Karl Benz

Karl Benz

male, deceased (1929)
carl, Ladenburg, From karlsruhe, karlsruhe, sparks, ignition system…inventor
Karl Friedrich Benz, for whom an alternate French spelling of "Carl" is used ocassionaly, (November 25, 1844, Karlsruhe, Germany – April 4, 1929, La...
Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke

male, deceased (1703)
Professor of Geometry, Discovered Great Red Spot of Jupiter, Observed comets, Tiny Drawings, Curator of Experiments, Quarrelled with Isaac Newton…inventor
Robert Hooke, FRS (July 18, 1635 – March 3, 1703) was an English polymath who played an important role in the scientific revolution, through both ex...
John Walker

John Walker

male, deceased (1859)
antimony sulfide, English, Chemist, match, mineralogy, pharmacist…inventor
John Walker (29 May 1781 - 1 May 1859) was an English chemist from Stockton-on-Tees, who in 1826 accidentally invented the friction match by mixing...
Jethro Tull

Jethro Tull

male, deceased (1741)
From wiltshire, wiltshire, from Basildon, Berkshire, crop yield, Agriculturist, Germination…inventor
Jethro Tull (born March 1672 in Basildon, Berkshire; died 21 February 1741 in Shalbourne, Berkshire (now Wiltshire)) was an English agricultural...
Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

female, deceased (2000)
Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, Women engineer, Austrian, Jewish American, inventor, naturalized citizen of the United States
Hedy Lamarr, born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, was an Austrian-Jewish naturalized American actress and communications technology innovator. Though...
Robert Bosch

Robert Bosch

male, deceased (1942)
inventor, Business Person, German, Automotive pioneer
Robert Bosch (September 23, 1861 - March 12, 1942) was a German industrialist, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH.
Rudolf Diesel

Rudolf Diesel

male, deceased (1913)
engineer, engines, internal combustion engine, cause of death disputed, National Inventors Hall of Fame, German…inventor, Inventor of the Diesel Engine
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel was a German inventor, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine.
Philo Farnsworth

Philo Farnsworth

male, deceased (1971)
video camera tube, From Utah, Brigham Young University alumni, electronic, Television pioneer, American…inventor
Philo Taylor Farnsworth was an American inventor. He is best known for inventing the first completely electronic television. In particular, he was...
Trevor Baylis

Trevor Baylis

male, deceased (1937)
Officer of the Order of the British Empire, English, From Kilburn, Order of the British Empire, Princess Royal, Trevor G. Baylis OBE…inventor, Inventor of the Clockwork Radio
Trevor was born in 1937 in London during the Blitz. At the age of 15, Trevor swam for Britain, and on leaving school, worked as a stunt man,...
Elisha Gray

Elisha Gray

male, deceased (1901)
National Inventors Hall of Fame, American, from Ohio, Telecommunications history, inventor, Oberlin College alumni
Elisha Gray (August 2 1835 - January 21 1901) was an electrical engineer and is best known for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 in...