Inventors from United States

69 inventors

Albert Henry MunsellBorn: January 6, 1858Occupation: painter
Albert RoseBorn: March 30, 1910Occupation: physicist
Alexander L. MedleyBorn: 1869Occupation: rancher
Alexander VyssotskyBorn: May 23, 1888Occupation: astronomer
Armond SeidlerBorn: December 27, 1919Occupation: inventor
Arthur Holly ComptonBorn: September 10, 1892Occupation: university teacher
Asaph HallBorn: October 15, 1829Occupation: astronomer
Buckminster FullerBorn: July 12, 1895Occupation: university teacher
Carl AkeleyBorn: May 19, 1864Occupation: sculptor
Carl ConcelmanBorn: December 23, 1912Occupation: engineer
Carl W. HergenrotherBorn: 1973Occupation: astronomer
Carol Lynn NeeseBorn: 1958Occupation: astronomer
Cassius Monroe WebsterBorn: November 1851Occupation: park ranger
Charles Brady KingBorn: February 2, 1868Occupation: painter
Charles Hazelius SternbergBorn: June 15, 1850Occupation: paleontologist
Charles WilkesBorn: April 3, 1798Occupation: naval officer
Clifford A. PickoverBorn: September 15, 1957Occupation: non-fiction writer
Cumrun VafaBorn: August 1960Occupation: university teacher
Daryl BemBorn: June 10, 1938Occupation: university teacher
David ChaumBorn: May 3, 1955Occupation: cryptographer
David HealyBorn: December 22, 1936Occupation: astronomer
David J. TholenBorn: July 31, 1955Occupation: astronomer
David JablonskiBorn: June 23, 1953Occupation: geophysicist
David PinesBorn: June 8, 1924Occupation: university teacher
David R. De GraffBorn: 1950Occupation: astronomer
Dennis di CiccoBorn: 1950Occupation: astronomer
Dick WalkerBorn: March 9, 1936Occupation: astronomer
Donald Howard MenzelBorn: April 11, 1901Occupation: astronomer
Dunham JacksonBorn: July 24, 1888Occupation: university teacher
E. C. George SudarshanBorn: September 16, 1931Occupation: university teacher
Edward M. McCreightBorn: 1941Occupation: engineer
Elizabeth R. DillonBorn: 1953Occupation: amateur astronomer
Frank Elmore RossBorn: April 2, 1874Occupation: astronomer
Frank WilczekBorn: May 15, 1951Occupation: professor
Frederick Sumner BrackettBorn: August 1896Occupation: astronomer
Gary GygaxBorn: July 27, 1938Occupation: board game designer
George BoolosBorn: September 4, 1940Occupation: logician
Gerald PearsonBorn: March 31, 1905Occupation: university teacher
Henry F. PearsonOccupation: architectDied: August 14, 1964
Herbert Alonzo HoweBorn: November 22, 1858Occupation: astronomer
Howard Jerome KeislerBorn: December 3, 1936Occupation: logician
Jack E. VolderBorn: September 9, 1924Occupation: electrical engineer
James E. GunnBorn: October 21, 1938Occupation: astronomer
James M. EarlyBorn: July 25, 1922Occupation: engineer
James M. RoeBorn: 1943Occupation: astronomer
James Power GordonBorn: March 20, 1928Occupation: physicist
Joel PritchardBorn: May 5, 1925Occupation: businessperson
Joseph LuftOccupation: social psychologistDied: April 4, 2014
Joseph PolchinskiBorn: May 16, 1954Occupation: university teacher
Karl Barry SharplessBorn: April 28, 1941Occupation: university teacher
Ken KeelerBorn: December 2, 1961Occupation: executive producer
Landon Curt NollBorn: October 28, 1960Occupation: astronomer
Lars Peter HansenBorn: October 26, 1952Occupation: pedagogue
Laurens HammondBorn: January 11, 1895Occupation: organ builder
Leslie PeltierBorn: January 2, 1900Occupation: astronomer
Marc BuieBorn: 1958Occupation: astronomer
Mark MothersbaughBorn: May 18, 1950Occupation: film score composer
Meg SchwambBorn: 1984Occupation: astronomer
Michael J. ReddyBorn: March 4, 1944Occupation: linguist
Olin J. EggenBorn: July 9, 1919Occupation: astronomer
R. Paul ButlerBorn: 1960Occupation: astronomer
Raphael M. RobinsonBorn: November 2, 1911Occupation: university teacher
Richard G. DavisBorn: 1950Occupation: astronomer
Richard WatersBorn: September 19, 1935Occupation: inventor
Samuel C. JollieBorn: 1816Occupation: lithographer
Stewart SharplessBorn: March 29, 1926Occupation: astronomer
Theodore John Dimitry Jr.Born: June 26, 1879Occupation: university teacher
Walter IsardBorn: April 19, 1919Occupation: university teacher
Warren HancockBorn: October 12, 1927Occupation: philanthropist