"National Inventors Hall of Fame"

Thomas Edison male, deceased (1931): inventor, electricity, light bulb, phonograph, Businessman, incandescent light bulb…NationalInventorsHallofFame; Thomas Alva Edison (February 11 1847 - October 18 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly...

Henry Ford male, deceased (1947): Ford Motor Company, Model T, automobile, patent, Ford Foundation, Ford family…Protocols of the Elders of Zion, NationalInventorsHallofFame, International Motorsports Hall of Fame; Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 - April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of modern assembly lines used in mass production....

Richard Drew male, deceased (1980): NationalInventorsHallofFame, scotch tape, American, great depression, masking tape, inventor…Wall Street Crash of 1929; Richard G. Drew was an American inventor who worked for 3M in St. Paul, Minnesota, where he invented masking tape and cellophane tape. When Drew...

Alexander Graham Bell male, deceased (1922): inventor, telephone, scientist, American, immigrant to Canada, immigrant to the United States…NationalInventorsHallofFame, Canadian of Scottish descent, National Geographic Society, Alumni of the University of Edinburgh, Alumni of University College London; Alexander Graham Bell (3 March 1847 - 2 August 1922) was a scientist, inventor, and innovator. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Scotland, he emigrated...

Charles Stark Draper male, deceased (1987): Massachusetts Institute of Technology faculty, Sc.D., University of Missouri–Columbia, University of Missouri–Columbia alumni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni, submarine…NationalInventorsHallofFame, University of Missouri, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Charles Stark Draper, Sc.D. is often referred to as "the father of inertial navigation." Born in Windsor, Missouri, he attended the University of...

George Washington Carver male, deceased (1943) (Alabama): scientist, botany, slave, tuskegee university, slavery, American…NationalInventorsHallofFame, collaborator of the Bureau of Plant Industry, born at the end of the Civil war, died in 1943 after falling down a flight of stairs, definitely a man of firsts; George Washington Carver saved the South from an economic crisis and possible famine by inventing more than three hundred uses for the peanut, over...

Steve Wozniak male, 59 years old (Los Gatos, California, United States): Apple Computer, Apple Inc., Woz, apple, Computer Engineer, computer pioneer…Wheels of Zeus, National Medal of Technology recipient, NationalInventorsHallofFame, University of California, Berkeley alumni; Dr. Stephan Gary "Woz" Wozniak (born August 11 1950 in San Jose, California) is a U.S. computer engineer and the co-founder of Apple Computer (now...

Jack Kilby male, deceased (2005): Texas Instruments, electrical engineer, engineer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee alumni, computer pioneer, handheld calculator…University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign alumni, University of Wisconsin-Madison alumni, NationalInventorsHallofFame, IEEE Medal of Honor recipient, National Medal of Science recipient; Jack Kilby , an engineer with a background in ceramic-based silk screen circuit boards and transistor-based hearing aids, started working for Texas...

Dean Kamen male, 58 years old: inventor, gyroscope, fred, weelchair, eclectic, ginger…National Medal of Technology recipient, NationalInventorsHallofFame; Dean L. Kamen (born April 5, 1951) is an American entrepreneur and inventor. Born in Rockville Centre, New York, he attended Worcester Polytechnic...

Les Paul male, 94 years old: electric guitar, inventor, guitar maker, Hollywood Walk of Fame, from Waukesha, Wisconsin, Wisconsin musician…NationalInventorsHallofFame; Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss on June 9 1915) is an American jazz guitarist and inventor. He is one of the most important figures in the...

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