| Inventor Name |
During |
Nationality |
Known for Invention of |
| Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov |
1906-1986 |
Russia |
Camming devices |
| Hovannes Adamian |
1879-1932 |
Armenia/Russia |
Tricolor principle of the color television |
| Robert Adler |
1913-2007 |
Austria/United States |
Wireless remote control |
| Rostislav Alexeyev |
1916-1980 |
Russia |
Ekranoplan |
| Mary Anderson |
1866–1953 |
United States |
Windshield wiper blade |
| Charles Babbage |
1791-1871 |
United Kingdom |
Analytical engine (semi-automatic computer) |
| Roger Bacon |
1214-1292 |
England |
Magnifying glass |
| Leo Baekeland |
1863-1944 |
United States |
Velox photographic paper and Bakelite |
| Ralph H. Baer |
1922 |
German born American |
Video game console |
| Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi |
1162–1231 |
Iraq/Egypt |
Ventilator |
| Robert Cailliau |
1947 |
Belgium |
The World Wide Web |
| C`ai Lun |
50 AD - 121 |
China |
Paper |
| Marvin Camras |
1916 - 1995 |
United States |
magnetic recording |
| Chester Carlson |
1906 - 1968 |
United States |
Xerography |
| Wallace Carothers |
1896 - 1937 |
United States |
Nylon |
| Gustaf Dalén |
1869-1937 |
Sweden |
AGA cooker; Dalén light; Agamassan |
| George Eastman |
1854-1932 |
United States |
Roll film |
| Samuel Face |
1923-2001 |
United States |
Concrete flatness/levelness technology; Lightning Switch |
| Dennis Gabor |
1900-1979 |
Hungary |
Holography |
| John Hadley |
1682-1744 |
England |
Octant |
| Ibn Yunus |
950-1009 |
Egypt |
Pendulum |
| Jabir ibn Aflah |
c. 1100-1150 |
Islamic Spain |
Portable celestial globe |
| Mikhail Kalashnikov |
1919 |
Russia |
AK-47 and AK-74 assault rifles |
| René Laënnec |
1781-1826 |
France |
Stethoscope |
| Ma Jun |
c. 200-265 |
China |
South Pointing Chariot |
| Ibn al-Nafis |
1213-1288 |
Syria/Egypt |
Circulatory physiology |
| Theophil Wilgodt Odhner |
1845–1903 |
Sweden |
the Odhner Arithmometer, a mechanical calculator |
| Larry Page with Sergey Brin |
1973 |
United States |
invented Google web search engine |
