- male, deceased (1834)
- Joseph Marie Jacquard was a straw hat maker before becoming a French silk weaver and inventor, who improved on the original punched card design of...
- male, deceased (1780)
- John Kay (June 17, 1704 - 1780) was the inventor of the flying shuttle, which was a key contribution to the Industrial Revolution. He was born in...
- male, deceased (1930)
- Sakichi Toyoda was an inventor and industrialist. He was born in Kosai, Shizuoka. The son of a poor carpenter, Toyoda is referred to as the "King...
- male, 53 years old
- Brian Moriarty (born 1956) is an American game developer who authored three of the original Infocom interactive fiction titles, "Wishbringer"...
- male, deceased (1782)
- Jacques de Vaucanson was a French engineer and inventor who is credited with creating the world's first true robots, as well as for creating the...
- Basile Bouchon was a textile worker in Lyon who invented a way to control a loom with a perforated paper tape in 1725. The son of an organ maker,...
- male, deceased (1860)
- John Heathcoat (7 August 1783 - 18 January 1861) was an English inventor. Heathcoat was born at Duffield near Derby. During his apprenticeship to a...
- male, deceased (1792)
- Thomas Whitty (1713-1792) was an English carpet manufacturer who founded Axminster carpets in 1755. The carpets were chosen by wealthy aristocrats...
- male
- Ken Macklin is a designer, comic book artist and illustrator. He is perhaps best known for his contributions to computer and video games, among...
- male
- George Alistair Sanger (also known as "The Fat Man") is a musician who has composed music for over 200 different computer and video games,...
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