List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees

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The National Inventors Hall of Fame (NIHF) inductees includes over 600 inventors spanning three centuries of lifetimes. John Fitch was the earliest born inventor inducted into the NIHF (1743), while Barrett Comiskey is currently the most recently born (1975).

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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

Inductees

InductionInducteeBirthDeathNotableNIHF [1]
2020 James Abercrombie 18911975 Blowout preventer (BOP)
1997 Edward Goodrich Acheson 18561931 Carborundum
2020 Stewart Adams 19232019 Ibuprofen
2018 Leonard Adleman 1945 RSA cryptography
2008 Robert Adler 19132007 Television remote control
2006 Herman Affel 18931972 Coaxial cable
2014 Howard Aiken 19001973Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I)
2016 JD Albert 1975 Electronic ink
2015 George Edward Alcorn Jr. 1940 X-ray spectrometer
2013 Samuel W. Alderson 19142005 Crash test dummy
1983 Ernst Alexanderson *18781975 High frequency alternator for radio
1983 Andrew Alford 19041992 VHF omnidirectional range
2007 Samuel Leeds Allen 18411918 Flexible flyer sled
1978 Luis Walter Alvarez 19111988 Radar, liquid hydrogen bubble chamber
2017 Iver Anderson 1953 Lead-free solder
2011 Mary Anderson 18661953 Windshield wiper
2020 R. Rox Anderson 1950 Laser dermatology
2016 Roger Angel 1941 Telescope mirror cell
2014 George Antheil 19001959 Frequency-hopping spread spectrum
2011 Thomas Armat 18661948 Movie projector
1980 Edwin Howard Armstrong *18901954 FM radio
2017 Don Arney 1947 Bambi Bucket for aerial firefighting
2014 Frances Arnold 1956Evolution of enzymes
2019 Chieko Asakawa 1958 Home Page Reader
2013 Arthur Ashkin 19222020 Optical trapping
2009 Mohamed M. Atalla 19242009 MOSFET transistor, silicon semiconductor surface passivation, ATM PIN security system
2007 Alpheus Babcock 17851842 Cast iron piano frame
1997 George Herman Babcock 18321893 Water-tube boiler
2016 Roger Bacon 19262007 Carbon fibers
1978 Leo Baekeland 18631944 Bakelite
2019 John Baer 19172003 Thiazide diuretics (Chlorothiazide)
2010 Ralph Baer 19222014 Video game console
2002 Rodney Bagley 1934Substrate for catalytic converters
2005 Matthias W. Baldwin 17951866 Steam locomotive
2016 Bantval Jayant Baliga 1948 Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT)
2001 Robert Banks 19211989 Polyethylene and polypropylene plastics
2004 Frederick Banting 18911941Isolated and purified insulin
2007 Paul Baran 19262011Digital packet switching
1974 John Bardeen *19081991 Transistor
2005 C. Donald Bateman 1932 Ground proximity warning system
2022 Patricia Bath 19422019 Cataract surgery
2006 Andrew Jackson Beard 18491921 Janney coupler for railroad cars
1987 Arnold Orville Beckman 19002004 pH meter
1998 Semi Joseph Begun 19051995 Magnetic recording
1974 Alexander Graham Bell 18471922 Telephone
2008 Ruth R. Benerito 19162013 Wrinkle-free cotton
1991 Willard Harrison Bennett 19031987 Mass spectrometry
2022 Carl Benz 18441929 Automobile
2020 Evelyn Berezin 19252018 Computer systems for business use
1994 Emile Berliner 18511929 Gramophone and microphone
2017 Carolyn Bertozzi 1966 Bioorthogonal Chemistry
2002 Henry Bessemer 18131898 Bessemer process for steel production
2004 Charles Best 18991978Isolation of insulin
2019 Karl H. Beyer Jr. 19141996 Thiazide diuretics (Chlorothiazide)
2006 Erastus Brigham Bigelow 18141879Powered loom
2011 Edwin Binney 18661934 Carbon black manufacturing
1994 Gerd Binnig 1947 Scanning tunneling microscope
1995 Forrest Bird 19212015 Respirator / Ventilator
2013 John Birden 19182011 Radioisotope thermoelectric generator
2005 Clarence Birdseye 18861956 Frozen food
2007 László Bíró 18991985 Ballpoint pen
2013 Donald Bitzer 1934 Plasma display
1981 Harold Stephen Black 18981983 Feedback amplifier
2019 S. Duncan Black 18831951Portable hand-held electric drill
2007 Eli Whitney Blake 17951886 Rock crusher
2006 Helen Blanchard 18401922Innovations to sewing machine
2006 Thomas Blanchard 17881864Pattern lathe
2020 Sylvia Blankenship 1954 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP)
2007 Katharine Burr Blodgett 18981979 Langmuir-Blodgett film
2002 Samuel E. Blum 19202013 LASIK eye surgery
1993 Baruch Samuel Blumberg 19252011Vaccine for hepatitis B
2007 James Bogardus 18001874 Iron frame building
2002 Nils Bohlin 19202002 Safety belt
2020 Dana Bookbinder 1956Bend-insensitive optical fiber
2006 Gail Borden 18011874Process for condensed milk
2006 Carl Bosch 18741940 Haber–Bosch process for ammonia production
2008 Amar Bose 19292013 Audio feedback control
1997 Robert W. Bower 1936 Self-aligned-gate MOSFET transistor
2014 Bill Bowerman 19111999Modern athletic shoe
2006 Seth Boyden 17881870Process for making malleable iron
2001 Herbert Boyer 1936 Genetic engineering
2014 Otis Boykin 19201982 Electrical resistor
2006 Willard Boyle 19242011 Charge-coupled device
2006 Milton Bradley 18361911 Game board
2006 Jacques E. Brandenberger 18721954 Cellophane
2016 Per-Ingvar Brånemark 19292014 Dental implant
1992 Charles F. Brannock 19031992 Brannock device for foot measuring
1974 Walter Brattain 19021987 Transistor
2010 Yvonne Brill 19242013Electrothermal hydrazine resistojet
2023 Angela Hartley Brodie 19342017 Steroidal aromatase inhibitors
2013 Garrett Brown 1942Steadicam camera stabilizer
1994 Rachel Fuller Brown 18981980 Nystatin (antifungal / antibiotic)
2007 John Browning 18551926 Breech-loading rifle
2006 Charles F. Brush 18491929 Arc light for street lighting
2020 Edward W. Bullard 18931963 Hard hat
2010 Francis P. Bundy 19102008 Diamond synthesis
1986 Luther Burbank 18491926 Plant breeding
1995 Joseph H. Burckhalter 19122004 Isothiocyanates
2015 John F. Burke 19222011 Artificial skin
1987 William Seward Burroughs I 18571898 Adding machine
1984 William Merriam Burton 18651954 Catalytic cracking
2004 Vannevar Bush 18901974 Differential analyzer
2006 Edward A. Calahan 18381912 Stock ticker
2020 Harry Cameron 18721928 Blowout preventer (BOP)
1999 Donald L. Campbell 19042002 Catalytic cracking
2011 George Ashley Campbell 18701954 Loading coil
1985 Marvin Camras 19161995 Magnetic recording
1981 Chester Carlson 19061968 Xerographic printing
1984 Wallace Carothers 18961937 Synthetic rubber, nylon
1985 Willis Carrier 18761950 Air conditioner
2003 George Robert Carruthers 19392020 Ultraviolet camera
2018 Marvin H. Caruthers 1940 Chemical synthesis of DNA
1990 George Washington Carver 18641943 Peanut products
2003 Frank Cepollina 1936 Satellite servicing techniques
2006 Vint Cerf 1943 Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
2008 Daryl Chapin 19061995 Silicon solar cell
2007 Emmett Chappelle 19252019 Bioluminescence
2008 John Charnley 19111982 Acetabular socket
2015 Mary-Dell Chilton 1939 Transgenic plant
2009 Alfred Y. Cho *1937 Molecular beam epitaxy
2015 Edith Clarke 18831959 Graphical calculator
2007 Georges Claude 18701960 Neon lighting
2006 Josephine Cochrane 18391913 Dishwasher
2001 Stanley Norman Cohen 1935 Genetic engineering
2004 James Collip 18921965Isolated and purified insulin
2006 Samuel Colt 18141862 Colt revolver with interchangeable parts
1988 Frank B. Colton 19232003 Oral contraceptives
2016 Barrett Comiskey 1975 Electronic ink
1992 Lloyd Conover 19232017 Tetracycline
1975 William D. Coolidge 18731975 X-ray tube
2006 Peter Cooper 17911883 Steam locomotive
2004 Harry Coover 19172011 Superglue
2006 George Henry Corliss 18171888Improvements to steam engine
2006 Martha Coston 18261904 Signal flare used for ships
1992 Frederick Gardner Cottrell 18771948 Electrostatic precipitator
2004 Wallace H. Coulter 19131998 Coulter principle
2010 Jacques Cousteau 19101997 Diving unit
2007 Joshua Lionel Cowen 18771965 Toy train
2006 Eckley Coxe 18391895 Traveling grate furnace
1997 Seymour Cray 19251996 Supercomputer
2022 Marian Croak 1955 VoIP
2007 George Crompton 18291886 Loom
2014 David Crosthwait 18981976 Heating and ventilation system
2003 Glenn Curtiss 18781930 Hydroplane
2007 David Cushman 19392000 Captopril
2020 Raffaelo D'Andrea 1967Mobile robotic material handling
2006 Gottlieb Daimler 18341900Design of automobile and motorcycle engines
1989 Raymond Vahan Damadian 19362022 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
2013 John Daugman 1954 Iris recognition algorithm
2007 Donald Davies 19242000Digital packet switching
1977 Lee De Forest *18731961 Audion amplifier tube
1999 George de Mestral 19071990 Velcro
1997 Mark Dean 1957 Computer peripherals
2019 Alonzo G. Decker Jr. 18841956Portable hand-held electric drill
1989 John Deere 18041886Farm plow
1997 Robert H. Dennard *1932 Dynamic random access memory (DRAM)
2011 George Devol 19122011 Industrial robot
2011 Albert Dick 18561934 Duplicating machine
2017 Earle Dickson 18921961 Band-Aid self-adhesive bandages
1976 Rudolf Diesel 18581913 Internal-combustion engine
2011 Whitfield Diffie 1944 Public-key cryptography
2014 Richard DiMarchi 1952 Insulin Lispro
2000 Walt Disney 19011966 Multiplane camera
1978 Carl Djerassi 19232015 Oral contraceptives
2004 Ray Dolby 19332013 Dolby noise reduction
2015 Marion Donovan 19171998Waterproof diaper cover
1983 Herbert Henry Dow 18661930 Bromine extraction
1981 Charles Stark Draper 19011987Stabilizing gyroscopic
2014 Mildred Dresselhaus 19302017 Lattice structure
2015 Charles R. Drew 19041950 Surgical needle
2007 Richard Gurley Drew 18991980 Adhesive tape
2007 Philip Drinker 18941972 Iron lung
2006 John Boyd Dunlop 18401921 Pneumatic tire
1990 Graham J. Durant 19342009 Cimetidine
2014 Benjamin Durfee 18971980Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I)
2022 James Buchanan Eads 18201887 Steamboat
1977 George Eastman 18541932 Photography
2010 Roger L. Easton 19212014 TIMATION satellite navigation system
2002 J. Presper Eckert 19191995 ENIAC
1986 Harold Eugene Edgerton 19031990 Stroboscope photography
1973 Thomas Edison 18471931 Electric lighting, motion pictures, phonograph
2007 Alfred Einhorn 18561917 Novocain
2008 Willem Einthoven 18601927 Electrocardiograph
1991 Gertrude B. Elion 19181999 Antileukemic drug
2011 Carleton Ellis 18761941 Margarine
1990 John Colin Emmett 1939 Cimetidine
2012 Akira Endo 1933 Mevastatin
1998 Douglas Engelbart 19252013 Computer mouse
1993 John Ericsson 18031889 Screw propeller
2006 Lloyd Espenschied *18891986 Coaxial cable
2001 Oliver Evans 17551819 High-pressure steam engine
2007 Ole Evinrude 18771934 Outboard motor
2003 Maxime Faget 19212004 Space capsule design
1996 Federico Faggin 1941 Microprocessor, silicon-gate MOSFET transistor
2006 Moses G. Farmer 18201893Electric fire alarm system
1984 Philo Farnsworth 19061971 Television
1998 James Fergason 19342008 Liquid crystal display
1976 Enrico Fermi 19011954 Nuclear fission
2000 Reginald Fessenden *18661932 AM radio
2006 Harvey Samuel Firestone 18681938 Pneumatic tire
2006 John Fitch 17431798 Steamboat
2004 Edith M. Flanigen 1929 Molecular sieves
2013 Leonard Flom 1927 Iris recognition algorithm
2001 Thomas J. Fogarty 1934 Fogarty embolectomy catheter
2010 Judah Folkman 19332008 Angiogenesis inhibition
1982 Henry Ford 18631947 Automobile
1979 Jay Wright Forrester *19182016 Random access memory (RAM)
2011 Eric Fossum 1957 CMOS active pixel image sensor camera-on-a-chip
2007 John E. Franz 1929 Roundup glyphosate herbicide
2000 Alfred Free 19132000 Glucose detection for diabetes
2000 Helen Murray Free 19232021 Glucose detection for diabetes
2009 Ross Freeman 19481989 Field-programmable gate array (FPGA)
2017 Harold E. Froehlich 19222007 Deep-sea submersible
2009 Dov Frohman 1939Erasable programmable read only memory array (EPROM)
2010 Arthur Fry 1931 Post-it notes
2008 Calvin Souther Fuller 19021994 Silicon solar cell
2006 Robert Fulton 17651815 Steamboat
2012 Dennis Gabor *19001979 Electron holography
2014 Ashok Gadgil 1950 Water disinfection
2010 Émile Gagnan 19001979 Aqua-lung diving equipment
2004 Robert Gallo 1937 HIV isolation
2017 Haren S. Gandhi 19412010Automotive exhaust catalyst
1990 C. Robin Ganellin 1934 Cimetidine
1996 Edmund Germer 19011987 Fluorescent lighting
2004 Ivan A. Getting 19122003 Global Positioning System (GPS)
2004 John Heysham Gibbon 19031973 Heart-lung machine
2007 King C. Gillette 18551932 Safety razor
1990 Charles Ginsburg 19201992 Video tape recording
2006 Joseph Glidden 18131906 Barbed wire
1979 Robert H. Goddard 18821945Solid fuel rockets
2007 William Goddard 19131997 Hard drive and floppy disk
2005 Leopold Godowsky Jr. 19001983 Kodachrome
2007 Peter Carl Goldmark 19061977 Long playing record
2011 Hannibal Goodwin 18221900Transparent flexible nitrocellulose
1976 Charles Goodyear 18001860 Vulcanization of rubber
2006 Robert W. Gore 19372020 Gore-Tex
1991 Gordon Gould 19202005Optically pumped laser amplifier
2006 Zénobe Gramme 18261901Direct-current dynamo
2007 Elisha Gray 18351901 Telegraph and telephone improvements
1986 Wilson Greatbatch 19192011 Heart pacemaker
1991 Leonard Greene 19182006Aircraft stall warning
2003 Leroy Grumman 18951982Retractable landing gear, folding wing
2005 Robert Gundlach 19262010 Photocopier
2015 Jaap Haartsen 1963 Bluetooth wireless technology
2006 Fritz Haber 18681934 Ammonia production process
1976 Charles Martin Hall 18631914 Aluminum production process
2004 Lloyd Hall 18941971 Food preservation
1994 Robert N. Hall 19192016 Magnetron
2007 Thomas Seavey Hall 18271880 Railroad signal
2010 Tracy Hall 19192008 Synthetic diamond
2006 Andrew Smith Hallidie 18361900 Cable car
2014 Francis E. Hamilton 18981972Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I)
2011 John Hays Hammond Jr. 18881965 Radio control
1991 William Edward Hanford 19081996 Polyurethane
2017 Eli Harari 1945Floating-gate EEPROM
2010 Walter Lincoln Hawkins 19111992 Polymer cable sheath
1994 Elizabeth Lee Hazen 18851975 Nystatin (antifungal / antibiotic)
2017 Howard Head 19141991Laminated ski; oversized tennis racket
2002 M. Stephen Heilman 1933 Defibrillator
2009 George H. Heilmeier *19362014 Electro-optic liquid crystal device
2011 Martin Hellman 1945 Public-key cryptography
2011 François Hennebique 18421921 Reinforced concrete construction
2006 Beulah Louise Henry 18871973 Ice cream freezer
2011 Peter Cooper Hewitt 18611921 Mercury-vapor lamp
1992 William Redington Hewlett 19132001 Audio oscillator
2017 Beatrice Hicks 19191979Device for sensing gas density
2019 Andrew Higgins 18861952 Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP)
1985 Rene Alphonse Higonnet 19021983 Photocomposing machine
2007 Maurice Hilleman 19192005 Vaccines
1980 James Hillier 19152007 Electron microscope
2006 Richard March Hoe 18121886 Rotary printing press
2009 Jean Hoerni 19241997 Planar manufacturing process
1996 Marcian Hoff 1937 Microprocessor
2002 Felix Hoffmann 18681946 Aspirin
2001 J. Paul Hogan 19192012 Polypropylene and HDPE
2007 John Philip Holland 18411914 Submarine
1990 Herman Hollerith 18601929 Punch card tabulator
2006 Alexander Lyman Holley 18321882 Steelmaking
2006 Birdsill Holly 18201894 Fire hydrant
1991 Donald F. Holmes 19101980 Polyurethane
2008 Nick Holonyak *1928visible light emitting diode
2006 Benjamin Holt 18491920 Track-type tractor
2018 Stan Honey 1955 Sports broadcast graphic enhancements
2007 Leroy Hood 1938 DNA sequencer
2008 Erna Schneider Hoover 1926Computerized telephone switching
2009 Larry J. Hornbeck 1943 Spatial light modulator and method
1990 Eugene Houdry 18921962 Catalytic cracking
2007 Godfrey Hounsfield 19192004 CT scan
2004 Elias Howe 18191867 Sewing machine
2006 George Hulett 18461923 Loading and unloading machine
2014 Chuck Hull 1939 Stereolithography
2006 Walter Hunt 17961859 Safety pin
2006 John Wesley Hyatt 18371920 Celluloid
2000 James Franklin Hyde 19031999Transparent silica
2006 Simon Ingersoll 18181894Steam powered rock drill
2011 Frederic Eugene Ives 18561937 Color photography
2013 Irwin M. Jacobs 1933 Code-division multiple access (CDMA)
2016 Joseph Jacobson 1965 Electronic ink
2006 Ali Javan 19262016 Helium-neon laser
2017 Allene Jeanes 19061995 Dextran production; xanthan gum
2005 Alec Jeffreys 1950 Genetic fingerprinting
2011 Charles Francis Jenkins 18671934 Movie projector
2015 Thomas Jennings 17911859 Dry scouring
2012 Steve Jobs 19552011 Personal computer, mobile phone, animated movie, digital publishing
2008 Amos E. Joel Jr. *19182008 Mobile communication system
2008 Clarence Johnson 19101990 Fighter jet, afterburning means for Turbojet
2015 Kristina M. Johnson 1957 Polarization-control technology
2022 Lonnie Johnson 1949 Super Soaker
2018 Warren S. Johnson 18471911 Temperature control
2007 Frederick McKinley Jones 18931961 Refrigeration
2018 Howard S. Jones 19212005 Conformal antenna
2017 Marshall Jones 1941 Industrial laser
2013 Kenneth Jordan 19212008 Radioisotope thermoelectric generator
2023 Marjorie Stewart Joyner 18961994 Permanent wave machine
1990 Percy Lavon Julian 18991975 Cortisone synthesis
2006 Bob Kahn 1938 Internet Protocol (IP)
2009 Dawon Kahng 19311992 Electric field controlled semiconductor device, MOSFET transistor
2003 Charles Kaman 19192011Innovations to helicopter
2005 Dean Kamen 1951Ambulatory infusion pump
2016 Sheldon Kaplan 19392009 Auto-injector
1993 Donald Keck 1941 Optical fiber
2006 John Harvey Kellogg 18521943 Breakfast cereal
2004 Charles Kelman 19302004 Cataract surgery
2011 Clarence Kemp c. 18601911 Solar water heater
2023 Cyril Keller 19222020 Skid-steer loader
2023 Louis Keller 19232010 Skid-steer loader
1980 Charles F. Kettering 18761958 Electric ignition
2006 Mary Dixon Kies 17521837Process for weaving straw
1982 Jack Kilby *19232005 Integrated circuit
2007 Albert Kingsbury 18631943 Thrust bearing
2006 Dale Kleist 19091998 Fiberglass
2006 Margaret E. Knight 18381914 Paper bag machine
2019 Jeff Kodosky 1949 LabVIEW
1985 Willem Johan Kolff 19112009 Artificial heart
2003 Paul Kollsman 19001982 Altimeter
2000 William Justin Kroll 18891973 Titanium
2002 Raymond Kurzweil 1948 Optical character recognition
1995 Stephanie Kwolek 19232014 Kevlar
2002 Irwin Lachman 1930 Catalytic converter
2014 Clair Lake 18881958Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I)
2014 Hedy Lamarr 19142000 Frequency-hopping spread spectrum
1977 Edwin H. Land 19091991 Polaroid
2002 Alois Langer 1945 Defibrillator
2006 Robert S. Langer 1948 Drug delivery
1989 Irving Langmuir 18811957 Electric lighting
2007 L. L. Langstroth 18101895 Beehive
2010 Vincent Lanza 19221972 Polymer cable sheath
2006 Lewis Howard Latimer 18481928 Filament for electric light bulb
2007 Paul Lauterbur *19292007 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
1982 Ernest Lawrence 19011958 Cyclotron
2016 Victor Lawrence 1945Signal processing in telecommunications
1993 Bill Lear 19021978 8-track system, car radio
2013 Joseph Lechleider 19332015 Digital subscriber line (DSL)
1990 Robert Ledley 19262012Whole-body CAT scan
2019 Joseph Lee 18491908 Bread machine
2017 Tom Leighton 1956 Content delivery network
2011 Henry M. Leland 18431932 Interchangeable parts for automobiles
2017 Daniel Lewin 19702001 Content delivery network
2002 Ronald M. Lewis 1936 Catalytic converter
2020 Ming-Jun Li 1959Bend-insensitive optical fiber
2017 Frances Ligler 1951 Portable optical air sensor
2020 Lisa Lindahl 1948 Sports bra
2003 Edwin Albert Link 19041981 Link Trainer
2012 Barbara Liskov 1939 Programming Languages and System Design
2007 Oliver Lodge 18511940 Wireless telegraphy
2013 Alfred Loomis 18871975 Long range navigation system (LORAN)
2007 Auguste Lumière 18621954 Cinématographe
2007 Louis Lumière 18641948 Cinématographe
2007 John Lynott 19211994 Hard drive
2015 Paul B. MacCready 19252007 Gossamer Condor
2009 John MacDougall 1940 Ion implantation
2011 Stanley Macomber 18871967 Open web steel joist
1984 Theodore Harold Maiman 19272007 Laser
2009 Ken Manchester 19252014 Ion implantation
2005 Leopold Mannes 18991964 Kodachrome
2007 Peter Mansfield 19332017 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
1975 Guglielmo Marconi *18741937 Radio
2011 Warren Marrison 18961980 Quartz clock
1999 Homer Martin 19101993 Catalytic cracking
2006 John Landis Mason 18321902 Mason jar
2006 Jan Ernst Matzeliger 18521889 Shoe lasting
2002 John Mauchly 19071980 ENIAC
1993 Robert D. Maurer 1924 Optical fiber
2006 Hiram Stevens Maxim 18401916 Maxim gun, smokeless gunpowder
2007 Wilhelm Maybach 18461929 Carburetor and radiator
1996 Stanley Mazor 1941 Central processing unit (CPU)
1976 Cyrus McCormick 18091884Mechanical reaper
2001 Elijah McCoy 18441929 Engine lubricator
2020 James McEwen 1948Automatic surgical tourniquet
2008 Ray McIntire 19181996 Styrofoam
2008 Malcom McLean 19132001 Shipping containers
2008 Harold McMaster 19162003 Tempered glass
2009 Carver Mead 1934 Very large scale integration (VLSI)
1982 Ottmar Mergenthaler 18541899 Linotype
2011 Ralph Merkle 1952 Public-key cryptography
2007 Robert Metcalfe *1946 Ethernet
2011 Gary K. Michelson 1949 Spinal surgical devices
2003 Thomas Midgley Jr. 18891944 Ethyl gasoline, fluorocarbon refrigerants
2007 Alexander Miles 18381918Improving method of opening and closing elevator doors
2020 Hinda Miller 1950 Sports bra
2006 Lewis Miller 18291899 Combine harvester
1993 Irving Millman 19232012Vaccine for hepatitis B
2002 Michel Mirowski 19241990 Defibrillator
2018 Sumita Mitra 1949 Nanocomposite dental materials
1997 Dennis L. Moeller 1950 Computer peripherals
1999 Bryan Molloy 19392004 Prozac
2004 Luc Montagnier 1932 HIV isolation and antibody test
2013 Robert Moog 19342005 Moog synthesizer
2009 Gordon Moore *1929 Semiconductor production
2005 Garrett A. Morgan 18871963 Gas mask, three-way traffic signal
1975 Samuel Morse 17911872 Telegraph
2020 Mick Mountz 1965 Mobile robotic material handling
2002 Morton Mower 1933Implantable heart defibrillator
1987 Andrew J. Moyer 18991959 Penicillin
1985 Louis Marius Moyroud 19142010 Photocomposing machine
2019 Joseph C. Muhler 19231996 Stannous fluoride toothpaste
1998 Kary Mullis 19442019 Polymerase chain reaction
1999 Eger V. Murphree 18981962 Catalytic cracking
2008 William P. Murphy Jr. 1923 Blood bag and disposable medical trays
2011 Thomas E. Murray 18601929 Early power generation
2011 Eadweard Muybridge 18301904 Stop action photography
2015 Shuji Nakamura 1954 Blue LED
2019 William Nebergall 19141978 Stannous fluoride toothpaste
2011 Walther Nernst 18641941Metallic filament incandescent lamp
2020 John Nicholson 19251983 Ibuprofen
1996 Julius Nieuwland 18781936 Synthetic rubber
1998 Alfred Nobel 18331896 Dynamite
2007 Arthur Nobile 19202004 Prednisone
2003 John Knudsen Northrop 18951981 Flying wing plane
2019 Frederick Novello 19161986 Thiazide diuretics (Chlorothiazide)
1983 Robert Noyce *19271990 Integrated circuit
2004 Bernard M. Oliver 19161995 Pulse-code modulation
1990 Ken Olsen 19262011 Magnetic core memory
2007 Miguel Ondetti 19302004 Captopril
1988 Elisha Otis 18111861 Elevator brake
1981 Nicolaus Otto 18321891 Otto cycle for internal combustion engine
2015 Stanford R. Ovshinsky 19222012 Nickel-metal hydride battery
2007 Michael Joseph Owens 18591923 Bottle making machine
2006 Charles Grafton Page 18121868High-voltage induction coil
2006 William Painter 18381906 Bottle cap
2008 David Pall 19142004 Filtration technology
2006 Julio Palmaz 1945Intravascular stent
1988 Louis W. Parker 19061993 Television receiver
2004 Bradford Parkinson 1935 Global positioning system (GPS)
2023 James A. Parsons Jr. 19001989 Alloy 20
1993 John T. Parsons 19132007 Numerical control
1978 Louis Pasteur 18221895 Pasteurization
2012 C. Kumar N. Patel *1938 Carbon dioxide laser
2005 Les Paul 19152009Solid-body electric guitar
2018 Arogyaswami Paulraj 1944 MIMO wireless technology
2008 Gerald Pearson 19051987 Silicon solar cell
2006 Lester Allan Pelton 18291908 Water wheel
2018 Mary Engle Pennington 18721952 Food preservation and food storage
2016 Radia Perlman 1951 Network routing and bridging
2011 Henry F. Phillips 18901958 Phillips screw
2007 Thomas R. Pickering 18311895 Velocipede
2003 John R. Pierce *19102002 Communications satellite
2006 Gregory Goodwin Pincus 19031967 Oral contraceptives
1979 Charles J. Plank 19151989 Catalytic cracking
1985 Roy J. Plunkett 19101994 Teflon
2011 Valdemar Poulsen 18691942Magnetic wire recorder
2006 George Pullman 18311897 Pullman car
2011 Mihajlo Pupin 18581935 Loading coil
2018 Jacqueline Quinn 1967EZVI (Emulsified Zerovalent iron)
2005 Jacob Rabinow 19101999 Optical character recognition
2013 Grote Reber 19112002 Radio telescope
2006 Louis Renault 18771944 Drum brake
2007 Jesse W. Reno 18611947 Escalator
2019 Rebecca Richards-Kortum 1964Medical devices for low-resource settings
2008 Kenneth Richardson 1939 Fluconazole
2004 Norbert Rillieux 18061894 Refined sugar
1994 Robert H. Rines 19222009High resolution radar and sonar
2019 Dennis Ritchie 19412011 UNIX operating system
2011 James Ritty 18361918 Cash register
2011 John Ritty 18341913 Cash register
2018 Ronald Rivest 1947 RSA cryptography
2004 John A. Roebling 18061869 Suspension bridge
2007 John Raphael Rogers 18561934Automated typesetting
1994 Heinrich Rohrer 19332013 Scanning tunneling microscope
2012 Lubomyr Romankiw 1931 Thin film magnetic heads
2003 Harold Rosen 19262017Geosynchronous communications satellite
1979 Edward J. Rosinski 19212000 Catalytic cracking
1992 Benjamin Rubin 19172010 Vaccine needle
2011 Wallace Clement Sabine 18681919 Architectural acoustics
2017 Augustine Sackett 18411914 Drywall
2013 Aran Safir 19262007 Iris recognition algorithm
1980 Lewis Hastings Sarett 19171999 Cortisone
2011 Steven Sasson 1950 Digital camera
2006 Joseph Saxton 17991873 Measuring instruments
1996 Arthur Leonard Schawlow 19211999 Laser
1999 Klaus Schmiegel 1939 Prozac
1993 Peter C. Schultz 1942 Optical fiber
2019 Edmund O. Schweitzer III 1947 Digital protective relay
2005 Glenn T. Seaborg 19121999 Plutonium isolation
2007 Charles Seeberger 18571931 Escalator
1995 Robert J. Seiwald 1925 Isothiocyanates
2007 William Sellers 18241905Improvement in machine tools
1995 Waldo Semon 18981999 Polyvinyl chloride
1999 Gerhard M. Sessler 1931 Electret microphone
2018 Adi Shamir 1952 RSA cryptography
2004 Claude Shannon *19162001 Pulse-code modulation
2015 Gary D. Sharp 1962 Polarization-control technology
1995 John C. Sheehan 19151992Structure and synthesis of penicillin
2001 Patsy O'Connell Sherman 19302008 Scotchgard
2018 Joseph Shivers 19202014LYCRA fiber (Spandex)
1974 William Shockley 19101989 Transistor
2001 Christopher Latham Sholes 18191890 Typewriter
2007 Frederick Ellsworth Sickels 18191895Valve for steam engine
1987 Igor Sikorsky 18891972 Helicopter
2016 John Silliker 19222015Microbiological food safety and testing
2011 Bernard Silver 19241963First optically scanned barcode
2010 Spencer Silver 1941 Post-it notes
2020 Edward Sisler 19302016 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP)
2007 Samuel Slater 17681835 Cotton mill, spinning machine
2006 Games Slayter 18961964 Fiberglass
2013 H. Gene Slottow 19211989 Plasma display
2020 Floyd Smith 18841956Modern parachute
2006 George E. Smith 1930 Charge-coupled device
2020 Polly Smith 1949 Sports bra
2001 Samuel Smith 19272005 Scotchgard
2006 James M. Spangler 18481915Portable electric vacuum cleaner
2016 William Sparks 19051976 Butyl rubber
1999 Percy Spencer 18941970 Magnetron
1991 Elmer Ambrose Sperry 18601930 Gyroscopic compass
2006 Frank J. Sprague 18571934Electric street car
2019 James Sprague 19092000 Thiazide diuretics (Chlorothiazide)
2002 Rangaswamy Srinivasan 1929 LASIK eye surgery
1995 William Stanley Jr. 18581916 Induction coil
2012 Gary Starkweather 19382019 Laser printer
1977 Charles Steinmetz 18651923 Alternating current
2005 Leo Sternbach 19082005 Benzodiazepines
2006 John Stevens 17491838 Steam-powered transportation
2008 Louis Stevens 19252009 Magnetic disk storage
1983 George Stibitz 19041995 Digital computer
2010 S. Donald Stookey 19152014 Glass ceramics
2016 Harriet Strong 18441926 Water storage and flood control
2010 Herbert M. Strong 19082002 Synthetic diamond
2006 Almon Brown Strowger 18391902 Telephone dial
2011 Eugene Sullivan 18721962 Borosilicate glass
2006 Gideon Sundback 18801954 Zipper
2016 Ivan Sutherland 1938 Display windowing by clipping
2006 Ambrose Swasey 18461937Improvements to telescope
1996 Leó Szilárd 18981964Neutronic atomic reactor
1986 Donalee L. Tabern 19001974 Pentothal
2006 Charles Sumner Tainter 18541940Innovations in sound recording
2011 Esther Sans Takeuchi 1953 Lithium/silver-vanadium oxide battery
2020 Pushkar Tandon 1967Bend-insensitive optical fiber
2018 Ching W. Tang 1947Organic light-emitting diode (OLED)
2016 Welton Taylor 19192012Microbiological food safety and testing
2009 Gordon Kidd Teal *19072003 Silicon transistor
2012 Mária Telkes *19001995 Solar thermal storage system
2018 Paul Terasaki 19292016 Tissue typing for organ transplants, Terasaki tray
2007 Eli Terry 17721852Innovations in clockmaking
1975 Nikola Tesla 18561943 Induction motor
2006 John H. Thomas 19071991 Fiberglass
2016 Robert M. Thomas 19081984 Butyl rubber
2012 David A. Thompson 1940 Thin film magnetic heads
2019 Ken Thompson 1943 UNIX operating system
2006 Elihu Thomson 18531937 Arc lamp
2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany 18481933 Stained glass
1998 Henry Timken 18311909Tapered roller ball bearings
1982 Max Tishler 19061989Synthetic vitamins
1976 Charles Hard Townes *19152015 Laser
2019 James Truchard 1943 LabVIEW
2023 Roger Tsien 19522016 Green fluorescent protein
1999 Charlie Tyson 19051977 Catalytic cracking
2006 William E. Upjohn 18531932 Tablet for delivering medicine
2007 Theophilus Van Kannel 18411919 Revolving door
2018 Steven Van Slyke 1956Organic light-emitting diode (OLED)
2013 Andrew Viterbi 1935 Code-division multiple access (CDMA)
1986 Ernest H. Volwiler 18931992 Pentothal
2003 Theodore von Kármán 18811963 Turbojet
2003 Hans von Ohain 19111998 Turbojet
2011 Carl Auer von Welsbach 18581929Improvements to gas lighting
2019 David Wait 1953 Microarray
2005 Selman Waksman 18881973 Streptomycin
1988 An Wang 19201990 Magnetic core memory
2009 Frank Wanlass 19332010 Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS)
2019 William J. Warner 1955 Digital non-linear editing system
2006 Lewis Waterman 18371901 Fountain pen
2011 Thomas A. Watson 18541934Improvements to telephone
2010 Robert H. Wentorf Jr. 19261997 Synthetic diamond
1999 James West 1931 Electret microphone
1989 George Westinghouse 18461914 Air brake system
2006 Edward Weston 18501936Portable voltmeter
2007 Squire Whipple 18041888 Iron truss bridge
2003 Richard T. Whitcomb 19212009 Supercritical wing
2011 Rollin H. White 18721962 Flash boiler for generating steam-controlled differential steering
2014 Willis Whitfield 19192012 Clean room
1974 Eli Whitney 17651825 Cotton gin
2003 Frank Whittle 19071996 Jet engine
2007 Otto Wichterle 19131998 Soft contact lens
2009 Bob Widlar 19371991 Linear integrated circuit
1997 Stephen Wilcox 18301893 Water-tube boiler
1991 Robert R. Williams 18861965 Vitamin synthesis
2003 Sam B. Williams 19212009Contributions to jet engine
2013 Robert H. Willson 1936 Plasma display
2010 Field H. Winslow 19162009 Polymer cable sheath
2006 Alexander Winton 18601932Contributions to automobile, bicycle, and diesel engine
2011 Norman Joseph Woodland 19212012First optically scanned barcode
2006 Granville Woods 18561910 Railroad telegraph
2000 Steve Wozniak 1950 Personal computer
1975 Orville Wright 18711948 Airplane
1975 Wilbur Wright 18671912 Airplane
2020 Margaret Wu 1950 Synthetic lubricants
2020 Peter Wurman 1965 Mobile robotic material handling
2002 James J. Wynne 1943 LASIK eye surgery
2006 Linus Yale Jr. 18211868 Cylinder lock
2015 Ioannis Yannas 1935 Artificial skin
2012 Alejandro Zaffaroni 19232014 Drug delivery systems
2007 Frank Zamboni 19011988 Ice resurfacer
2006 Ferdinand von Zeppelin 18381917 Rigid airship
1977 Vladimir K. Zworykin *18881982 Cathode-ray tube
2020 Frank Zybach 18941980 Center-pivot irrigation

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