Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
1,677 people
Per Georg Scheutz
1785
– 1873
· Age 87
Deceased
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Walter Bruch
1908
– 1990
· Age 82
Deceased
August Dvorak
1894
– 1975
· Age 81
Deceased
Giovanni Branca
1571
– 1645
· Age 73
Deceased
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Lucien Olivier
1838
– 1883
· Age 45
Deceased
John Garand
1888
– 1974
· Age 86
Deceased
Stanford R. Ovshinsky
1922
– 2012
· Age 89
Deceased
Ali Javan
1926
– 2016
· Age 89
Deceased
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Sidney Darlington
1906
– 1997
· Age 91
Deceased
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Erna Schneider Hoover
1926
· Age 99
Alive
Pier Giorgio Perotto
1930
– 2002
· Age 71
Deceased
Mir Damad
1561
– 1631
· Age 70
Deceased
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Leonid Sedov
1907
– 1999
· Age 91
Deceased
Charles M. Lieber
1959
· Age 66
Alive
Frank J. Sprague
1857
– 1934
· Age 77
Deceased
Sven Gustaf Wingqvist
1876
– 1953
· Age 76
Deceased
Carver Mead
1934
· Age 91
Alive
Jesse Ramsden
1735
– 1800
· Age 65
Deceased
Harvey Fletcher
1884
– 1981
· Age 96
Deceased
Tanaka Hisashige
1799
– 1881
· Age 82
Deceased
John Walker
1781
– 1859
· Age 77
Deceased
Béla Barényi
1907
– 1997
· Age 90
Deceased
Hidetsugu Yagi
1886
– 1976
· Age 89
Deceased
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Tabitha Babbitt
1779
– 1853
· Age 73
Deceased
Hippolyte Bayard
1801
– 1887
· Age 86
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375