Famous inventors

person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process

697 people

All Alive Deceased
Leo Baekeland

Leo Baekeland

1863 – 1944 · Age 80
Deceased
Jony Ive

Jony Ive

1967 · Age 59
Alive
Raymond Kurzweil

Raymond Kurzweil

1948 · Age 78
Alive
Levi Strauss

Levi Strauss

1829 – 1902 · Age 73
Deceased
Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

1889 – 1951 · Age 62
Deceased
Trofim Lysenko

Trofim Lysenko

1898 – 1976 · Age 78
Deceased
John Tyndall

John Tyndall

1820 – 1893 · Age 73
Deceased
Stephanie L. Kwolek

Stephanie L. Kwolek

1923 – 2014 · Age 90
Deceased
Isaac Singer

Isaac Singer

1811 – 1875 · Age 63
Deceased
Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush

1890 – 1974 · Age 84
Deceased
John Browning

John Browning

1855 – 1926 · Age 71
Deceased
Yakov Zeldovich

Yakov Zeldovich

1914 – 1987 · Age 73
Deceased
Robert Moog

Robert Moog

1934 – 2005 · Age 71
Deceased
John Boyd Dunlop

John Boyd Dunlop

1840 – 1921 · Age 81
Deceased
Robert Noyce

Robert Noyce

1927 – 1990 · Age 62
Deceased
Antonio Meucci

Antonio Meucci

1808 – 1889 · Age 81
Deceased
Pierre Janssen

Pierre Janssen

1824 – 1907 · Age 83
Deceased
Albert B. Sabin

Albert B. Sabin

1906 – 1993 · Age 86
Deceased
Karl Drais

Karl Drais

1785 – 1851 · Age 66
Deceased
Bartolomeo Cristofori

Bartolomeo Cristofori

1655 – 1731 · Age 75
Deceased
Robert Bosch

Robert Bosch

1861 – 1942 · Age 80
Deceased
Laurie Anderson

Laurie Anderson

1947 · Age 78
Alive
Martin Heinrich Klaproth

Martin Heinrich Klaproth

1743 – 1817 · Age 73
Deceased
Raymond Tomlinson

Raymond Tomlinson

1941 – 2016 · Age 74
Deceased
William Henry Fox Talbot

William Henry Fox Talbot

1800 – 1877 · Age 77
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q205375