Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
1,677 people
Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet
1772
– 1828
· Age 55
Deceased
Mary Engle Pennington
1872
– 1952
· Age 80
Deceased
Humberto Fernández Morán
1924
– 1999
· Age 75
Deceased
Walter Zapp
1905
– 2003
· Age 97
Deceased
John Philip Holland
1840
– 1914
· Age 74
Deceased
Enrico Forlanini
1848
– 1930
· Age 81
Deceased
Octave Chanute
1832
– 1910
· Age 78
Deceased
John Barnard
1946
· Age 79
Alive
Pete George
1929
– 2021
· Age 92
Deceased
Bill Atkinson
1951
– 2025
· Age 74
Deceased
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Alexandre Alexeieff
1901
– 1982
· Age 81
Deceased
D
David Hahn
1976
– 2016
· Age 39
Deceased
Ruth R. Benerito
1916
– 2013
· Age 97
Deceased
David Schwarz
1850
– 1897
· Age 46
Deceased
Jacob W. Davis
1831
– 1908
· Age 77
Deceased
Chang Yŏngsil
1400
Alive
Oskar Barnack
1879
– 1936
· Age 56
Deceased
Jay Miner
1932
– 1994
· Age 62
Deceased
Tivadar Puskás
1844
– 1893
· Age 48
Deceased
Clarence Birdseye
1886
– 1956
· Age 69
Deceased
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Ottaviano Petrucci
1466
– 1539
· Age 72
Deceased
Edwin Drake
1819
– 1880
· Age 61
Deceased
Robert H. Dennard
1932
– 2024
· Age 91
Deceased
André Blondel
1863
– 1938
· Age 75
Deceased
Frederick W. Lanchester
1868
– 1946
· Age 77
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375