Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
697 people
Wilhelm Ostwald
1853
– 1932
· Age 78
Deceased
Charles Lindbergh
1902
– 1974
· Age 72
Deceased
Jonas Salk
1914
– 1995
· Age 80
Deceased
Élie Metchnikoff
1845
– 1916
· Age 71
Deceased
Vitaly Ginzburg
1916
– 2009
· Age 93
Deceased
Dennis Gabor
1900
– 1979
· Age 78
Deceased
B. F. Skinner
1904
– 1990
· Age 86
Deceased
Paul Ehrlich
1854
– 1915
· Age 61
Deceased
Emmanuel Swedenborg
1688
– 1772
· Age 84
Deceased
Buckminster Fuller
1895
– 1983
· Age 87
Deceased
Nicolas Appert
1749
– 1841
· Age 91
Deceased
Gustaf Dalén
1869
– 1937
· Age 68
Deceased
Paul Allen
1953
– 2018
· Age 65
Deceased
Roh Moo-hyun
1946
– 2009
· Age 62
Deceased
John Napier
1550
– 1617
· Age 67
Deceased
Justus von Liebig
1803
– 1873
· Age 69
Deceased
Edward Teller
1908
– 2003
· Age 95
Deceased
Luis Walter Alvarez
1911
– 1988
· Age 77
Deceased
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
1686
– 1736
· Age 50
Deceased
Charles Hard Townes
1915
– 2015
· Age 99
Deceased
Zhores Alferov
1930
– 2019
· Age 88
Deceased
Robert Bunsen
1811
– 1899
· Age 88
Deceased
Robert H. Goddard
1882
– 1945
· Age 62
Deceased
Walther Bothe
1891
– 1957
· Age 66
Deceased
Luigi Galvani
1737
– 1798
· Age 61
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375