John Wilkinson

male, deceased (1808)
John "Iron-Mad" Wilkinson (1728 - 1808) was an English industrialist who suggested the use of cast iron for many roles where other materials had...

James Parker

male
James Parker was a British clergyman and cement manufacturer who invented one of pioneering new cements of the late eighteenth century. In 1791, he...
John Boyd Dunlop

John Boyd Dunlop

male, deceased (1921)
John Boyd Dunlop (February 5, 1840 - October 23, 1921), born in Scotland, was inventor who founded the rubber company that bears his name, Dunlop...
Joseph Aspdin

Joseph Aspdin

male, deceased (1855)
Joseph Aspdin was a British cement manufacturer who obtained the patent for Portland cement on 21 October 1824.
John F. Duffy

John F. Duffy

male
John Fitzgerald Duffy is currently Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School in Washington, D.C. He is a Legal Commentator...
John Gorrie

John Gorrie

male, deceased (1855)
John Gorrie, (October 3, 1802 - June 29, 1855) physician, scientist, inventor, and humanitarian, is considered the father of refrigeration and air...
Mark Dean

Mark Dean

male, 52 years old
Mark Dean (born March 2, 1957) is an inventor and a computer scientist. He holds three of the nine original IBM patents upon which personal...
Samuel Morey

Samuel Morey

male, deceased (1843)
Samuel Morey (October 23, 1762 - April 17, 1843) was an American inventor, who invented an internal combustion engine and was a pioneer in...
Daniel Ravicher

Daniel Ravicher

male (New York, New York, United States)
Daniel Ravicher ("Dan") serves as Executive Director of the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT) and Legal Director of Software Freedom Law Center.
Hugo Junkers

Hugo Junkers

male, deceased (1935)
Hugo Junkers (3 February 1859 - 3 February 1935) was an innovative German engineer, as his many patents in varied areas (gas engines, aeroplanes)...