Allen, Paul (Mercer Island)
The co-founder (with Bill Gates) of Microsoft
Famous Inventors from United States
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Birdseye, Clarence (Brooklyn)
The man who figured out how to flash-freeze foods -
Bradley, Milton (Vienna)
Board game pioneer who invented The Game of Life -
Burbank, Luther (Lancaster)
Creator of the Burbank potato -
Carver, George Washington (Diamond Grove)
America's great peanut innovator -
Colt, Samuel (Hartford)
Inventor of the Colt revolver -
Edgerton, Harold (Fremont)
The professor who made strobe photography popular -
Edison, Thomas (Milan)
The man who invented the light bulb -
Farnsworth, Philo T. (Beaver County)
Inventor of the all-electronic television -
Ford, Henry (Greenfield Township)
Creator of the Ford Motor Company -
Franklin, Benjamin (Boston)
The Founding Father who wrote Poor Richard's Almanac -
Fuller, Buckminster (Milton)
the inventor of the geodesic dome -
Fulton, Robert (Little Britain (now Fulton))
The man who made steamships successful -
Gilbreth, Lillian (Oakland)
The engineer and efficiency expert and mom of 'Cheaper by the Dozen' -
Gillette, King Camp (Fond du Lac)
Inventor of the disposable safety razor -
Heimlich, Henry (Wilmington)
The guy who developed the Heimlich Maneuver -
Howe, Elias (Spencer)
The inventor of the sewing machine -
Kamen, Dean
Inventor of the Segway transporter -
Land, Edwin (Bridgeport)
The inventor of the Polaroid camera -
Moog, Robert (New York City)
The guy who invented the Moog synthesizer -
Morgan, Garrett (Paris)
The inventor of the three-way traffic light -
Morse, Samuel F. B. (Charlestown)
The telegraphic pioneer who invented Morse Code -
Otis, Elisha Graves (Halifax)
Inventor of the elevator brake -
Paul, Les (Waukesha)
Inventor of the solid-body electric guitar -
Singer, Isaac Merritt (Pittstown)
The maker of the first popular household sewing machine -
Wakefield, Ruth
The inventor of the Toll House chocolate chip cookie -
Wales, Jimmy (Huntsville)
The driving force behind Wikipedia -
Walker, Brian (Portland)
The "Rocket Guy" -
Westinghouse, George (Central Bridge)
Air brake inventor and Edison's AC rival -
Whitney, Eli (Westboro)
Inventor of the cotton gin -
Wright Brothers, The (Millville)
Inventors of the airplane -
Yale, Linus Jr. (Salisbury)
The inventor of the cylinder lock