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National Inventors Hall of Fame
133 connected Legacies
Eadweard MuybridgeEadweard Muybridge ( ED-wərd MY-brij; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an…Robert NoyceRobert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an…Hans von OhainHans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (14 December 1911 – 13 March 1998) was a German-American physicist, engineer, and…Bernard M. OliverBernard More Oliver (May 17, 1916 – November 23, 1995) also known as Barney Oliver, was an American…William PainterWilliam Painter (November 20, 1838 – July 15, 1906) was an American mechanical engineer, inventor and the founder…Les PaulLester William Polsfuss (June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009), known as Les Paul, was an American jazz,…Gerald PearsonGerald L. Pearson (March 31, 1905 – October 25, 1987) was an American physicist whose work on silicon…Mary Engle PenningtonMary Engle Pennington (October 8, 1872 – December 27, 1952) was an American bacteriological chemist, food scientist and…Roy J. PlunkettRoy Joseph Plunkett (June 26, 1910 – May 12, 1994) was an American chemist. He discovered polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE),…George PullmanGeorge Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed…Arthur Leonard SchawlowArthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist who, along with Charles…Patsy O'Connell ShermanPatsy O’Connell Sherman (September 15, 1930– February 11, 2008) was an American chemist and co-inventor of Scotchgard, a…William ShockleyWilliam Bradford Shockley (February 13, 1910 – August 12, 1989) was an American physicist. He was the manager…Frederick Ellsworth SickelsFrederick Ellsworth Sickels (September 20, 1819; Gloucester County, New Jersey – March 8, 1895; Kansas City) was an…Igor SikorskyIgor Ivanovich Sikorsky (25 May 1889 – 26 October 1972) was a Russian-American aviation pioneer in both helicopters…Bernard SilverBernard Silver (September 21, 1924 – August 28, 1963) was an American electrical engineer who co-invented the barcode…