Famous Inventors
The Most Famous Inventors | |||
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Name | Birthday | Nationality | Bio |
Thomas Newcomen | January 1, 1664 | British | Thomas Newcomen was a British inventor who developed the world’s first steam engine |
Erno Rubik | July 13, 1944 | Hungarian | The famous inventor and educationist, Erno Rubik is known world-wide for his invention the ‘Rubik’s Cube’ |
James Dyson | May 2, 1947 | British | Sir James Dyson is a British inventor who invented the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner |
Howard Hughes | December 24, 1905 | American | Howard Hughes was an American aviator, business tycoon, philanthropist and also a film maker |
Christopher Latham Sholes | February 14, 1819 | American | Christopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor |
Leo Baekeland | November 14, 1863 | Belgian, American | Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland was a Belgian-American chemist well-known for his discovery of photographic paper Velox and polymeric plastic Bakelite. |
Edmund Cartwright | April 24, 1743 | British | Edmund Cartwright was an English clergyman and inventor of power loom |
Charles Lindbergh | February 4, 1902 | American | Charles Lindbergh was an award winning American aviator, inventor and author |
Cornelis Drebbel | 1572 | Dutch | Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel was a Dutch builder best remembered as the inventor of world’s first navigable submarine |
George Washington Carver | January 1, 1864 | American | George Washington Carver was an American scientist and inventor |
Philo Farnsworth
Philo Farnsworth was an inventor who invented the fully functional all-electronic TV
Christopher Latham Sholes
Christopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor
Lawrence Hargrave
Lawrence Hargrave was an Australian engineer, aviation pioneer, inventor, explorer, and astronomer
Mary Walton
Mary Walton was a 19th century American inventor who devised methods for minimising the effects of pollution
Karl Ferdinand Braun
Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German physicist and inventor who received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1909
Leo Baekeland
Leo Henricus Arthur Baekeland was a Belgian-American chemist well-known for his discovery of photographic paper Velox and polymeric plastic Bakelite.
Louis Braille
Louis Braille was a French educationist and inventor who devised a system of reading and writing for use by the blind
Louis Lumière
Louis Lumière and his brother Auguste were French inventors who made the world’s first true motion picture
Peter Cooper
Peter Cooper was an American industrialist and inventor who built the first steam locomotive in the U.S
Werner von Siemens
Werner von Siemens was a German inventor who established ‘Siemens’ one of the largest telecommunications company in Europe