Peter Detkin

Peter Detkin

male
Peter N. Detkin is a managing partner for Intellectual Ventures. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, with a B.S.E.E. in 1982 and J.D....
Henry Leavitt Ellsworth

Henry Leavitt Ellsworth

male, deceased (1858)
Henry Leavitt Ellsworth (November 10 1791 - December 27 1858) was a U.S. administrator. Ellsworth was born in Windsor, Connecticut, a son of Chief...
Giles Sutherland Rich

Giles Sutherland Rich

male, deceased (1999)
Giles Sutherland Rich (May 30, 1904 - June 15, 1999) was a judge on the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals (CCPA) and later on the...

Štefan Banič

male, deceased (1941)
Štefan Banič is the inventor of the military parachute and of the first actually used parachute. Born on 23 November 1870 in Nestich (Neštich), now...
Leonard J. Farwell

Leonard J. Farwell

male, deceased (1889)
Leonard James Farwell (January 5, 1819 - April 11, 1889) was an American politician and the second governor of Wisconsin. Farwell was born in...
John Hays Hammond Jr.

John Hays Hammond Jr.

male, deceased (1965)
John Hays Hammond, Jr. (April 13, 1888 - February 12, 1965) was an American inventor known as "The Father of Radio Control" and son of mining...

Jonathan Homer Lane

male, deceased (1880)
Jonathan Homer Lane (August 9, 1819, Geneseo, New York - May 3, 1880, Washington D.C.) was an American astrophysicist and inventor. His education...

Jack Brooks

male, 86 years old
Jack Bascom Brooks (born December 22, 1922) is a retired politician from the U.S. state of Texas, who served for more than 40 years in the U.S....

John Koza

male
John R. Koza is a computer scientist and a consulting professor at Stanford University, most notable for his work in pioneering the use of genetic...

Karl Nessler

male, deceased (1951)
Karl Ludwig Nessler (2 May 1872 in Todtnau, Germany - 22 January 1951 in Harrington Park New Jersey, USA) was the inventor of the permanent wave....