Uziel Gal

Uziel Gal

male, deceased (2002)
Uziel "Uzi" Gal, born Gotthard Glass, was a German-born- Israeli gun designer best remembered as the designer and namesake of the Uzi submachine...
William B. Ruger

William B. Ruger

male
William Batterman Ruger partnered with Alexander McCormick Sturm in 1949 to establish Sturm, Ruger & Company. Their first product was the most...
John Browning

John Browning

male, deceased (1926)
John Moses Browning (January 21 or January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed my...
Hiram Stevens Maxim

Hiram Stevens Maxim

male, deceased (1916)
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (February 5, 1840 - November 24, 1916) was the inventor of the Maxim Gun in 1881, the first portable, fully automatic...
Gaston Glock

Gaston Glock

male, 80 years old
Gaston Glock (1929-) is an Austrian engineer, and founder of firearms company Glock. The Glock "safe-action" pistol is well-regarded and has often...
Fedor Tokarev

Fedor Tokarev

male, deceased (1968)
Fedor Vasilievich Tokarev (1871-1968) was a Russian weapons designer and deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR from 1941 to 1950. Outside the...
Hugo Borchardt

Hugo Borchardt

male, deceased (1924)
Hugo Borchardt (June 6, 1844-May 8, 1924) was a firearms inventor and engineer, born in Magdeburg, Germany. He is known for his inventions of the...

Dieudonne Saive

male
Dieudonne Saive was a Belgian small arms designer who designed the FN Model 1949 and the FN-FAL. He became the head firearms developer of Fabrique...
Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Kalashnikov

male, 90 years old
Lieutenant General Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov (born November 10, 1919) is a famous Russian gun designer, most famous for his AK-47,...