John Browning

John Browning

male, deceased (1926)
Mormon, National Inventors Hall of Fame, missionary, Browning .50 caliber machine gun, Fabrique Nationale de Herstal, cartridges…patent
John Moses Browning (January 21 or January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926), born in Ogden, Utah, was an American firearms designer who developed my...

T. John Ward

male, 66 years old
from Texas, United States District Court judge, Texas Tech University alumni, patent, Baylor University alumni, United States federal judge
T. John Ward is a United States federal judge most famous for the large number of patent cases brought before him. His court is in Marshall, Texas....

Samuel Smith

male, 82 years old
University of Michigan, Chemist, National Inventors Hall of Fame, patent, American, City College of New York
Samuel Smith (born on September 13, 1927) is an United States chemist who co-invented Scotchgard with Patsy Sherman while an employee at the 3M...

Mary Anderson

female, deceased (1964)
windshield wiper, Model T, American, patent, inventor, windscreen wiper
Mary Anderson (1866- 1953) was a real-estate developer, rancher, viticulturist and inventor of the windshield wiper blade. Anderson was granted her...
Oliver Evans

Oliver Evans

male, deceased (1819)
inventor, National Inventors Hall of Fame, patent, Pioneer of rail transport, American, textile
Oliver Evans (13 September, 1755 - 15 April, 1819) was a United States inventor. Evans was born in Newport, Delaware. At the age of 14 he was...
Jacob Davis

Jacob Davis

male, deceased (1908)
Jewish person, harness, inventor, American, copper, tailor…patent
Jacob Davis was born to Jewish parents in Latvia and came to Reno, Nevada in June 1868. A tailor, Davis used small copper rivets to reinforce and...
Robert Adler

Robert Adler

male, deceased (2007)
Jewish, inventor, Emmy Award winner, Austrian, Austrian-American, patent
Robert Adler (December 4 1913 - February 15 2007) was an Austrian-American inventor who held numerous patents.
Thomas Davenport

Thomas Davenport

male, deceased (1851)
from Vermont, inventor, locomotive, Blacksmith, electric motor, patent
Thomas Davenport (b. 9 July 1802 - 6 July 1851) was a Vermont blacksmith who lived in Forestdale Vermont. With his wife (Emily Davenport), and a...
Paul Pantone

Paul Pantone

male
inventor, scientific studies, carburetor, vacuum, internet, oxygen…patent
Paul Pantone is an inventor who claims to have invented Global Environmental Energy Technology (GEET), a technology that replaces the standard...

Peter Durand

male
inventor, British, patent, canning, King George III, food preservation
In 1810, Peter Durand was granted a patent by King George III of England for his idea of preserving food in "vessels of glass, pottery, tin, or...