Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
1,332 people
Hans Christian Ørsted
1777
– 1851
· Age 73
Deceased
Mikhail Kalashnikov
1919
– 2013
· Age 94
Deceased
Abu Bakr al-Razi
0866
– 0925
· Age 59
Deceased
Anders Celsius
1701
– 1744
· Age 42
Deceased
Hedy Lamarr
1914
– 2000
· Age 85
Deceased
Rudolf Diesel
1858
– 1913
· Age 55
Deceased
Ferdinand Braun
1850
– 1918
· Age 67
Deceased
John Bardeen
1908
– 1991
· Age 82
Deceased
Gabriel Lippmann
1845
– 1921
· Age 75
Deceased
William Shockley
1910
– 1989
· Age 79
Deceased
Evangelista Torricelli
1608
– 1647
· Age 39
Deceased
Roger Bacon
1220
– 1292
· Age 72
Deceased
Joseph Priestley
1733
– 1804
· Age 70
Deceased
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
1853
– 1926
· Age 72
Deceased
Pyotr Kapitsa
1894
– 1984
· Age 89
Deceased
Louis Braille
1809
– 1852
· Age 43
Deceased
Wilhelm Ostwald
1853
– 1932
· Age 78
Deceased
Charles Lindbergh
1902
– 1974
· Age 72
Deceased
Élie Metchnikoff
1845
– 1916
· Age 71
Deceased
Jonas Salk
1914
– 1995
· Age 80
Deceased
Dennis Gabor
1900
– 1979
· Age 78
Deceased
Vitaly Ginzburg
1916
– 2009
· Age 93
Deceased
B. F. Skinner
1904
– 1990
· Age 86
Deceased
Nicolas Appert
1749
– 1841
· Age 91
Deceased
Buckminster Fuller
1895
– 1983
· Age 87
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375