Wilson Greatbatch

Wilson Greatbatch

male
Wilson Greatbatch (born September 6 1919) is an inventor who advanced the development of early implantable cardiac pacemakers. He is a graduate of...
Earl Bakken

Earl Bakken

male
Earl Bakken developed the first wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957 as a result of a fatal problem at the University of Minnesota hospital. Dr....
Rune Elmqvist

Rune Elmqvist

male, deceased (1996)
Rune Elmqvist developed the first implantable pacemaker in 1958, working under the direction of Åke Senning, senior physician and cardiac surgeon a...

Albert Hyman

male, deceased (1972)
Albert S. Hyman, (1893 - 1972), a New York cardiologist, together with his brother Charles, constructed in 1930-1932 an electro-mechanical device...
Geoffrey Wickham

Geoffrey Wickham

male, 76 years old
Geoffrey G. Wickham AO MIIE was one of the pioneers of cardiac pacemaking and co-founder of Telectronics. He was born in Camperdown, Victoria,...
Wilfred Gordon Bigelow

Wilfred Gordon Bigelow

male, deceased (2005)
Dr. Wilfred Gordon "Bill" Bigelow, OC, MD, LL.D, FRSC (June 18, 1913 - March 27, 2005) was a Canadian heart surgeon known for his role in...
Anthony Adducci

Anthony Adducci

male
Anthony J. Adducci was a pioneer of the medical device industry in Minnesota. He is best known for co-founding Guidant Corp. precursor Cardiac...
Janwillem van den Berg

Janwillem van den Berg

deceased (1985)
Janwillem van den Berg (20 November 1920 - 18 October 1985) was a Dutch speech scientist/medical psysicist who did much to prove the...

John Evans

male, deceased (1990)
John Evans (August 19, 1877 - June 10, 1990) is the longest-lived man ever authenticated in the United Kingdom. He had been a Welsh miner, and...
Jay Miner

Jay Miner

male, deceased (1994)
Jay Glenn Miner (May 31, 1932 - June 20, 1994) was a famous integrated circuit designer, known primarily for his work in multimedia chips. He...