inventors
19 notable inventors on file — 1 still here, 18 not.
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Albert Einstein
deadGerman-born theoretical physicist
1879 – 1955
Steve Jobs
deadAmerican entrepreneur; co-founder of Apple Inc.
1955 – 2011
Nikola Tesla
deadSerbian-American engineer and inventor
1856 – 1943
Richard Feynman
deadAmerican theoretical physicist
1918 – 1988
Hedy Lamarr
deadAustrian-American actress and co-inventor of an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping
1914 – 2000
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Paul Allen
deadAmerican businessman and philanthropist, co-founder of Microsoft
1953 – 2018
John Jacob Astor IV
deadAmerican businessman, real estate builder, investor, inventor, writer, lieutenant colonel
1864 – 1912
Lynn Conway
deadAmerican computer scientist and electrical engineer
1938 – 2024
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Robert Jarvik
deadAmerican inventor, creator of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart
1946 – 2025
Gunther von Hagens
deadGerman anatomist
1945 – 2026
Robert H. Dennard
deadAmerican engineer and inventor
1932 – 2024
Juris Upatnieks
deadLatvian-American physicist and inventor (born 1936), one of the inventors of the hologram
1936 – 2026
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Marc Prensky
deadAmerican writer
1946 – 2025
Michael Sladek
deadGerman activist
1946 – 2024
David Rosen
deadAmerican businessperson
1930 – 2025
Robert W. Bower
deadAmerican physicist
1936 – 2024
James Broselow
deadAmerican physician and entrepreneur
1943 – 2025
Mulalo Doyoyo
deadSouth African scientist, educator, lecturer, professor, inventor, researcher in applied mechanics, ultralight materials, green building, renewable energy, and other fields of engineering.
1970 – 2024