Famous inventors
person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process
697 people
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
1921
– 1999
· Age 77
Deceased
Selman Abraham Waksman
1888
– 1973
· Age 85
Deceased
Shuji Nakamura
1954
· Age 71
Alive
Mark Shuttleworth
1973
· Age 52
Alive
Claude Shannon
1916
– 2001
· Age 84
Deceased
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1865
– 1929
· Age 64
Deceased
Luca Pacioli
1445
– 1517
· Age 72
Deceased
Giulio Natta
1903
– 1979
· Age 76
Deceased
Jack LaLanne
1914
– 2011
· Age 96
Deceased
Nellie Bly
1864
– 1922
· Age 57
Deceased
Willard Boyle
1924
– 2011
· Age 86
Deceased
Robert Fulton
1765
– 1815
· Age 49
Deceased
Werner von Siemens
1816
– 1892
· Age 75
Deceased
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
1895
– 1973
· Age 78
Deceased
William John Macquorn Rankine
1820
– 1872
· Age 52
Deceased
Leó Szilárd
1898
– 1964
· Age 66
Deceased
Zhang Heng
0078
– 0139
· Age 61
Deceased
John James Rickard Macleod
1876
– 1935
· Age 58
Deceased
Adolphe Sax
1814
– 1894
· Age 79
Deceased
Ferdinand Porsche
1875
– 1951
· Age 75
Deceased
Konrad Zuse
1910
– 1995
· Age 85
Deceased
Baruch Samuel Blumberg
1925
– 2011
· Age 85
Deceased
Igor Sikorsky
1889
– 1972
· Age 83
Deceased
George E. Smith
1930
– 2025
· Age 95
Deceased
Nicéphore Niépce
1765
– 1833
· Age 68
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375