Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
1,332 people
Abram Ioffe
1880
– 1960
· Age 79
Deceased
Oleg Antonov
1906
– 1984
· Age 78
Deceased
James Gregory
1638
– 1675
· Age 37
Deceased
Charles Algernon Parsons
1854
– 1931
· Age 76
Deceased
Gideon Sundback
1880
– 1954
· Age 74
Deceased
Leo Fender
1909
– 1991
· Age 81
Deceased
Howard H. Aiken
1900
– 1973
· Age 73
Deceased
Hugo Gernsback
1884
– 1967
· Age 83
Deceased
Samuel Crompton
1753
– 1827
· Age 73
Deceased
Henry Bessemer
1813
– 1898
· Age 85
Deceased
Samuel Langley
1834
– 1906
· Age 71
Deceased
Piet Hein
1905
– 1996
· Age 90
Deceased
Madam C. J. Walker
1867
– 1919
· Age 51
Deceased
Hugo Junkers
1859
– 1935
· Age 76
Deceased
Edwin Howard Armstrong
1890
– 1954
· Age 63
Deceased
Ralph H. Baer
1922
– 2014
· Age 92
Deceased
Hertha Ayrton
1854
– 1923
· Age 69
Deceased
Nikolay Zhukovsky
1847
– 1921
· Age 74
Deceased
Marian Rejewski
1905
– 1980
· Age 74
Deceased
Mária Telkes
1900
– 1995
· Age 94
Deceased
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
1608
– 1679
· Age 71
Deceased
Ettore Bugatti
1881
– 1947
· Age 65
Deceased
Thomas Savery
1650
– 1715
· Age 65
Deceased
Willis Carrier
1876
– 1950
Deceased
William Oughtred
1574
– 1660
· Age 86
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375