Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
697 people
Theodore von Kármán
1881
– 1963
· Age 81
Deceased
Robert Metcalfe
1946
· Age 79
Alive
William Henry Fox Talbot
1800
– 1877
· Age 77
Deceased
Emile Berliner
1851
– 1929
· Age 78
Deceased
Ruth Handler
1916
– 2002
· Age 85
Deceased
Joseph Marie Jacquard
1752
– 1834
· Age 82
Deceased
Loránd Eötvös
1848
– 1919
· Age 70
Deceased
Charles Wheatstone
1802
– 1875
· Age 73
Deceased
J
John Desmond Bernal
1901
– 1971
· Age 70
Deceased
Pavel Florensky
1882
– 1937
· Age 55
Deceased
Irving Fisher
1867
– 1947
· Age 80
Deceased
Richard Arkwright
1732
– 1792
· Age 59
Deceased
John Harrison
1693
– 1776
· Age 83
Deceased
Eli Whitney
1765
– 1825
· Age 59
Deceased
John Vincent Atanasoff
1903
– 1995
· Age 91
Deceased
Luther Burbank
1849
– 1926
· Age 77
Deceased
Bertha Benz
1849
– 1944
· Age 95
Deceased
Hans Lippershay
1570
– 1619
· Age 49
Deceased
Ignacy Mościcki
1867
– 1946
· Age 78
Deceased
Wallace Carothers
1896
– 1937
· Age 41
Deceased
Gideon Sundback
1880
– 1954
· Age 74
Deceased
Leo Fender
1909
– 1991
· Age 81
Deceased
Abram Ioffe
1880
– 1960
· Age 79
Deceased
Oleg Antonov
1906
– 1984
· Age 78
Deceased
James Gregory
1638
– 1675
· Age 37
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375