Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
1,222 people
Joseph Petzval
1807
– 1891
· Age 84
Deceased
Josef Ressel
1793
– 1857
· Age 64
Deceased
William Kamkwamba
1987
· Age 38
Alive
Hans Berger
1873
– 1941
· Age 68
Deceased
Vladimir Steklov
1863
– 1926
· Age 62
Deceased
Dan Bricklin
1951
· Age 74
Alive
Hans von Ohain
1911
– 1998
· Age 86
Deceased
Walter Dornberger
1895
– 1980
· Age 84
Deceased
Ken Kutaragi
1950
· Age 75
Alive
Abdurrahim El-Keib
1950
– 2020
· Age 70
Deceased
Taiichi Ohno
1912
– 1990
· Age 78
Deceased
William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong
1810
– 1900
· Age 90
Deceased
Galileo Ferraris
1847
– 1897
· Age 49
Deceased
J
Joseph Pilates
1883
– 1967
· Age 83
Deceased
Abraham-Louis Breguet
1747
– 1823
· Age 76
Deceased
E
Edith Clarke
1883
– 1959
· Age 76
Deceased
John Shepherd-Barron
1925
– 2010
· Age 84
Deceased
Narcís Monturiol i Estarriol
1819
– 1885
· Age 65
Deceased
William Webb Ellis
1806
– 1872
· Age 65
Deceased
Abraham Alikhanov
1904
– 1970
· Age 66
Deceased
Cyrus West Field
1819
– 1892
· Age 72
Deceased
Genrich Altshuller
1926
– 1998
· Age 71
Deceased
Dean Kamen
1951
· Age 74
Alive
Jan van der Heyden
1637
– 1712
· Age 75
Deceased
Immanuel Nobel
1801
– 1872
· Age 71
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375