Famous inventors

person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process

1,332 people

All Alive Deceased
Abram Ioffe

Abram Ioffe

1880 – 1960 · Age 79
Deceased
Oleg Antonov

Oleg Antonov

1906 – 1984 · Age 78
Deceased
James Gregory

James Gregory

1638 – 1675 · Age 37
Deceased
Charles Algernon Parsons

Charles Algernon Parsons

1854 – 1931 · Age 76
Deceased
Gideon Sundback

Gideon Sundback

1880 – 1954 · Age 74
Deceased
Leo Fender

Leo Fender

1909 – 1991 · Age 81
Deceased
Howard H. Aiken

Howard H. Aiken

1900 – 1973 · Age 73
Deceased
Hugo Gernsback

Hugo Gernsback

1884 – 1967 · Age 83
Deceased
Samuel Crompton

Samuel Crompton

1753 – 1827 · Age 73
Deceased
Henry Bessemer

Henry Bessemer

1813 – 1898 · Age 85
Deceased
Samuel Langley

Samuel Langley

1834 – 1906 · Age 71
Deceased
Piet Hein

Piet Hein

1905 – 1996 · Age 90
Deceased
Madam C. J. Walker

Madam C. J. Walker

1867 – 1919 · Age 51
Deceased
Hugo Junkers

Hugo Junkers

1859 – 1935 · Age 76
Deceased
Edwin Howard Armstrong

Edwin Howard Armstrong

1890 – 1954 · Age 63
Deceased
Ralph H. Baer

Ralph H. Baer

1922 – 2014 · Age 92
Deceased
Hertha Ayrton

Hertha Ayrton

1854 – 1923 · Age 69
Deceased
Nikolay Zhukovsky

Nikolay Zhukovsky

1847 – 1921 · Age 74
Deceased
Marian Rejewski

Marian Rejewski

1905 – 1980 · Age 74
Deceased
Mária Telkes

Mária Telkes

1900 – 1995 · Age 94
Deceased
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

Giovanni Alfonso Borelli

1608 – 1679 · Age 71
Deceased
Ettore Bugatti

Ettore Bugatti

1881 – 1947 · Age 65
Deceased
Thomas Savery

Thomas Savery

1650 – 1715 · Age 65
Deceased
Willis Carrier

Willis Carrier

1876 – 1950
Deceased
William Oughtred

William Oughtred

1574 – 1660 · Age 86
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375