Les Paul

Les Paul

male, 94 years old
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...
Alan Turing

Alan Turing

male, deceased (1954) (london)
This short on-line biography of Alan Turing is based on the entry I wrote for the British Dictionary of National Biography in 1995. The eight parts...
Employment: mathematician, inventor - Turing Machine
Thomas Paine

Thomas Paine

male, deceased (1809)
Thomas Paine (Thetford, England, 29 January 1737 - 8 June 1809, New York City, USA) was a pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, and intellectual....
George Eastman

George Eastman

male, deceased (1932)
George Eastman founded the Eastman Kodak Company and invented roll film, helping to bring photography to the mainstream. The roll film was also...
Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton

male, deceased (1815)
Robert Fulton was a U.S. engineer and inventor who is widely credited with developing the first commercially successful steam-powered ship, making...
Levi Strauss

Levi Strauss

male, deceased (1902)
Levi Strauss, born Löb Strauss was the German-born American creator of the first company to manufacture blue jeans. His namesake firm, Levi S...
James Dyson

James Dyson

male, 62 years old
Sir James Dyson is a British industrial designer. He is best known as the inventor of the Dual Cyclone bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the...
Samuel F. B. Morse

Samuel F. B. Morse

male, deceased (1872)
Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 - April 2, 1872) was an American painter of portraits and historic scenes, and co-inventor (with Alfred...
George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse

male, deceased (1914)
George Westinghouse, Jr (6 October 1846-12 March 1914) was an American entrepreneur and engineer who invented the railroad air brake and was a...