151 World’s Greatest Inventors

Kinsey became a household name in the 1950s for his research on the sexual mods of American women and men.  Kinsey was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, on 23 June, 1894. His father, Alfred, taught at the Stevens Institute of Technology, despite having only an eighth-grade education. Kinsey was a sickly child, plagued by rheumatic […]

Antony R. Barringer was born on 20 October, 1925. He was a geophysicist by profession. He had unmatched contribution in the field of mineral exploration technology. He was well known for the development of Induced Pulse Transient or INPUT electromagnetic system. Along with this he also invented an instrument, which is useful as a portable

Radio, as we know it today, is mostly because of the famous invention of antennas for radio navigation systems by Andrew Alford. This invention helps individual FM stations to broadcast simultaneously from one source to others. Andrew Alford was born in Samara, Russia, on 5 August, 1904. He was a graduate from the University of

Anatoly Alexandrov (13 February, 1903–3 February, 1994) was known as a sportsperson and also an inventor. He had been an academician in the university at Director’s Post for a long period of time. He was a Russian Soviet and became the third known decorator at the end of his life. Earlier after his graduation, he

Ami Argand (5 July, 1750–14 October, 1803) was a Swiss physicist and a chemist who invented the Argand Lamp, which was a huge success on the usual oil lamp. Fascinated by the aptitude of science, he became an apprentice of Benedict de Saussure, a renowned meteorologist and a botanist. He began his invention in the

Alfred Bernhard Nobel (21 October, 1833–10 December, 1896) was born in Sweden. Son of an engineer, he had spent a considerable time studying chemistry in Paris and working in the USA. He is best known for producing dynamite, which is believed to be a safe, manageable and controllable form of nitro-glycerine. He started producing the

Alexandre Alexeieff (18 April, 1901–9 August, 1982) was a famous inventor who worked in the pinscreen that was made use in the making of films. The film shots usually use a white board which is known as pinscreen. He used extraordinary black board in his films. The length that was possessed by this board is

Alexander Graham Bell is one of the most popular scientists in the world that ever we had because of his practice only. We are talking now on the telephone. He invented the first practical telephone. He was not only a scientist but also an inventor, engineer and innovator. He was born on 3 March, 1847,

Abu Rayhan Al-Biruni (5 September, 973–13 December, 1048) has come up as a greatest and most famous scholar in the Islamic and Muslim community in the year 973. He was a mathematician and an astrologer in natural science. He distinguished himself as a historian, chronologist plus linguist as well rather than an inventor.  Being the

Alexander Bereznyak was born on 29 December, 1912. He was a Soviet aircaraft plus designer of missiles. From March 1957, he was the main architect of the MKB. His birth took place in Boyarkino Ozerski Territory, Moscow Region. He was technical science doctor plus also an honoured worker in RSFSR. In 1932 he also became

Albert Einstein (14 March, 1879–18 April, 1955) is highly recognized for his exceptional contribution in diverse inventions. This great man with brilliant scientific intellect came to the world on 14 March, 1879, in Germany. He derived immense fame being a supreme physicist till date. He gave many eminent theories and discoveries in the major scientific

Alan Turing (23 June, 1912–7 June, 1954) was a mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and is considered as the pioneer of computer science. He introduced the concepts of algorithms and computation, paving the way for the modern digital computer. He is noted for the discovery of ‘Turing machine’, which was able to simulate the logic of any

Alan D. Blumlein was born in Hampstead in London on 29 June, 1903. He was born to German parents of Jewish descent. He was a famous British electronics engineer who was known for his important inventions of sound recording, telecommu-nication, radar and, most importantly, stereo. He was a noteworthy engineer and inventor of his time,

Born on 15 April, 1452, Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian painter, scientist, architect, mathematician, engineer, geologist, botanist, anatomist, and a lot more.  He was the archetype of the great men of the renaissance-insatiably curious and a genius by birth. He had made inventions in almost all the fields of science, medicine and art. He