Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
697 people
Gerolamo Cardano
1501
– 1576
· Age 74
Deceased
Donald Arthur Glaser
1926
– 2013
· Age 86
Deceased
Jack Kilby
1923
– 2005
· Age 81
Deceased
Pavel Cherenkov
1904
– 1990
· Age 85
Deceased
Hero of Alexandria
0010
– 0075
· Age 65
Deceased
Nikolay Basov
1922
– 2001
· Age 78
Deceased
Simon van der Meer
1925
– 2011
· Age 85
Deceased
Walter Houser Brattain
1902
– 1987
· Age 85
Deceased
Frances Arnold
1956
· Age 69
Alive
Willem Einthoven
1860
– 1927
· Age 67
Deceased
Howard Hughes
1905
– 1976
· Age 70
Deceased
Gottlieb Daimler
1834
– 1900
· Age 65
Deceased
Frits Zernike
1888
– 1966
· Age 77
Deceased
George Stephenson
1781
– 1848
· Age 67
Deceased
Ernst Ruska
1906
– 1988
· Age 81
Deceased
Douglas Engelbart
1925
– 2013
· Age 88
Deceased
Carl Bosch
1874
– 1940
· Age 65
Deceased
Francis Galton
1822
– 1911
· Age 88
Deceased
Charles K. Kao
1933
– 2018
· Age 84
Deceased
Gerardus Mercator
1512
– 1594
· Age 82
Deceased
Cai Lun
0048
– 0121
· Age 73
Deceased
Ahmed Zewail
1946
– 2016
· Age 70
Deceased
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
1921
– 1999
· Age 77
Deceased
Shuji Nakamura
1954
· Age 71
Alive
Konstantin Novoselov
1974
· Age 51
Alive
Source: Wikidata Q205375