Famous Inventors

This list currently contains 129 personalities among which there are for example, Albert Einstein, Léonard de Vinci, Steve Jobs, Nikola Tesla, Galilée, Thomas Edison, Auguste Lumière, Louis Lumière, Alfred Nobel, Louis Braille, Alexander Fleming, Blaise Pascal, Alexander Graham Bell, Samuel Morse, Samuel Colt, ...

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

† at 49 years

Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince

1841 • 1890

† at 96 years

1910 • 2007

† at 91 years

1749 • 1841

John B. Goodenough

† at 100 years

John B. Goodenough

1922 • 2023

Charles Babbage

† at 79 years

Charles Babbage

1791 • 1871

† at 79 years

1921 • 2001

† at 57 years

1845 • 1903

Francis Beaufort

Born 250 years ago in 2024

† at 83 years

Francis Beaufort

1774 • 1857

Louis Béchameil de Nointel

† at ~73 years

Louis Béchameil de Nointel

~1630 • 1703

† at 79 years

1929 • 2009

† at 84 years

1844 • 1929

Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee

† at 86 years

1899 • 1985

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

† at 56 years

Joseph-Armand Bombardier

1907 • 1964

† at 80 years

1861 • 1942

High-tech entrepreneurs

John Boyd Dunlop

† at 81 years

John Boyd Dunlop

1840 • 1921

† at 66 years

1867 • 1934

† at 43 years

1809 • 1852

† at 65 years

1881 • 1947

Peter Carl Goldmark

† at 71 years

Peter Carl Goldmark

1906 • 1977

Alexander Cartwright

† at 72 years

Alexander Cartwright

1820 • 1892

† at 47 years

1814 • 1862

Bartolomeo Cristofori

† at 75 years

Bartolomeo Cristofori

1655 • 1731

Gottlieb Daimler

† at 65 years

Gottlieb Daimler

1834 • 1900

† at 78 years

1889 • 1967

Léonard de Vinci

† at 67 years

Léonard de Vinci

1452 • 1519

† at 55 years

1858 • 1913

† at 80 years

1933 • 2013

† at 84 years

1847 • 1931

William Edward Boeing

† at 74 years

William Edward Boeing

1881 • 1956

Albert Einstein

† at 76 years

Albert Einstein

1879 • 1955

Willem Einthoven

† at 67 years

Willem Einthoven

1860 • 1927

Robert Elliot Kahn

Robert Elliot Kahn

† at 89 years

1903 • 1992

Douglas Engelbart

Born 100 years ago in 2025

† at 88 years

Douglas Engelbart

1925 • 2013

† at 89 years

1883 • 1972

Cartoon designers

Alexander Fleming

† at 73 years

Alexander Fleming

1881 • 1955

† at 48 years

1819 • 1868

Georges Frédéric Strass

† at 72 years

Georges Frédéric Strass

1701 • 1773

† at 78 years

1900 • 1979

† at 77 years

1564 • 1642

† at 82 years

1864 • 1946

Charles Goodyear

† at 59 years

Charles Goodyear

1800 • 1860

Alexander Graham Bell

† at 75 years

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 • 1922

Johannes Gutenberg

† at ~68 years

Johannes Gutenberg

~1400 • 1468

† at 85 years

1916 • 2002

† at 83 years

1761 • 1844

† at 62 years

1880 • 1943

John Harvey Kellogg

† at 91 years

John Harvey Kellogg

1852 • 1943

† at ~61 years

~78 • ~139

Joseph Ignace Guillotin

† at 75 years

Joseph Ignace Guillotin

1738 • 1814

Johann Jakob Schweppe

† at 81 years

Johann Jakob Schweppe

1740 • 1821

William James Sidis

† at 46 years

William James Sidis

1898 • 1944

† at 56 years

1955 • 2011

High-tech entrepreneurs

Mikhaïl Kalachnikov

† at 94 years

Mikhaïl Kalachnikov

1919 • 2013

William Kamkwamba

William Kamkwamba

† at 81 years

1923 • 2005

Ole Kirk Christiansen

† at 66 years

Ole Kirk Christiansen

1891 • 1958

René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec

† at 45 years

René-Théophile-Hyacinthe Laennec

1781 • 1826

Died 25 years ago in 2025

† at 85 years

1914 • 2000

John Logie Baird

† at 57 years

John Logie Baird

1888 • 1946

† at 83 years

1864 • 1948

Auguste Lumière

† at 91 years

Auguste Lumière

1862 • 1954

† at ~71 years

~50 • ~121

Kirkpatrick Macmillan

† at 65 years

Kirkpatrick Macmillan

1812 • 1878

† at 63 years

1952 • 2015

Guglielmo Marconi

Born 150 years ago in 2024

† at 63 years

Guglielmo Marconi

1874 • 1937

† at 76 years

1840 • 1916

† at 81 years

1808 • 1889

Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier

† at 54 years

Jacques-Étienne Montgolfier

1745 • 1799

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

† at 69 years

Joseph-Michel Montgolfier

1740 • 1810

† at 71 years

1934 • 2005

† at 66 years

1945 • 2012

† at 80 years

1791 • 1872

Alfred Mosher Butts

† at 93 years

Alfred Mosher Butts

1899 • 1993

William Moulton Marston

† at 53 years

William Moulton Marston

1893 • 1947

† at 78 years

1861 • 1939

Nicéphore Niépce

† at 68 years

Nicéphore Niépce

1765 • 1833

† at 63 years

1833 • 1896