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1888-1971, medical scientist; inventor, American

Royal Raymond Rife

1888 - 1971
1863-1944, chemist; inventor, Belgian; American

Leo Hendrik Baekeland

1863 - 1944
1888-1946, television engineer, entrepreneur, Scottish; British

John Logie Baird

1888 - 1946
1136-1206, active from 1181, engineer; inventor; author, Mesopotamian; Iraqi

Ismail ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari

1136 - 1206
1819-1999, submarine engineers, manufacturer of diving and breathing apparatus, United Kingdom

Siebe Gorman and Company Limited

1819 - 1999
1819-1867, inventor; sewing machine pioneer, American

Elias Howe

1819 - 1867
1822-1911, biostatistician, human geneticist & eugenicist, English, British

Francis Galton

1822 - 1911
1847-1931, inventor; scientist, American

Thomas Alva Edison

1847 - 1931
1833 - 1883, inventor; engineer, British; English

Henrietta Vansittart

1833 - 1883
1684/5-1761, medical practitioner; inventor of medicines, English

Joshua Ward

1684 - 1761
1850-1917, inventor, film maker, chronophotographer, physiologist, French

Georges Demeny

1850 - 1917
1799-1852, engineer; inventor of types of steam carriage, British; English

Walter Hancock

1799 - 1852
1871-1955, civil engineer; inventor; patentee of the vacuum cleaner, English; British

Hubert Cecil Booth

1871 - 1955
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American

Alexander Graham Bell

1847 - 1922
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France

William Kennedy Laurie Dickson

1860 - 1935
1901-1979, inventor; photographer, British

Douglas Arthur Spencer

1901 - 1979
1764-1834, active 1791-1830, publisher, London, England

Ackermann and Company

1764 - 1834
1909-1975, communications research, England

Post Office Engineering Research Station

1909 - 1975
1787-1854, painter; writer; inventor, English; British

William Brockedon

1787 - 1854
1806-1875, neurologist, France

Guillaume-Benjamin-Amand Duchenne, Guillaume Benjamin Amand

1806 - 1875
1864-1963, inventor; scientist, Swedish

Carl Edvard Johansson

1864 - 1943
1801-1861, surgeon; possible inventor of the hypodermic syringe, Irish

Francis Rynd

1801 - 1861
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British

Richard Arkwright

1732 - 1792
1863-1930, inventor; electrical engineer; photographer, British; Scottish

Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton

1863 - 1930
1836?-1909, businessman; mechanic; inventor of early type of zip, American

Whitcomb L Judson

1836 - 1909
1850-1888, electrical engineer; inventor; patentee, French

Lucien Gaulard

1850 - 1888
1731-1793, natural philosopher (scientist), inventor, English, British

James Six

1731 - 1793
1864-1927, mechanical engineer; inventor, British; English

Herbert Akroyd Stuart

1864 - 1927
1787-1851, inventor; scenographer; daguerreotypist, French

Louis Daguerre

1787 - 1851
1842-1909, anatomist; histologist; inventor; French

Louis-Charles Malassez

1842 - 1909
1785-1870, inventor; mathematician, French

Charles Xavier Thomas

1785 - 1870
1786-1865, manufacturer of rubber; inventor, British

Thomas Hancock

1786 - 1865
1914-2004, engineer and inventor of computerised tomography, British

Hounsfield, Sir Godfrey Newbold

1919 - 2004
1875-1945, inventor active in cinematography, Polish

Kazimierz Proszynski

1875 - 1945
1880-1964, consultant radiologist, developer of radiography, British

Russell John Reynolds

1880 - 1964
1846-1914, engineer; inventor of a type of air compressor, British

James Atkinson

1846 - 1914
1864-1930, electrical engineer; inventor, British

Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti

1864 - 1930
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Leonardo Da Vinci

1452 - 1519
1808-1874, inventor; ship's propeller patentee; marine engineer, England, British

Francis Petit Smith

1808 - 1874
1796-1848, diver; inventor of diving equipment, British

Charles Anthony Deane

1796 - 1848
1752-1834; inventor; French

Joseph Marie Jacquard

1752 - 1834
1801-1883, physicist, inventor, Belgium

Joseph Plateau

1801 - 1883
1851-1929, inventor, German-born; ethnically Jewish; American

Emile Berliner

1851 - 1929
1754-1839, engineer; inventor, British; Scottish

William Murdock

1754 - 1839
1855-1944, physicist; inventor, English; British

Charles Vernon Boys

1855 - 1944
1840-1916, engineer; inventor, American-born, British

Hiram Stevens Maxim

1840 - 1916
1854-1939, inventor of duplicating machinery and industrialist, Hungarian

David Gestetner

1854 - 1939
1876-1972, chronophotographer, inventor, Irish born; British; French

Lucien Bull

1876 - 1972
1735-1803, inventor; mechanic; mathematical instrument maker, Dutch

John Joseph Merlin

1735 - 1803