Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
697 people
Richard Feynman
1918
– 1988
· Age 69
Deceased
Jacques Cartier
1491
– 1557
· Age 65
Deceased
Linus Torvalds
1969
· Age 56
Alive
Sergei Eisenstein
1898
– 1948
· Age 50
Deceased
L. L. Zamenhof
1859
– 1917
· Age 57
Deceased
Richard Stallman
1953
· Age 72
Alive
Alexander Fleming
1881
– 1955
· Age 73
Deceased
Ada Lovelace
1815
– 1852
· Age 36
Deceased
Guglielmo Marconi
1874
– 1937
· Age 63
Deceased
Arthur C. Clarke
1917
– 2008
· Age 90
Deceased
Robert Koch
1843
– 1910
· Age 66
Deceased
André-Marie Ampère
1775
– 1836
· Age 61
Deceased
Christiaan Huygens
1629
– 1695
· Age 66
Deceased
James Cameron
1954
· Age 71
Alive
Alessandro Volta
1745
– 1827
· Age 82
Deceased
Bobby Fischer
1943
– 2008
· Age 64
Deceased
Charles Babbage
1791
– 1871
· Age 79
Deceased
Carl Benz
1844
– 1929
· Age 84
Deceased
Hypatia
0360
– 0415
· Age 55
Deceased
Heinrich Hertz
1857
– 1894
· Age 36
Deceased
Mikhail Lomonosov
1711
– 1765
· Age 53
Deceased
Margaret Atwood
1939
· Age 86
Alive
Wernher von Braun
1912
– 1977
· Age 65
Deceased
Ibn al-Haytham
0965
– 1038
· Age 73
Deceased
Robert Hooke
1635
– 1703
· Age 67
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375