Famous inventors

person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process

1,332 people

All Alive Deceased
Hans Christian Ørsted

Hans Christian Ørsted

1777 – 1851 · Age 73
Deceased
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Kalashnikov

1919 – 2013 · Age 94
Deceased
Abu Bakr al-Razi

Abu Bakr al-Razi

0866 – 0925 · Age 59
Deceased
Anders Celsius

Anders Celsius

1701 – 1744 · Age 42
Deceased
Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

1914 – 2000 · Age 85
Deceased
Rudolf Diesel

Rudolf Diesel

1858 – 1913 · Age 55
Deceased
Ferdinand Braun

Ferdinand Braun

1850 – 1918 · Age 67
Deceased
John Bardeen

John Bardeen

1908 – 1991 · Age 82
Deceased
Gabriel Lippmann

Gabriel Lippmann

1845 – 1921 · Age 75
Deceased
William Shockley

William Shockley

1910 – 1989 · Age 79
Deceased
Evangelista Torricelli

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 – 1647 · Age 39
Deceased
Roger Bacon

Roger Bacon

1220 – 1292 · Age 72
Deceased
Joseph Priestley

Joseph Priestley

1733 – 1804 · Age 70
Deceased
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

1853 – 1926 · Age 72
Deceased
Pyotr Kapitsa

Pyotr Kapitsa

1894 – 1984 · Age 89
Deceased
Louis Braille

Louis Braille

1809 – 1852 · Age 43
Deceased
Wilhelm Ostwald

Wilhelm Ostwald

1853 – 1932 · Age 78
Deceased
Charles Lindbergh

Charles Lindbergh

1902 – 1974 · Age 72
Deceased
Élie Metchnikoff

Élie Metchnikoff

1845 – 1916 · Age 71
Deceased
Jonas Salk

Jonas Salk

1914 – 1995 · Age 80
Deceased
Dennis Gabor

Dennis Gabor

1900 – 1979 · Age 78
Deceased
Vitaly Ginzburg

Vitaly Ginzburg

1916 – 2009 · Age 93
Deceased
B. F. Skinner

B. F. Skinner

1904 – 1990 · Age 86
Deceased
Nicolas Appert

Nicolas Appert

1749 – 1841 · Age 91
Deceased
Buckminster Fuller

Buckminster Fuller

1895 – 1983 · Age 87
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375