Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
1,222 people
James David Forbes
1809
– 1868
· Age 59
Deceased
C
Chester Carlson
1906
– 1968
· Age 62
Deceased
Juan de la Cierva
1895
– 1936
· Age 41
Deceased
Daniel Swarovski
1862
– 1956
· Age 93
Deceased
Pavel Yablochkov
1847
– 1894
· Age 46
Deceased
Louis Le Prince
1841
· Age 184
Alive
John Ericsson
1803
– 1889
· Age 85
Deceased
Ǧābir Ibn-Aflāḥ
1100
– 1150
· Age 50
Deceased
James Dyson
1947
· Age 78
Alive
Viktor Meyer
1848
– 1897
· Age 48
Deceased
Charles Martin Hall
1863
– 1914
· Age 51
Deceased
Theobald Boehm
1794
– 1881
· Age 87
Deceased
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Gerasimov
1907
– 1970
· Age 62
Deceased
Albert Ghiorso
1915
– 2010
· Age 95
Deceased
George Pullman
1831
– 1897
· Age 66
Deceased
Józef Kazimierz Hofmann
1876
– 1957
· Age 81
Deceased
J. Presper Eckert
1919
– 1995
· Age 76
Deceased
John Deere
1804
– 1886
· Age 82
Deceased
Anatoly Petrovich Alexandrov
1903
– 1994
· Age 91
Deceased
Robert Stirling
1790
– 1878
· Age 87
Deceased
Rashid Sunyaev
1943
· Age 83
Alive
M
Michael S. Hart
1947
– 2011
· Age 64
Deceased
Sam Loyd
1841
– 1911
· Age 70
Deceased
Herman Potočnik
1892
– 1929
· Age 36
Deceased
Henry J. Heinz
1844
– 1919
· Age 74
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375