Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
1,222 people
Étienne Lenoir
1822
– 1900
· Age 78
Deceased
William G. Morgan
1870
– 1942
· Age 72
Deceased
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Arpad Elo
1903
– 1992
· Age 89
Deceased
John Ambrose Fleming
1849
– 1945
· Age 95
Deceased
Vladimir Shukhov
1853
– 1939
· Age 85
Deceased
Ram Khamhaeng
1239
– 1298
· Age 59
Deceased
Elias Howe
1819
– 1866
· Age 46
Deceased
Lillian Moller Gilbreth
1878
– 1972
· Age 93
Deceased
John Frederic Daniell
1790
– 1845
· Age 55
Deceased
Paul Baran
1926
– 2011
· Age 84
Deceased
Mary Anderson
1866
– 1953
· Age 87
Deceased
King Camp Gillette
1855
– 1932
· Age 77
Deceased
Momofuku Ando
1910
– 2007
· Age 96
Deceased
Ana Aslan
1897
– 1988
· Age 91
Deceased
Joseph Swan
1828
– 1914
· Age 85
Deceased
Run Run Shaw
1907
– 2014
· Age 106
Deceased
Jacob Bronowski
1908
– 1974
· Age 66
Deceased
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Robert Adler
1913
– 2007
· Age 93
Deceased
Su Song
1020
– 1101
· Age 81
Deceased
Giambattista della Porta
1535
– 1615
· Age 80
Deceased
Felix Wankel
1902
– 1988
· Age 86
Deceased
Ferdinando II de' Medici
1610
– 1670
· Age 59
Deceased
Kliment Timiryazev
1843
– 1920
· Age 76
Deceased
Eunice Newton Foote
1819
– 1888
· Age 69
Deceased
Étienne-Jules Marey
1830
– 1904
· Age 74
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375