Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
1,332 people
Emmanuel Swedenborg
1688
– 1772
· Age 84
Deceased
Buckminster Fuller
1895
– 1983
· Age 87
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
Edward Teller
1908
– 2003
· Age 95
Deceased
Justus von Liebig
1803
– 1873
· Age 69
Deceased
Luis Walter Alvarez
1911
– 1988
· Age 77
Deceased
Zhores Alferov
1930
– 2019
· Age 88
Deceased
Charles Hard Townes
1915
– 2015
· Age 99
Deceased
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
1686
– 1736
· Age 50
Deceased
Robert Bunsen
1811
– 1899
· Age 88
Deceased
Robert H. Goddard
1882
– 1945
· Age 62
Deceased
Walther Bothe
1891
– 1957
· Age 66
Deceased
Gerolamo Cardano
1501
– 1576
· Age 74
Deceased
Luigi Galvani
1737
– 1798
· Age 61
Deceased
Donald Arthur Glaser
1926
– 2013
· Age 86
Deceased
Jack Kilby
1923
– 2005
· Age 81
Deceased
Pavel Cherenkov
1904
– 1990
· Age 85
Deceased
Simon van der Meer
1925
– 2011
· Age 85
Deceased
Hero of Alexandria
0010
– 0075
· Age 65
Deceased
Nikolay Basov
1922
– 2001
· Age 78
Deceased
Walter Houser Brattain
1902
– 1987
· Age 85
Deceased
Willem Einthoven
1860
– 1927
· Age 67
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375