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Inventor Biographies

Every archived life recorded as inventor, ordered by their place in the ledger.

Modern era

John Bardeen

May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991

American physicist and engineer (1908–1991)

Modern era

Jack Kilby

November 8, 1923 – June 20, 2005

American electrical engineer (1923–2005)

Medieval era

Al-Jazari

1164 – 1206

Mathematician and engineer from Jazira, Artuqid State (1164–1206)

Modern era

Robert Bunsen

March 30, 1811 – August 16, 1899

German chemist (1811-1899)

Modern era

Stephanie Kwolek

July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014

American chemist, inventor of Kevlar (1923–2014)

Modern era

Charles Goodyear

December 29, 1800 – July 1, 1860

American inventor (1800-1860)

Modern era

Leo Baekeland

November 14, 1863 – February 23, 1944

Belgium American inventor (1863-1944)

Modern era

Tu Youyou

b. December 30, 1930

Chinese medical scientist

Modern era

Yuan Longping

August 13, 1929 – May 22, 2021

Chinese biologist (1930-2021)

Modern era

Paul Ehrlich

March 14, 1854 – August 20, 1915

Jewish-German physician and scientist (1854-1915)

Modern era

Albert Sabin

August 26, 1906 – March 3, 1993

Jewish-Polish-American physician and epidemiologist who developed oral polio vaccines (1906-1993)

Modern era

B. F. Skinner

March 20, 1904 – August 18, 1990

American behaviorist (1904–1990)

Modern era

Buckminster Fuller

July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983

American architect, systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist (1895–1983)

Modern era

Jacques Piccard

July 28, 1922 – November 1, 2008

Swiss oceanographer (1922–2008)

Modern era

Sergei Eisenstein

January 10, 1898 – February 11, 1948

Soviet filmmaker (1898–1948)