- Main article: National Inventors Hall of Fame
The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) inductees includes 421 inventors spanning three centuries of lifetimes. John Fitch was the earliest born inventor inducted into the NIHF (1743), while Mark Dean is currently the most recently born (1957).
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Denotes inventor was also awarded the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)'s Medal of Honor, given for an exceptional contribution or extraordinary career in the IEEE fields of interest |
A[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Edward Goodrich Acheson | 1856 | 1931 | Carborundum | 1997 | [1] |
Robert Adler | 1913 | 2007 | Television remote control | 2008 | [2] |
Herman Affel | 1893 | 1972 | Coaxial cable | 2006 | [3] |
Ernst Alexanderson* | 1878 | 1975 | Radio | 1983 | [4] |
Andrew Alford | 1904 | 1992 | VHF omnidirectional range | 1983 | [5] |
Samuel Leeds Allen | 1841 | 1918 | Flexible flyer sled | 2007 | [6] |
Luis Walter Alvarez | 1911 | 1988 | Radio distance and direction indicator; Hydrogen bubble chamber | 1978 | [7] |
Edwin Howard Armstrong* | 1890 | 1954 | FM radio | 1980 | [8] |
Martin M. Atalla | 1924 | 2009 | MOSFET | 2009 | [9] |
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Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Alpheus Babcock | 1785 | 1842 | Cast iron piano frame | 2007 | [10] |
George Herman Babcock | 1832 | 1893 | Steam generator | 1997 | [11] |
Leo Baekeland | 1863 | 1944 | Bakelite | 1978 | [12] |
Ralph Baer | 1922 | — | Television gaming and training apparatus | 2010 | [13] |
Rodney Bagley | 1934 | — | Substrate for catalytic converters | 2002 | [14] |
Matthias W. Baldwin | 1795 | 1886 | Steam locomotive | 2005 | [15] |
Robert Banks | 1921 | 1989 | Polypropylene plastics | 2001 | [16] |
Frederick Banting | 1891 | 1941 | Isolated and purified insulin | 2004 | [17] |
Paul Baran | 1926 | — | Digital packet switching | 2007 | [18] |
John Bardeen* | 1908 | 1991 | Transistor | 1974 | [19] |
C. Donald Bateman | 1932 | — | Ground proximity warning system | 2005 | [20] |
Andrew Jackson Beard | 1849 | 1921 | Improved Janney coupler for railroad cars | 2006 | [21] |
Arnold Orville Beckman | 1900 | 2004 | pH meter | 1987 | [22] |
Semi Joseph Begun | 1905 | 1995 | Magnetic recording | 1998 | [23] |
Alexander Graham Bell | 1847 | 1922 | Telephone | 1974 | [24] |
Ruth R. Benerito | 1916 | — | Wrinkle-free cotton | 2008 | [25] |
Willard Harrison Bennett | 1903 | 1987 | Mass spectrometry | 1991 | [26] |
Emile Berliner | 1851 | 1929 | Gramophone and microphone | 1994 | [27] |
Henry Bessemer | 1813 | 1898 | Bessemer process for steel production | 2002 | [28] |
Charles Herbert Best | 1899 | 1978 | Isolation of insulin | 2004 | [29] |
Erastus Brigham Bigelow | 1814 | 1879 | Powered loom | 2006 | [30] |
Gerd Binnig | 1947 | — | Scanning tunneling microscope | 1994 | [31] |
Forrest M. Bird | 1921 | — | Respirator | 1995 | [32] |
Clarence Birdseye | 1886 | 1956 | Frozen food | 2005 | [33] |
László Bíró | 1899 | 1985 | Ballpoint pen | 2007 | [34] |
Harold Stephen Black | 1898 | 1983 | Feedback amplifier | 1981 | [35] |
Eli Whitney Blake | 1795 | 1886 | Machine for crushing stone | 2007 | [36] |
Helen Blanchard | 1840 | 1922 | Innovations to sewing machine | 2006 | [37] |
Thomas Blanchard | 1788 | 1864 | Pattern lathe | 2006 | [38] |
Katharine Burr Blodgett | 1898 | 1979 | Langmuir-Blodgett film | 2007 | [39] |
Samuel E. Blum | 1920 | — | LASIK eye surgery | 2002 | [40] |
Baruch Samuel Blumberg | 1925 | — | Vaccine for hepatitis B | 1993 | [41] |
James Bogardus | 1800 | 1874 | Iron frame building | 2007 | [42] |
Nils Bohlin | 1920 | 2002 | Safety belt | 2002 | [43] |
Gail Borden | 1801 | 1874 | Process for condensed milk | 2006 | [44] |
Carl Bosch | 1884 | 1940 | Haber-Bosch process for ammonia production | 2006 | [45] |
Amar Bose | 1929 | — | Audio feedback control | 2008 | [46] |
Robert W. Bower | 1936 | — | MOSFET | 1997 | [47] |
Seth Boyden | 1788 | 1870 | Process for making malleable iron | 2006 | [48] |
Herbert Boyer | 1936 | — | Genetic engineering | 2001 | [49] |
Willard Boyle | 1924 | — | Charge coupled device | 2006 | [50] |
Milton Bradley | 1836 | 1911 | Game board | 2006 | [51] |
Jacques E. Brandenberger | 1872 | 1954 | Cellophane | 2006 | [52] |
Charles F. Brannock | 1903 | 1992 | Brannock device for foot measuring | 2007 | [53] |
Walter Houser Brattain | 1902 | 1987 | Transistor | 1974 | [54] |
Yvonne Brill | 1924 | — | Dual thrust level monopropellant spacecraft propulsion system | 2010 | [55] |
Rachel Fuller Brown | 1898 | 1980 | Nystatin antifungal | 1994 | [56] |
John Browning | 1855 | 1926 | Breech-loading rifle | 2007 | [57] |
Charles F. Brush | 1849 | 1929 | Arc light for street lighting | 2006 | [58] |
Francis R. Bundy | 1910 | 2008 | Diamond synthesis | 2010 | [59] |
Luther Burbank | 1849 | 1926 | Plant breeding | 1986 | [60] |
Joseph H. Burckhalter | 1912 | 2004 | Isothiocyanates | 1995 | [61] |
William Seward Burroughs I | 1857 | 1898 | Adding machine | 1987 | [62] |
William Merriam Burton | 1865 | 1954 | Catalytic cracking | 1984 | [63] |
Vannevar Bush | 1890 | 1974 | Differential analyzer | 2004 | [64] |
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Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Edward A. Calahan | 1838 | 1912 | Stock ticker | 2006 | [65] |
Donald L. Campbell | 1904 | 2002 | Catalytic cracking | 1999 | [66] |
Marvin Camras | 1916 | 1995 | Magnetic recording | 1985 | [67] |
Chester Carlson | 1906 | 1968 | Xerox photocopying process | 1981 | [68] |
Wallace Carothers | 1896 | 1937 | Synthetic rubber | 1984 | [69] |
Willis Carrier | 1876 | 1950 | Air conditioner | 1985 | [70] |
George Robert Carruthers | 1939 | — | Ultraviolet camera | 2003 | [71] |
George Washington Carver | 1864 | 1943 | Peanut products | 1990 | [72] |
Frank Cepollina | 1936 | — | Satellite servicing techniques | 2003 | [73] |
Vint Cerf | 1943 | — | Internet protocol (IP) | 2006 | [74] |
Daryl Chapin | 1906 | 1995 | Solar Cell | 2008 | [75] |
Emmett Chappelle | 1925 | — | Bioluminescence | 2007 | [76] |
John Charnley | 1911 | 1982 | Hip replacement surgery | 2008 | [77] |
Alfred Y. Cho* | 1937 | — | Molecular beam epitaxy | 2009 | [78] |
Georges Claude | 1870 | 1960 | Neon light | 2007 | [79] |
Josephine Cochrane | 1839 | 1913 | Dishwasher | 2006 | [80] |
Stanley Norman Cohen | 1935 | — | Genetic engineering | 2001 | [81] |
James Collip | 1892 | 1965 | Isolated and purified insulin | 2004 | [82] |
Samuel Colt | 1814 | 1862 | Colt revolver with interchangeable parts | 2006 | [83] |
Frank B. Colton | 1923 | 2003 | Oral contraceptives | 1988 | [84] |
Lloyd Conover | 1923 | — | Tetracycline | 1992 | [85] |
William D. Coolidge | 1873 | 1975 | X-ray tube | 1975 | [86] |
Peter Cooper | 1791 | 1883 | Steam locomotive | 2006 | [87] |
Harry Coover | 1917 | — | Superglue | 2004 | [88] |
George Henry Corliss | 1817 | 1888 | Improvements to steam engine | 2006 | [89] |
Martha Coston | 1826 | 1904 | Signal flare used for ships | 2006 | [90] |
Frederick Gardner Cottrell | 1877 | 1948 | Electrostatic precipitator | 1992 | [91] |
Wallace H. Coulter | 1913 | 1998 | Coulter principle | 2004 | [92] |
Jacques Cousteau | 1910 | 1997 | Diving unit | 2010 | [93] |
Joshua Lionel Cowen | 1877 | 1965 | Model train | 2007 | [94] |
Eckley Coxe | 1839 | 1895 | Traveling grate furnace | 2006 | [95] |
Seymour Cray | 1925 | 1996 | Supercomputer | 1997 | [96] |
George Crompton | 1829 | 1886 | Loom | 2007 | [97] |
Glenn Curtiss | 1878 | 1930 | Hydroplane | 2003 | [98] |
David Cushman | 1939 | 2000 | Captopril | 2007 | [99] |
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Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Gottlieb Daimler | 1834 | 1900 | Design of automobile and motorcycle engines | 2006 | [100] |
Raymond Vahan Damadian | 1936 | — | MRI | 1989 | [101] |
Donald Davies | 1924 | 2000 | Digital packet switching | 2007 | [102] |
Lee De Forest* | 1873 | 1961 | Audion tube for radio detection | 1977 | [103] |
George de Mestral | 1907 | 1990 | Velcro | 1999 | [104] |
Mark Dean | 1957 | — | Computer peripherals | 1997 | [105] |
John Deere | 1804 | 1886 | Farm plow | 1989 | [106] |
Robert H. Dennard* | 1932 | — | DRAM | 1997 | [107] |
Rudolf Diesel | 1858 | 1913 | Internal combustion engine | 1976 | [108] |
Walt Disney | 1901 | 1966 | Multiplane camera | 2000 | [109] |
Carl Djerassi | 1923 | — | Oral contraceptives | 1978 | [110] |
Ray Dolby | 1933 | — | Dolby noise reduction | 2004 | [111] |
Herbert Henry Dow | 1866 | 1930 | Bromine extraction | 1983 | [112] |
Charles Stark Draper | 1901 | 1987 | Stabilizing gyroscopic | 1981 | [113] |
Richard Gurley Drew | 1899 | 1980 | Adhesive tape | 2007 | [114] |
Philip Drinker | 1894 | 1972 | Iron lung | 2007 | [115] |
John Boyd Dunlop | 1840 | 1921 | Pneumatic tire | 2006 | [116] |
Graham J. Durant | 1934 | 2009 | Cimetidine | 1990 | [117] |
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Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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George Eastman | 1854 | 1932 | Photography | 1977 | [118] |
Roger L. Easton | 1921 | — | TIMATION satellite navigation system | 2010 | [119] |
J. Presper Eckert | 1919 | 1995 | ENIAC | 2002 | [120] |
Harold Eugene Edgerton | 1903 | 1990 | Stroboscope photography | 1986 | [121] |
Thomas Edison | 1847 | 1931 | Practical electric light | 1973 | [122] |
Alfred Einhorn | 1856 | 1917 | Novocain | 2007 | [123] |
Willem Einthoven | 1860 | 1927 | Electrocardiograph | 2008 | [124] |
Gertrude B. Elion | 1918 | 1999 | Leukemia drug | 1991 | [125] |
John Colin Emmett | 1939 | — | Cimetidine | 1990 | [126] |
Douglas Engelbart | 1925 | — | Computer mouse | 1998 | [127] |
John Ericsson | 1803 | 1889 | Screw propeller | 1993 | [128] |
Lloyd Espenschied* | 1889 | 1986 | Coaxial cable | 2006 | [129] |
Oliver Evans | 1755 | 1819 | High pressure steam engine | 2001 | [130] |
Ole Evinrude | 1877 | 1934 | Outboard motor | 2007 | [131] |
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Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Maxime Faget | 1921 | 2004 | Space capsule | 2003 | [132] |
Federico Faggin | 1941 | — | CPU | 1996 | [133] |
Moses G. Farmer | 1820 | 1893 | Electric fire alarm system | 2006 | [134] |
Philo Farnsworth | 1906 | 1971 | Television | 1984 | [135] |
James Fergason | 1934 | 2008 | Liquid crystal display | 1998 | [136] |
Enrico Fermi | 1901 | 1954 | Nuclear fission | 1976 | [137] |
Reginald Fessenden* | 1866 | 1932 | AM radio | 2000 | [138] |
Harvey Samuel Firestone | 1868 | 1938 | Pneumatic tire | 2006 | [139] |
John Fitch | 1743 | 1798 | Steamboat | 2006 | [140] |
Edith M. Flanigen | 1929 | — | Molecular sieves | 2004 | [141] |
Thomas J. Fogarty | 1934 | — | Embolectomy catheter | 2001 | [142] |
Judah Folkman | 1933 | 2008 | Angiogenesis inhibition | 2010 | [143] |
Henry Ford | 1863 | 1947 | Automobile | 1982 | [144] |
Jay Wright Forrester* | 1918 | — | Random access memory (RAM) | 1979 | [145] |
John E. Franz | 1929 | — | Roundup | 2007 | [146] |
Alfred Free | 1913 | 2000 | Glucose detection for diabetes | 2000 | [147] |
Helen Murray Free | 1923 | — | Glucose detection for diabetes | 2000 | [148] |
Ross Freeman | 1948 | 1989 | Configurable electrical circuit having configurable logic elements and configurable interconnects | 2009 | [149] |
Dov Frohman | 1939 | — | Erasable programmable read only memory array | 2009 | [150] |
Arthur Fry | 1931 | — | Post-it notes | 2010 | [151] |
Calvin Souther Fuller | 1902 | 1994 | Solar Cell | 2008 | [152] |
Robert Fulton | 1765 | 1815 | Steamboat | 2006 | [153] |
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Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Émile Gagnan | 1900 | 1984 | Aqualung diving equipment | 2010 | [154] |
Robert Gallo | 1937 | — | HIV isolation | 2004 | [155] |
C. Robin Ganellin | 1934 | — | Cimetidine | 1990 | [156] |
Edmund Germer | 1901 | 1987 | Fluorescent lighting | 1996 | [157] |
Ivan A. Getting | 1912 | 2003 | Global Positioning System (GPS) | 2004 | [158] |
John Heysham Gibbon | 1903 | 1973 | Heart-lung machine | 2004 | [159] |
King Camp Gillette | 1855 | 1932 | Safety razor | 2007 | [160] |
Charles Ginsburg | 1920 | 1992 | Video tape recording | 1990 | [161] |
Joseph Glidden | 1813 | 1906 | Barbed wire | 2006 | [162] |
Robert H. Goddard | 1882 | 1945 | Rockets | 1979 | [163] |
William Goddard | 1913 | 1997 | Hard drive and floppy disk | 2007 | [164] |
Leopold Godowsky, Jr. | 1900 | 1983 | Kodachrome | 2005 | [165] |
Peter Carl Goldmark | 1906 | 1977 | Long playing record | 2007 | [166] |
Charles Goodyear | 1800 | 1860 | Vulcanization of rubber | 1976 | [167] |
Robert W. Gore | 1937 | — | Gore-Tex | 2006 | [168] |
Gordon Gould | 1920 | 2005 | Laser | 1991 | [169] |
Zénobe Gramme | 1826 | 1901 | Direct-current dynamo | 2006 | [170] |
Elisha Gray | 1835 | 1901 | Telephone and telegraph improvements | 2007 | [171] |
Wilson Greatbatch | 1919 | — | Heart pacemaker | 1986 | [172] |
Leonard Greene | 1918 | 2006 | Aircraft stall warning | 1991 | [173] |
Leroy Grumman | 1895 | 1982 | Retractable landing gear | 2003 | [174] |
Robert Gundlach | 1926 | — | Photocopier | 2005 | [175] |
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Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Fritz Haber | 1868 | 1934 | Ammonia production process | 2006 | [176] |
Charles Martin Hall | 1863 | 1914 | Aluminum production process | 1976 | [177] |
Lloyd Hall | 1895 | 1971 | Food preservation | 2004 | [178] |
Robert N. Hall | 1919 | — | Magnetron | 1994 | [179] |
Thomas Seavey Hall | 1827 | 1880 | Railroad signal | 2007 | [180] |
Tracy Hall | 1919 | 2008 | Synthetic diamond | 2010 | [181] |
Andrew Smith Hallidie | 1836 | 1900 | Cable car | 2006 | [182] |
William Edward Hanford | 1908 | 1996 | Polyurethane | 1991 | [183] |
Walter Lincoln Hawkins | 1911 | 1992 | Polymer cable sheath | 2010 | [184] |
Elizabeth Lee Hazen | 1885 | 1975 | Nystatin | 1994 | [185] |
M. Stephen Heilman | 1933 | — | Defibrillator | 2002 | [186] |
George H. Heilmeier* | 1936 | — | Electro-optic liquid crystal device | 2009 | [187] |
Beulah Louise Henry | 1887 | 1973 | Ice cream freezer | 2006 | [188] |
William Reddington Hewlett | 1913 | 2001 | Audio signals | 1992 | [189] |
Rene Alphonse Higonnet | 1902 | 1983 | Phototypesetting machine | 1985 | [190] |
Maurice Hilleman | 1919 | 2005 | Vacciness | 2007 | [191] |
James Hillier | 1915 | 2007 | Electron microscope | 1980 | [192] |
Richard March Hoe | 1812 | 1886 | Rotary printing press | 2006 | [193] |
Jean Hoerni | 1924 | 1997 | Planar manufacturing process | 2009 | [194] |
Marcian Hoff | 1937 | — | Microprocessor | 1996 | [195] |
Felix Hoffmann | 1868 | 1946 | Aspirin | 2002 | [196] |
J. Paul Hogan | 1919 | — | Polypropylene and HDPE | 2001 | [197] |
John Philip Holland | 1840 | 1914 | Submarine | 2007 | [198] |
Herman Hollerith | 1860 | 1929 | Recording data on a machine readable medium, punched card, tabulator | 1990 | [199] |
Alexander Lyman Holley | 1832 | 1882 | Steelmaking | 2006 | [200] |
Birdsill Holly | 1820 | 1894 | Fire hydrant | 2006 | [201] |
Donald Holmes | 1910 | 1980 | Polyurethane | 1991 | [202] |
Nick Holonyak* | 1928 | — | Light emitting diode | 2008 | [203] |
Benjamin Holt | 1849 | 1920 | Tractor | 2006 | [204] |
Leroy Hood | 1938 | — | DNA sequencer | 2007 | [205] |
Erna Schneider Hoover | 1926 | — | Computerized telephone switching | 2008 | [206] |
Larry J. Hornbeck | 1943 | — | Spatial light modulator and method | 2009 | [207] |
Eugene Houdry | 1892 | 1962 | Catalytic cracking | 1990 | [208] |
Godfrey Hounsfield | 1919 | 2004 | CAT scanner | 2007 | [209] |
Elias Howe | 1819 | 1867 | Sewing machine | 2004 | [210] |
George Hulett | 1846 | 1923 | Loading and unloading machine | 2006 | [211] |
Walter Hunt | 1796 | 1859 | Safety pin | 2006 | [212] |
John Wesley Hyatt | 1837 | 1920 | Celluloid | 2006 | [213] |
James Franklin Hyde | 1903 | 1999 | Transparent silica | 2000 | [214] |
I[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Simon Ingersoll | 1818 | 1894 | Steam powered rock drill | 2006 | [215] |
J[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Ali Javan | 1926 | — | Helium-neon laser | 2006 | [216] |
Alec Jeffreys | 1950 | — | Genetic fingerprinting | 2005 | [217] |
Amos E. Joel, Jr.* | 1918 | 2008 | Switching concept for cellular phones | 2008 | [218] |
Clarence Johnson | 1910 | 1990 | Aircraft | 2008 | [219] |
Frederick McKinley Jones | 1893 | 1961 | Refrigeration | 2007 | [220] |
Percy Lavon Julian | 1899 | 1975 | Cortisone synthesis | 1990 | [221] |
K[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Bob Kahn | 1938 | — | Internet Protocol | 2006 | [222] |
Dawon Kahng | 1931 | 1992 | Electric field controlled semiconductor device | 2009 | [223] |
Charles Kaman | 1919 | — | Innovations to helicopter | 2003 | [224] |
Dean Kamen | 1951 | — | Ambulatory infusion pump | 2005 | [225] |
Donald Keck | 1941 | — | Optical fiber | 1993 | [226] |
John Harvey Kellogg | 1852 | 1943 | Breakfast cereal | 2006 | [227] |
Charles Kelman | 1930 | 2004 | Cataract surgery | 1990 | [228] |
Charles F. Kettering | 1876 | 1958 | Automobile | 1980 | [229] |
Mary Dixon Kies | 1752 | 1837 | Process for weaving straw | 2006 | [230] |
Jack Kilby* | 1923 | 2005 | Integrated circuit | 1982 | [231] |
Albert Kingsbury | 1863 | 1943 | Thrust bearing | 2007 | [232] |
Dale Kleist | 1909 | 1998 | Fiberglass | 2006 | [233] |
Margaret E. Knight | 1838 | 1914 | Paper bag machine | 2006 | [234] |
Willem Johan Kolff | 1911 | 2009 | Artificial heart | 1985 | [235] |
Paul Kollsman | 1900 | 1982 | Altimeter | 2003 | [236] |
William Justin Kroll | 1889 | 1973 | Titanium | 2000 | [237] |
Raymond Kurzweil | 1948 | — | Optical character recognition | 2002 | [238] |
Stephanie Kwolek | 1923 | — | Kevlar | 1995 | [239] |
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Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Irwin Lachman | 1930 | — | Catalytic converter | 2002 | [240] |
Edwin H. Land | 1909 | 1991 | Polaroid | 1977 | [241] |
Alois Langer | 1945 | — | Defibrillator | 2002 | [242] |
Robert S. Langer | 1948 | — | Drug delivery | 2006 | [243] |
Irving Langmuir | 1881 | 1957 | Electric lighting | 1989 | [244] |
L. L. Langstroth | 1810 | 1895 | Beehive | 2007 | [245] |
Vincent L. Lanza | 1922 | 1972 | Polymer cable sheath | 2010 | [246] |
Lewis Howard Latimer | 1848 | 1928 | Filament for electric light bulb | 2002 | [247] |
Paul Lauterbur* | 1929 | 2007 | Magnetic resonance imaging | 2007 | [248] |
Ernest Lawrence | 1901 | 1958 | Cyclotron | 1982 | [249] |
Bill Lear | 1902 | 1978 | 8-track system | 1993 | [250] |
Robert Ledley | 1926 | — | Whole-body CAT scan | 1990 | [251] |
Ronald M. Lewis | 1936 | — | Catalytic converter | 2002 | [252] |
Edwin Albert Link | 1904 | 1981 | Link trainer | 2003 | [253] |
Oliver Joseph Lodge | 1851 | 1940 | Wireless telegraphy | 2007 | [254] |
Auguste Lumière | 1852 | 1954 | Cinématographe | 2007 | [255] |
Louis Lumière | 1864 | 1948 | Cinématographe | 2007 | [256] |
John Lynott | 1921 | 1994 | Hard drive | 2007 | [257] |
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Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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John Macdougall | 1940 | — | Ion implantation | 2009 | [258] |
Theodore Harold Maiman | 1927 | — | Laser | 1984 | [259] |
Ken Manchester | 1925 | — | Ion implantation | 2009 | [260] |
Leopold Mannes | 1899 | 1964 | Kodachrome | 2005 | [261] |
Peter Mansfield | 1933 | — | Magnetic resonance imaging | 2007 | [262] |
Guglielmo Marconi* | 1874 | 1937 | Radio | 1975 | [263] |
Homer Martin | 1910 | 1993 | Catalytic cracking | 1999 | [264] |
John Landis Mason | 1832 | 1902 | Mason jar | 2006 | [265] |
Jan Ernst Matzeliger | 1852 | 1889 | Shoe lasting | 2006 | [266] |
John Mauchly | 1907 | 1980 | ENIAC | 2002 | [267] |
Robert D. Maurer | 1924 | — | Optical fiber | 1993 | [268] |
Hiram Stevens Maxim | 1840 | 1916 | Machine gun | 2006 | [269] |
Wilhelm Maybach | 1846 | 1929 | Carburetor and radiator | 2007 | [270] |
Stanley Mazor | 1941 | — | CPU | 1996 | [271] |
Cyrus McCormick | 1809 | 1884 | Mechanical reaper | 1976 | [272] |
Elijah McCoy | 1844 | 1929 | Engine lubricator | 2001 | [273] |
Ray McIntire | 1918 | 1996 | Styrofoam | 2008 | [274] |
Malcom McLean | 1913 | 2001 | Shipping containers | 2008 | [275] |
Harold McMaster | 1916 | 2003 | Tempered glass | 2008 | [276] |
Carver Mead | 1934 | — | VLSI method for designing chips | 2009 | [277] |
Ottmar Mergenthaler | 1854 | 1899 | Linotype | 1982 | [278] |
Robert Metcalfe* | 1946 | — | Ethernet | 2007 | [279] |
Thomas Midgley, Jr. | 1889 | 1944 | Ethyl gasoline | 2003 | [280] |
Alexander Miles | 1837 | 1905? | Elevator doors | 2007 | [281] |
Lewis Miller | 1829 | 1899 | Combine harvester | 2006 | [282] |
Irving Millman | 1923 | — | Vaccine for hepatitis B | 1993 | [283] |
Michel Mirowski | 1924 | 1990 | Heart defibrillator | 2002 | [284] |
Dennis Moeller | 1950 | — | Computer peripherals | 1997 | [285] |
Bryan Molloy | 1939 | 2004 | Prozac | 1999 | [286] |
Luc Montagnier | 1932 | — | HIV isolation and antibody test | 2004 | [287] |
Gordon Moore* | 1929 | — | Semiconductor production | 2009 | [288] |
Garrett A. Morgan | 1887 | 1963 | Gas mask | 2005 | [289] |
Samuel Morse | 1791 | 1872 | Telegraph | 1975 | [290] |
Morton Mower | 1933 | — | Implantable heart defibrillator | 2002 | [291] |
Andrew J. Moyer | 1899 | 1959 | Penicillin | 1987 | [292] |
Louis Marius Moyroud | 1914 | — | Photograph composition | 1985 | [293] |
Kary Mullis | 1944 | — | Polymerase chain reaction | 1998 | [294] |
Eger V. Murphree | 1898 | 1962 | Catalytic cracking | 1999 | [295] |
William P. Murphy Jr. | 1923 | — | Blood bag and disposable medical trays | 2008 | [296] |
N[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Julius Nieuwland | 1878 | 1936 | Synthetic rubber | 1996 | [297] |
Alfred Nobel | 1833 | 1896 | Dynamite | 1998 | [298] |
Arthur Nobile | 1920 | 2004 | Prednisone | 1996 | [299] |
John Knudsen Northrop | 1895 | 1981 | Flying wing plane | 2003 | [300] |
Robert Noyce* | 1927 | 1990 | Integrated circuit | 1983 | [301] |
O[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Bernard M. Oliver | 1916 | 1995 | Pulse code modulation | 2004 | [302] |
Ken Olsen | 1926 | — | Magnetic core memory | 1990 | [303] |
Miguel Ondetti | 1930 | 2004 | Captopril | 2007 | [304] |
Elisha Otis | 1811 | 1861 | Elevator brake | 1988 | [305] |
Nicolaus Otto | 1832 | 1891 | Otto cycle for internal combustion engine | 1981 | [306] |
Michael Joseph Owens | 1859 | 1923 | Bottle making machine | 2007 | [307] |
P[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Charles Grafton Page | 1812 | 1868 | High-voltage induction coil | 2006 | [308] |
William Painter | 1838 | 1906 | Bottle cap | 2006 | [309] |
David Pall | 1914 | 2004 | Filtration technology | 2008 | [310] |
Julio Palmaz | 1945 | — | Intravascular stent | 2006 | [311] |
Louis W. Parker | 1906 | 1993 | Television | 1988 | [312] |
Bradford Parkinson | 1935 | — | Global positioning system (GPS) | 2004 | [313] |
John T. Parsons | 1913 | 2007 | Numerical Control | 1993 | [314] |
Louis Pasteur | 1822 | 1895 | Pasteurization | 1978 | [315] |
Les Paul | 1915 | 2009 | Solid-body electric guitar | 2005 | [316] |
Gerald Pearson | 1905 | 1987 | Solar Cell | 2008 | [317] |
Lester Allan Pelton | 1829 | 1908 | Waterwheel | 2006 | [318] |
Thomas R. Pickering | 1831 | 1895 | Velocipede | 2007 | [319] |
John R. Pierce* | 1910 | 2002 | Communications satellite | 2003 | [320] |
Gregory Goodwin Pincus | 1903 | 1967 | Oral contraceptives | 2006 | [321] |
Charles J. Plank | 1915 | 1989 | Catalytic cracking | 1979 | [322] |
Roy J. Plunkett | 1910 | 1994 | Teflon | 1985 | [323] |
George Pullman | 1831 | 1897 | Pullman car | 2006 | [324] |
R[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
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Jacob Rabinow | 1910 | 1999 | Optical character recognition | 2005 | [325] |
Louis Renault | 1877 | 1944 | Drum brake | 2007 | [326] |
Jesse W. Reno | 1861 | 1947 | Escalator | 2007 | [327] |
Kenneth Richardson | 1939 | — | Fluconazole | 2008 | [328] |
Norbert Rillieux | 1806 | 1894 | Refined sugar | 2004 | [329] |
Robert H. Rines | 1922 | — | High resolution radar and sonar | 1994 | [330] |
John A. Roebling | 1806 | 1869 | Suspension bridge | 2004 | [331] |
John Raphael Rogers | 1856 | 1934 | Automated typesetting | 2007 | [332] |
Heinrich Rohrer | 1933 | — | Scanning tunneling microscope | 1994 | [333] |
Harold Rosen | 1926 | — | Spin stabilized synchronous communications satellite | 2003 | [334] |
Edward J. Rosinski | 1921 | 2000 | Catalytic cracking | 1979 | [335] |
Benjamin Rubin | 1917 | — | Vaccine needle | 1992 | [336] |
S[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lewis Hastings Sarett | 1917 | 1999 | Cortisone | 1980 | [337] |
Joseph Saxton | 1799 | 1873 | Measuring instruments | 2006 | [338] |
Arthur Leonard Schawlow | 1921 | 1999 | Laser | 1996 | [339] |
Klaus Schmiegel | 1939 | — | Prozac | 1999 | [340] |
Peter C. Schultz | 1942 | — | Optical fiber | 1993 | [341] |
Glenn T. Seaborg | 1912 | 1999 | Plutonium isolation | 2005 | [342] |
Charles Seeberger | 1857 | 1931 | Escalator | 2007 | [343] |
Robert J. Seiwald | 1925 | — | Isothiocyanates | 1995 | [344] |
William Sellers | 1824 | 1905 | Improvement in machine tools | 2007 | [345] |
Waldo Semon | 1898 | 1999 | Polyvinyl chloride | 1995 | [346] |
Gerhard M. Sessler | 1931 | — | Microphone | 1999 | [347] |
Claude Shannon* | 1916 | 2001 | Pulse code modulation | 2004 | [348] |
John C. Sheehan | 1915 | 1992 | Structure and synthesis of penicillin | 1995 | [349] |
Patsy O'Connell Sherman | 1930 | 2008 | Scotchgard | 2001 | [350] |
William Shockley* | 1910 | 1989 | Transistor | 1974 | [351] |
Christopher Sholes | 1819 | 1890 | Typewriter | 2001 | [352] |
Frederick Ellsworth Sickels | 1819 | 1895 | Valve for steam engine | 2007 | [353] |
Spencer Silver | 1941 | — | Post-it notes | 2010 | [354] |
Igor Sikorsky | 1889 | 1972 | Helicopter | 1987 | [355] |
Samuel Slater | 1768 | 1835 | Cotton mills | 2007 | [356] |
Russell Games Slayter | 1896 | 1964 | Fiberglass | 2006 | [357] |
George E. Smith | 1930 | — | Charge-coupled device | 2006 | [358] |
Samuel Smith | 1927 | 2005 | Scotchgard | 2001 | [359] |
James M. Spangler | 1848 | 1915 | Portable electric vacuum cleaner | 2006 | [360] |
Percy Spencer | 1894 | 1970 | Magnetron | 1999 | [361] |
Elmer Ambrose Sperry | 1860 | 1930 | Gyroscopic compass | 1991 | [362] |
Frank J. Sprague | 1857 | 1934 | Electric street car | 2006 | [363] |
Rangaswamy Srinivasan | 1929 | — | LASIK eye surgery | 2002 | [364] |
William Stanley, Jr. | 1858 | 1916 | Alternating current | 1995 | [365] |
Charles Proteus Steinmetz | 1865 | 1923 | Alternating current | 1977 | [366] |
Leo Sternbach | 1908 | 2005 | Benzodiazepines | 2005 | [367] |
John Stevens | 1749 | 1838 | Steam-powered transportation | 2006 | [368] |
Louis Stevens | 1925 | — | Magnetic disk storage | 2008 | [369] |
George Stibitz | 1904 | 1995 | Digital computer | 1983 | [370] |
S. Donald Stookey | 1915 | — | Glass ceramics | 2010 | [371] |
Herbert M. Strong | 1908 | 2002 | Synthetic diamond | 2010 | [372] |
Almon Brown Strowger | 1829 | 1908 | Telephone dial | 2006 | [373] |
Gideon Sundbäck | 1880 | 1954 | Zipper | 2006 | [374] |
Ambrose Swasey | 1846 | 1937 | Improvements to telescope | 2006 | [375] |
Leó Szilárd | 1898 | 1964 | Neutronic atomic reactor | 1996 | [376] |
T[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Donalee L. Tabern | 1900 | 1974 | Pentothal | 1986 | [377] |
Charles Sumner Tainter | 1854 | 1940 | Innovations in sound recording | 2006 | [378] |
Gordon Kidd Teal* | 1907 | 2003 | Method of producing a semiconductor element | 2009 | [379] |
Eli Terry | 1772 | 1852 | Innovations in clockmaking | 2007 | [380] |
Nikola Tesla | 1856 | 1943 | Alternating current | 1975 | [381] |
John H. Thomas | 1907 | 1991 | Fiberglass | 2006 | [382] |
Elihu Thomson | 1853 | 1937 | Arc lamp | 2006 | [383] |
Louis Comfort Tiffany | 1848 | 1933 | Stained glass | 2007 | [384] |
Henry Timken | 1831 | 1909 | Tapered roller ball bearings | 1998 | [385] |
Max Tishler | 1906 | 1989 | Synthetic vitamins | 1982 | [386] |
Charles Hard Townes* | 1915 | — | Laser | 1976 | [387] |
Charles Tyson | 1905 | 1977 | Catalytic cracking | 1999 | [388] |
U[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
William E. Upjohn | 1863 | 1932 | Tablet for delivering medicine | 2006 | [389] |
V[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Theophilus Van Kannel | 1841 | 1919 | Revolving door | 2007 | [390] |
Ernest H. Volwiler | 1893 | 1992 | Pentothal | 1986 | [391] |
Theodore von Kármán | 1881 | 1963 | Turbojet | 2003 | [392] |
Hans von Ohain | 1911 | 1998 | Jet engine | 2003 | [393] |
Ferdinand von Zeppelin | 1838 | 1917 | Rigid airship | 2006 | [394] |
W[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Selman Waksman | 1888 | 1973 | Streptomycin | 2005 | [395] |
An Wang | 1920 | 1990 | Magnetic core memory | 1988 | [396] |
Frank Wanlass | 1933 | — | Low stand-by power complementary field effect circuitry | 2009 | [397] |
Lewis Waterman | 1837 | 1901 | Fountain pen | 2006 | [398] |
Robert H. Wentorf, Jr. | 1926 | 1997 | Synthetic diamond | 2010 | [399] |
James Edward Maceo West | 1931 | — | Microphone | 1999 | [400] |
George Westinghouse | 1846 | 1914 | Alternating current | 1989 | [401] |
Edward Weston | 1850 | 1936 | Portable voltmeter | 2006 | [402] |
Squire Whipple | 1804 | 1888 | Iron truss bridge | 2007 | [403] |
Richard T. Whitcomb | 1921 | — | Supercritical wing | 2003 | [404] |
Eli Whitney, Jr. | 1765 | 1825 | Cotton gin | 1974 | [405] |
Frank Whittle | 1907 | 1996 | Jet engine | 2003 | [406] |
Otto Wichterle | 1913 | 1998 | Soft contact lens | 2007 | [407] |
Bob Widlar | 1939 | 1991 | Biasing scheme especially suited for integrated circuits | 2009 | [408] |
Stephen Wilcox | 1830 | 1893 | Steam generator | 1997 | [409] |
Robert R. Williams | 1886 | 1965 | Vitamin synthesis | 1991 | [410] |
Sam B. Williams | 1921 | 2009 | Contributions to jet engine | 2003 | [411] |
Field H. Winslow | 1916 | 2009 | Polymer cable sheath | 2010 | [412] |
Alexander Winton | 1860 | 1932 | Contributions to automobile, bicycle, and diesel engine | 2006 | [413] |
Granville Woods | 1856 | 1910 | Railroad telegraph | 2006 | [414] |
Steve Wozniak | 1950 | — | Personal computer | 2000 | [415] |
Orville Wright | 1871 | 1948 | Airplane | 1975 | [416] |
Wilbur Wright | 1867 | 1912 | Airplane | 1975 | [417] |
James Wynne | 1943 | — | LASIK eye surgery | 2002 | [418] |
Y[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Linus Yale, Jr. | 1821 | 1868 | Cylinder lock | 2006 | [419] |
Z[]
Inductee | Birth | Death | Notability | Year | NIHF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Frank Zamboni | 1901 | 1988 | Ice resurfacer | 2007 | [420] |
Vladimir K. Zworykin* | 1888 | 1982 | Cathode-ray tube | 1977 | [421] |
External links[]
- Invent.org – The official website of the National Inventors Hall of Fame
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