Famous Inventors - page 2

The Most Famous Inventors

NameBirthdayNationalityBio
Thomas NewcomenJanuary 1, 1664BritishThomas Newcomen was a British inventor who developed the world’s first steam engine
Erno RubikJuly 13, 1944HungarianThe famous inventor and educationist, Erno Rubik is known world-wide for his invention the ‘Rubik’s Cube’
James DysonMay 2, 1947BritishSir James Dyson is a British inventor who invented the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner
Howard HughesDecember 24, 1905AmericanHoward Hughes was an American aviator, business tycoon, philanthropist and also a film maker
Christopher Latham SholesFebruary 14, 1819AmericanChristopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor
Leo BaekelandNovember 14, 1863Belgian, AmericanLeo Henricus Arthur Baekeland was a Belgian-American chemist well-known for his discovery of photographic paper Velox and polymeric plastic Bakelite.
Edmund CartwrightApril 24, 1743BritishEdmund Cartwright was an English clergyman and inventor of power loom
Charles LindberghFebruary 4, 1902AmericanCharles Lindbergh was an award winning American aviator, inventor and author
Cornelis Drebbel1572DutchCornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel was a Dutch builder best remembered as the inventor of world’s first navigable submarine
George Washington CarverJanuary 1, 1864AmericanGeorge Washington Carver was an American scientist and inventor
Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg was a famous German who invented the movable type printing machine thus making mass printing a reality

German1398140 views

Guglielmo Marconi

Guglielmo Marconi was the Nobel Prize winning Italian engineer who is credited with the invention of wireless telegraphy

ItalianApril 25, 1874189 views

Frank Hornby

Frank Hornby was a renowned inventor and entrepreneur who founded the popular brand of toys like Meccano and Dinky Toys

BritishMay 15, 1863117 views

Thomas Newcomen

Thomas Newcomen was a British inventor who developed the world’s first steam engine

BritishJanuary 1, 1664733 views

Henry Bessemer

Henry Bessemer was a renowned English inventor who discovered the Bessemer process of steel-making

BritishJanuary 19, 1813187 views

Emile Berliner

Emile Berliner was a renowned American inventor with many inventions to his credit; which include the gramophone

AmericanMay 20, 1851102 views

Cornelis Drebbel

Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel was a Dutch builder best remembered as the inventor of world’s first navigable submarine

Dutch1572216 views

Edmund Cartwright

Edmund Cartwright was an English clergyman and inventor of power loom

BritishApril 24, 1743230 views

Henry Fox Talbot

William Henry Fox Talbot was a British scientist best known for inventing the salted paper and calotype processes

BritishFebruary 11, 1800141 views

Richard Arkwright

Sir Richard Arkwright was an 18th century inventor known as 'the Father of the Industrial Revolution'

BritishDecember 23, 1732140 views