Christopher Sholes

male, deceased (1890)
Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 - February 17, 1890) is an American who contributed to the development of the typewriter. Born in...
Clarence Birdseye

Clarence Birdseye

male, deceased (1956)
Clarence Birdseye (December 9, 1886 - October 7, 1956), is considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry. Birdseye was born in Brooklyn...
John Platt

John Platt

male, 46 years old
Dr John Platt is a senior researcher in the Knowledge Tools Group at Microsoft Corporation. Platt has worked for Microsoft since 1997. Prior to...

David Hanson

male
David Hanson is an American robotics designer and researcher, resposible for the creation of a series realistic humanoid robots.
Jacob Perkins

Jacob Perkins

male, deceased (1849)
Jacob Perkins (9 July 1766 - 30 July 1849) was an American inventor, mechanical engineer and physicist born in Newburyport, Massachusetts, and was...

Alexander Cummings

male
Alexander Cummings was a British watchmaker who invented the flush toilet. His premises were in Bond Street, London. The first patent for the...
Tim O'Reilly

Tim O'Reilly

male
Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world, and an activist...
James Hargreaves

James Hargreaves

male, deceased (1778)
James Hargreaves was a weaver, carpenter, and an inventor in Lancashire, England. He is credited with inventing the Spinning Jenny in 1764. Along...
George B. Selden

George B. Selden

male, deceased (1922)
George B. Selden (September 14, 1846 in Clarkson, New York - January 17, 1922 in Rochester, New York) was a lawyer and inventor who was granted the...
Manfred von Ardenne

Manfred von Ardenne

male, deceased (1997)
Manfred Baron von Ardenne (January 20, 1907 - May 26, 1997) was a German scientist and inventor. He took out an enormous number of patents in the...