Oct 1925 Westhampnett, Hampshire, England - 15 Aug 2009
• Jean Maurice Émile Baudot 11 Sep 1845 Magneux, Haute-Marne, France - 28 Mar 1903
• Eugen Baumann 12 Dec 1846 Cannstatt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany - 3 Nov 1896
• Trevor Graham Baylis 13 May 1937 Kilburn, London, England - 5 Mar 2018
• Francis Beaufort 27 May 1774 Navan, County Meath, Ireland - 17 Dec 1857
• Arnold Orville Beckman 10 Apr 1900 Cullom, Livingston, Illinois, United States - 18 May 2004
• Alexander Graham Bell 3 Mar 1847 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom - 2 Aug 1922
• Nikolay Nikolayevich Benardos 8 Jul 1842 Benardosivka, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire - 21 Sep 1905
• Miriam E Benjamin 16 Sep 1861 Charleston, South Carolina, United States - 1947
• William R Bennett Jr 30 Jan 1930 - 29 Jun 2008
• Hans Berger 21 May 1873 Neuses, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German Empire - 1 Jun 1941
• Friedrich Karl Rudolf Bergius 11 Oct 1884 Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) - 30 Mar 1949
• Samuel (Bernstein) Born 10 Sep 1891 Vinnytsia, Ukraine - 23 Mar 1959
• Pierre Eugène Marcelin Berthelot 25 Oct 1827 Paris, Seine France - 18 Mar 1907
• Max Bielschowsky 19 Feb 1869 - 15 Aug 1940
• Alfred Binet 8 Jul 1857 Nice, France - 18 Oct 1911
• Lucio Bini 18 Sep 1908 - 1964
• Clarence Frank Birdseye II 9 Dec 1886 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 7 Oct 1956
• Thor Bjørklund 30 Oct 1889 Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway - 8 Dec 1975
• Ottó Titusz Bláthy 11 Aug 1860 Tata, Hungary - 26 Sep 1939
• John Blenkinsop abt 1783 Felling, County Durham, England - 22 Jan 1831
• Katharine Burr Blodget 10 Jan 1898 Schenectady, New York, United States - 12 Oct 1979
• Alan Dower Blumlein 29 Jun 1903 Hampstead, London, England - 7 Jun 1942
• Nils Ivar Bohlin 17 Jul 1920 Härnösand, Västernorrland, Sverige - 21 Sep 2002
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier 16 Apr 1907 Valcourt, Quebec, Canada - 18 Feb 1964
• Charlie Booth 1 Oct 1903 Australia - 20 May 2008
• Matthew Piers Watt Boulton 22 Sep 1820 Mose Old Norton, Staffordshire, England - 30 Jun 1894
• Seth R. Boyden 17 Nov 1788 Foxboro, Foxborough, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States - 31 Mar 1870
• Willard Sterling Boyle 19 Aug 1924 Amherst, Cumberland, Nova Scotia, Canada - 7 May 2011
• Reginald Le Normand Brabazon CBE DL 24 Nov 1869 - 10 Mar 1949
• Hugh Bradner 5 Nov 1915 Tonopah, Nevada - 5 May 2008
• Joseph Bramah 13 Apr 1748 Stainborough, Yorkshire, England - 9 Dec 1814
• Jacques Edwin Brandenberger 19 Oct 1872 Zurich, Switzerland - 13 Jul 1954
• Charles F. Brannock 16 May 1903 Syracuse, Onondaga, New York, United States - 22 Nov 1992
• Walter Houser Brattain 10 Feb 1902 Amoy, China - 13 Oct 1987
• Stanislav Brebera 10 Aug 1925 Přelouč , Czech Republic - 11 May 2012
• James Joseph Brown 27 Sep 1855 Waymart, Wayne, Pennsylvania, United States - 5 Sep 1922

B cont.

• Rachel Fuller Brown 23 Nov 1898 Springfield, Hampden, Massachusetts, United States - 14 Jan 1980
• Friedrich Wilhelm Gustav Bruhn 11 Nov 1853 Lubeck, Germany - 1927
• Charles Francis Brush Sr. 17 Mar 1849 Euclid, Ohio, USA - 15 Jun 1929
• Robert Wilhelm Eberhard Bunsen 30 Mar 1811 Göttingen, Westphalia, Rhine Confederation (now Germany) - 16 Aug 1899
• Henry Burden 22 Apr 1791 Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland - 19 Jan 1871
• Wallace Merle Byam 4 Jul 1896 Baker City, Oregon, USA - 22 Jul 1962

C

• Nicholas Joseph Callan 22 Dec 1799 Darver, County Louth, Ireland - 10 Jan 1864
• Gentullio Campagnolo 26 Aug 1901 Vicenza, Italy - 3 Feb 1983
• Arturo Caprotti 22 Mar 1881 - 9 Feb 1938
• Gerolamo Cardano 24 Sep 1501 Pavia, Italy - 21 Sep 1576
• James Robert Cardwell 27 Oct 1873 Lynchburg, Campbell, Virginia, United States - 9 Dec 1957
• Antonio Benedetto Carpano 24 Nov 1764 Bioglio, Biella, Piedmont, Italy - 1815
• Giovanni Caselli 8 Jun 1815 Siena, Italy[ - 25 Apr 1891
• George Cayley Bt. 27 Dec 1773 Brompton, Yorkshire, England - 15 Dec 1857
• Anders Celsius 27 Nov 1701 Uppsala, Sweden - 25 Apr 1744
• Ugo Cerletti 26 Sep 1877 Conegliano, Veneto, Italy - 25 Jul 1963
• Charles Chamberland 12 Mar 1851 - 2 May 1908
• Min Chueh Chang 10 Oct 1908 Lüliang, Shanxi, Qing China - 5 Jun 1991
• Vladimir Nikolayevich Chelomey 30 Jun 1914 Siedlce, Lublin Governorate, Russian Empire - 8 Dec 1984
• Yevgeny Yefimovich Chertovsky 15 Feb 1902
• Henri Marie Coandă 7 Jun 1886 Bucharest, Romania - 25 Nov 1972
• Christopher Sydney Cockerell 4 Jun 1910 Wayside', Cavendish Avenue, Cambridge, United Kingdom - 1 Jun 1999
• Aeneas Coffey 1780 - 1839
• Henry Cole KCB 15 Jul 1808 Bath, Somerset, England - 18 Apr 1882
• Samuel Colt 19 Jul 1815 Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA - 10 Jan 1862
• William Congreve 2nd Bt. 20 May 1772 Middlesex, England - 16 May 1828
• George Constantinescu 4 Oct 1881 Craiova, Romania - 11 Dec 1965
• Albert Hewett Coons 28 Jun 1912 Gloversville, New York - 30 Sep 1978
• Harry Wesley Coover Jr. 6 Mar 1917 Newark, Delaware, USA - 26 Mar 2011
• Lloyd Groff Copeman 28 Dec 1881 Hadley, Lapeer, Michigan, United States - 5 Jul 1956
• Cornelis Corneliszoon van Uitgeest abt 1550 - abt 1600
• Wallace H. Coulter 17 Feb 1913 Little Rock, Arkansas - 7 Aug 1998
• John Higson Cover Jr 6 Apr 1920 New York, New York - 7 Feb 2009
• Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco 4 May 1655 Italy - 27 Jan 1731
• William Crookes 17 Jun 1832 London, England, UK - 4 Apr 1919
• Jan Czochralski 23 Oct 1885 Exin, German Empire - 22 Apr 1953

D

• Nils Gustaf Dalén 30 Nov 1869 Skräddaregården, Stenstorp, Västergötland, Sverige - 9 Dec 1937
• Horace Victor Dalling 5 Feb 1854 Belleville, Wakefield, Carleton, New Brunswick, Canada - 6 Jan 1931
• Mary Beatrice (Davidson) Kenner 17 May 1912 Monroe, North Carolina - 13 Jan 2006
• Susan Olivia (Davis) Poole 18 Apr 1889 Devils Lake, Ramsey County, North Dakota, USA - 10 Oct 1975
• Valerie (de Ferranti) Hunter-Gordon 7 Dec 1921 Baslow, Derbyshire, England - 16 Oct 2016
• Juan de la Cierva 21 Sep 1895 Murcia, Spain - 9 Dec 1936
• Carl Gustaf Patrik de Laval 9 May 1845 Blåsenborgs kaptensboställe, Orsa (W), Sweden - 2 Feb 1913
• George de Mestral 19 Jun 1907 - 8 Feb 1990
• James Dewar 20 Sep 1842 Kincardine-on-Forth, Scotland - 27 Mar 1923
• William Kennedy-Laurie Dickson 3 Aug 1860 Le Minihic-sur-Rance, Brittany, France - 28 Sep 1935
• Philip Diehl 29 Jan 1847 Dalsheim, Germany - 7 Apr 1913
• Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel 18 Mar 1858 Paris - abt 29 Sep 1913
• Mikhail Osipovich Dolivo-Dobrovolsky abt 21 Dec 1861 Gatchina near Saint Petersburg, Russia - abt 15 Nov 1919
• Thomas Benjamin Doolittle 30 Jun 1839 Woodbury, Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA - 4 Apr 1921
• Anastase Dragomir 6 Feb 1896 Brăila, Romania - Jun 1966
• George Draper 16 Aug 1817 Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA - 7 Jun 1887
• Richard Gurley Drew 22 Jun 1899 Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA - 14 Dec 1980
• John Boyd Dunlop 5 Feb 1840 Dreghorn, Ayrshire - 23 Oct 1921

E

• George W Eastman 12 Jul 1854 Waterville, Oneida, New York, United States - 14 Mar 1932
• Ellen Eglin abt 1849 - aft 1890
• Willem Einthoven 21 May 1860 Semarang, Dutch East Indies - 29 Sep 1927
• Paul Eisler abt 1907 Vienna, Austria - 26 Oct 1992
• Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer 28 Jun 1825 Wehen, Duchy of Nassau, today Taunusstein, Germany - 22 Jan 1909
• Robert Erskine FRS 7 Sep 1735 Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland - 2 Oct 1780

F

• Samuel Allen Face Jr. 2 Aug 1923 - 2 May 2001
• Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 24 May 1686 Danzig, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth - 16 Sep 1736
• Johann Maria Farina 8 Dec 1685 Italy - 25 Nov 1766
• Philo Taylor Farnsworth 19 Aug 1906 , Beaver, Utah - 11 Mar 1971
• Henry John Horstman Fenton 18 Feb 1854 London, England - 13 Jan 1929
• James Lee Fergason 12 Jan 1934 Wakenda, Missouri, USA - 9 Dec 2008
• George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. 14 Feb 1859 Galesburg, Illinois, USA - 22 Nov 1896

F cont.

• Reginald Aubrey Fessenden 6 Oct 1866 East-Bolton, Quebec, Canada - 22 Jul 1932
• Adolf Gaston Eugen Fick 22 Feb 1852 Marburg, Germany - 11 Feb 1937
• Franz Ludwig Fick 18 May 1813 Erlangen, Germany - 31 Dec 1858
• Artur Fischer 31 Dec 1919 Tumlingen, Germany - 27 Jan 2016
• Paul C. Fisher 10 Oct 1913 Lebanon, Kansas, USA - 20 Oct 2006
• John Ambrose Fleming 29 Nov 1849 Lancaster, Lancashire, England - 18 Apr 1945
• Herman Frasch 25 Dec 1851 Oberrot bei Gaildorf, Württemberg, Germany - 1 May 1914
• Julius Fromm 4 Mar 1883 Konin, Poland - 12 May 1945
• Ivan Fyodorov abt 1525 Grand Duchy of Moscow, Russia - 16 Dec 1583

G

• Dennis Gabor 5 Jun 1900 Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary - 9 Feb 1979
• Alfred William Gallagher 17 May 1911 Hamilton, New Zealand - 8 Aug 1990
• Dmitri Zalmanovitch Garbuzov 27 Oct 1940 Sverdlovsk, Russia - 20 Aug 2006
• Josephine M (Garis) Cochran 8 Mar 1841 Ashtabula, Ohio, United States - 3 Aug 1913
• William E Garity 2 Apr 1899 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States - 16 Sep 1971
• Elmer R. Gates abt 1859 Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States - 3 Dec 1923
• Richard Jordon Gatling 12 Sep 1818 Hertford County, North Carolina, United States - 26 Feb 1903
• Johannes Wilhelm Geiger 30 Sep 1882 Neustadt an der Haardt, Palatinate, German Empire - 24 Sep 1945
• David Gestetner 31 Mar 1854 Csorna, Kingdom of Hungary, Habsburg Empire - 8 Mar 1939
• Alberto Gianni 26 Apr 1891 Viareggio, Tuscany, Italy - 7 Dec 1930
• John Heysham Gibbon Jr. 29 Sep 1903 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 5 Feb 1973
• Baptiste Jules Henri Jacques Giffard 8 Feb 1825 Paris, France - 14 Apr 1882
• Donald Arthur Glaser abt 21 Sep 1926 Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States - 28 Feb 2013
• Joseph Glass abt 1791 Colchester, Essex, England - 29 Dec 1867
• Charles Goodyear 29 Dec 1800 New Haven, New Haven Co, Connecticut, USA - 1 Jul 1860
• Gordon Gould 17 Jul 1920 New York City, USA - 16 Sep 2005
• Richard Hall Gower abt 1768 - Jul 1833
• Zenobe Theophile Gramme 4 Apr 1826 Jehay-Bodegnée, Liège, Belgium - 20 Jan 1901
• Chester Greenwood 4 Dec 1858 Farmington, Maine - 5 Jul 1937
• William Edward (Green) Friese-Greene 7 Sep 1855 Bristol, England, United Kingdom - 5 May 1921
• James (Gregorie) Gregory abt Nov 1638 Drumoak Parrish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland - abt Oct 1675
• Charles Leiper Grigg 11 May 1868 Prices Branch, Missouri, USA - 16 Apr 1940
• William Robert Grove 11 Jul 1811 Swansea, Wales - 1 Aug 1896
• Gustav Guanella 21 Jun 1909 Chur, Switzerland - 12 Jan 1982
• Goldsworthy Gurney 14 Feb 1793 - 28 Feb 1875
• Samuel Guthrie 1782 - 1848

H

• Eduard Haas III 1897 Leonding, Austria-Hungary - 1989
• Fritz Haber 9 Dec 1868 Breslau, Prussia (now Wrocław, Poland) - 29 Jan 1934
• George Ellery Hale 29 Jun 1868 Chicago, Illinois, USA - 21 Feb 1938
• Charles Martin Hall 6 Dec 1863 Thompson, Geauga, Ohio, United States - 27 Dec 1914
• Robert Noel Hall 25 Dec 1919 New Haven, Connecticut, United States - 7 Nov 2016
• John Hays Hammond Jr. 13 Apr 1888 San Francisco, California, USA - 12 Feb 1965
• Fritz Victor Hasselblad 8 Mar 1906 Göteborgs Kristine, Göteborgs och Bohus län, Sverige - 5 Aug 1978
• George Harry Heilmeier 22 May 1936 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - 21 Apr 2014
• Henry Judah Heimlich 3 Feb 1920 Washington, Delaware, United States - 17 Dec 2016
• József Karol Hell 15 May 1713 - 11 Mar 1789
• Rudolf Hell 19 Dec 1901 Eggmühl, Germany - 11 Mar 2002
• Beulah Louise Henry 11 Feb 1887 North Carolina - Feb 1973
• Ronald Price Hickman OBE 21 Oct 1932 Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - 17 Feb 2011
• Rowland Hill 3 Dec 1795 Kidderminster, England - 27 Aug 1879
• Charles Howard Hinton abt 1853 Bartholomew Square, London, England - 30 Apr 1907
• Herman Hollerith 29 Feb 1860 New York, United States - 19 Nov 1929
• David Edward Hughes 16 May 1831 London or Corwen, Denbighshire - 22 Jan 1900
• Obed Hussey 1792 Maine - 4 Aug 1860
• Miller Reese Hutchison 6 Aug 1876 Montrose, Alabama, USA - 16 Feb 1944
• John Wesley Hyatt 28 Nov 1837 Starkey, New York, USA - 10 May 1920
• Ida Henrietta Hyde 8 Sep 1857 Davenport, Iowa, USA - 22 Aug 1945

I

• János Irinyi 18 May 1817 - 17 Dec 1895
• Ubbe Eert Iwerks 24 Mar 1901 Kansas City, Missouri - 7 Jul 1971

J

• Karl Jatho 3 Feb 1873 - 8 Dec 1933
• Ali Javan 26 Dec 1926 Tabriz, Iran - 12 Sep 2016
• Ányos István Jedlik 11 Jan 1800 Szimő, Kingdom of Hungary (today Zemné, Slovakia) - 13 Dec 1895
• Charles Francis Jenkins 22 Aug 1867 Dayton, Ohio - 6 Jun 1934
• Amos Edward Joel Jr. 12 Mar 1918 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - 25 Oct 2008
• Carl Edvard Johansson 15 Mar 1864 Oppboga, Fellingsbro, Örebro, Sverige - 30 Sep 1943
• Johan Petter Johansson 12 Dec 1853 Vårgårda, Västra Götaland, Sweden - 25 Aug 1943
• Reynold B Johnson 16 Jul 1906 Minnesota, USA - 15 Sep 1998
• Frederick McKinley Jones 17 May 1893 Cincinnati, Ohio - 21 Feb 1961