Thomas Watson

Thomas Watson

male, deceased (1934)
Thomas Augustus Watson (17 February 1854 - 13 December 1934) was an assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone...
John Logie Baird

John Logie Baird

male, deceased (1946)
John Logie Baird (August 13 1888 - June 14 1946) was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system. Although...
Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg

male, deceased (1468) (Greenwich, Georgia, United States)
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg was a German goldsmith and printer, who is credited with inventing movable type printing in Europe...
Carl Icahn

Carl Icahn

male, 73 years old (New York, New York, United States)
Carl Celian Icahn (born February 16, 1936) is an American billionaire financier, corporate raider, and private equity investor.
James Naismith

James Naismith

male, deceased (1939)
James A. Naismith, B.A., M.A., M.D., D.D, (November 6, 1861 - November 28, 1939) was the inventor of the sport of basketball and the first to...
Lee de Forest

Lee de Forest

male, deceased (1961)
Lee De Forest was an American inventor with over 300 patents to his credit. De Forest invented the Audion, a vacuum tube that takes relatively weak...
Gottlieb Daimler

Gottlieb Daimler

male, deceased (1900)
Gottlieb Wilhelm Daimler was an engineer, industrial designer and industrialist, born in Schorndorf (Kingdom of Württemberg) what is now Germany. H...
John Muir

John Muir

male, deceased (1914)
John Muir was one of the first modern preservationists. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, and wildlife,...
Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt

male, deceased (1862) (Connecticut, United States)
Samuel Colt (born Hartford, Connecticut July 19, 1814 - died Hartford, Connecticut January 10, 1862) was an American inventor and industrialist. He...
Robert Moog

Robert Moog

male, deceased (2005)
Dr. Robert Arthur Moog (May 23, 1934 - August 21, 2005) was a pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.