- male, deceased (1920)
- John Wesley Hyatt (November 28, 1837 - 10 May, 1920) was a U.S. inventor. He is mainly known for simplifying the production of celluloid. Hyatt was...
- male
- Henry Woodward was an early pioneer in the development of the incandescent lamp. On July 24, 1874, he and his partner, Mathew Evans, a hotelkeeper,...
- male, deceased (1970)
- Percy Lebaron Spencer was an American engineer and inventor. He became known as the inventor of the microwave oven. Spencer was born in Howland,...
- male, deceased (1619)
- Hans Lippershey (1570-September 1619) was a Dutch lensmaker. He was born in Wesel, in western Germany. He settled in Middelburg in the Netherlands,...
- male, deceased (1906)
- William Painter (1838 - 1906) was the inventor of the bottle cap and the founder of Crown Holdings, Inc., a Fortune 500 company. He was born In...
- male, 80 years old
- Bud Spencer (born October 31, 1929), born as Carlo Pedersoli, is a famous Italian actor, known for his height at 6' 4" (193 cm) and his past roles...
- female
- Radia Perlman specializes in network and security protocols. She is the inventor of the spanning tree algorithm used by bridges, and the mechanisms...
- male
- Herchel Smith (1925 - 2001) was the inventor of key intellectual property and patents behind oral and injectable contraceptives. In later life, he...
- male, deceased (1827)
- Samuel Crompton (December 3, 1753 - June 26, 1827), English inventor, was born at Firwood, in Bolton, Lancashire, England. While yet a boy he lost...
- male, deceased (1771)
- Henry Mill (c. 1683 - 1771) was a British inventor who patented the first typewriter in 1714.
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