List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees

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Main article: National Inventors Hall of Fame

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).

Key[]

Key
* 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[]

Induction Inductee Birth Death Notable NIHF[1]
2020 James Abercrombie 1891 1975 Blowout preventer (BOP) [1]
1997 Edward Goodrich Acheson 1856 1931 Carborundum [2]
2020 Stewart Adams 1923 2019 Ibuprofen [3]
2018 Leonard Adleman 1945 — RSA cryptography [4]
2008 Robert Adler 1913 2007 Television remote control [5]
2006 Herman Affel 1893 1972 Coaxial cable [6]
2014 Howard Aiken 1900 1973 Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I) [7]
2016 JD Albert 1975 — Electronic ink [8]
2015 George Edward Alcorn, Jr. 1940 — X-ray spectrometer [9]
2013 Samuel W. Alderson 1914 2005 Crash test dummy [10]
1983 Ernst Alexanderson* 1878 1975 High frequency alternator for radio [11]
1983 Andrew Alford 1904 1992 VHF omnidirectional range [12]
2007 Samuel Leeds Allen 1841 1918 Flexible flyer sled [13]
1978 Luis Walter Alvarez 1911 1988 Radar, liquid hydrogen bubble chamber [14]
2017 1953 — Lead-free solder [15]
2011 Mary Anderson 1866 1953 Windshield wiper [16]
2020 R. Rox Anderson 1950 — Laser dermatology [17]
2016 Roger Angel 1941 — Telescope mirror cell [18]
2014 George Antheil 1900 1959 Frequency-hopping spread spectrum [19]
2011 Thomas Armat 1866 1948 Movie projector [20]
1980 Edwin Howard Armstrong* 1890 1954 FM radio [21]
2017 Don Arney 1947 — Bambi Bucket for aerial firefighting [22]
2014 Frances Arnold 1956 — Evolution of enzymes [23]
2019 Chieko Asakawa 1958 — Home Page Reader [24]
2013 Arthur Ashkin 1922 2020 Optical trapping [25]
2009 Mohamed M. Atalla 1924 2009 MOSFET transistor, silicon semiconductor surface passivation, ATM PIN security system [26]
2007 Alpheus Babcock 1785 1842 Cast iron piano frame [27]
1997 George Herman Babcock 1832 1893 Water-tube boiler [28]
2016 Roger Bacon 1926 2007 Carbon fibers [29]
1978 Leo Baekeland 1863 1944 Bakelite [30]
2019 1917 2003 Thiazide diuretics (Chlorothiazide) [31]
2010 Ralph Baer 1922 2014 Video game console [32]
2002 Rodney Bagley 1934 — Substrate for catalytic converters [33]
2005 Matthias W. Baldwin 1795 1866 Steam locomotive [34]
2016 Bantval Jayant Baliga 1948 — Insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) [35]
2001 Robert Banks 1921 1989 Polyethylene and polypropylene plastics [36]
2004 Frederick Banting 1891 1941 Isolated and purified insulin [37]
2007 Paul Baran 1926 2011 Digital packet switching [38]
1974 John Bardeen* 1908 1991 Transistor [39]
2005 C. Donald Bateman 1932 — Ground proximity warning system [40]
2006 Andrew Jackson Beard 1849 1921 Janney coupler for railroad cars [41]
1987 Arnold Orville Beckman 1900 2004 pH meter [42]
1998 Semi Joseph Begun 1905 1995 Magnetic recording [43]
1974 Alexander Graham Bell 1847 1922 Telephone [44]
2008 Ruth R. Benerito 1916 2013 Wrinkle-free cotton [45]
1991 Willard Harrison Bennett 1903 1987 Mass spectrometry [46]
2020 Evelyn Berezin 1925 2018 Computer systems for business use [47]
1994 Emile Berliner 1851 1929 Gramophone and microphone [48]
2017 Carolyn Bertozzi 1966 — Bioorthogonal Chemistry [49]
2002 Henry Bessemer 1813 1898 Bessemer process for steel production [50]
2004 Charles Herbert Best 1899 1978 Isolation of insulin [51]
2019 1914 1996 Thiazide diuretics (Chlorothiazide) [52]
2006 Erastus Brigham Bigelow 1814 1879 Powered loom [53]
2011 Edwin Binney 1866 1934 Carbon black manufacturing [54]
1994 Gerd Binnig 1947 — Scanning tunneling microscope [55]
1995 Forrest Bird 1921 2015 Respirator / Ventilator [56]
2013 1918 2011 Radioisotope thermoelectric generator [57]
2005 Clarence Birdseye 1886 1956 Frozen food [58]
2007 László Bíró 1899 1985 Ballpoint pen [59]
2013 Donald Bitzer 1934 — Plasma display [60]
1981 Harold Stephen Black 1898 1983 Feedback amplifier [61]
2019 1883 1951 Portable hand-held electric drill [62]
2007 Eli Whitney Blake 1795 1886 Rock crusher [63]
2006 Helen Blanchard 1840 1922 Innovations to sewing machine [64]
2006 Thomas Blanchard 1788 1864 Pattern lathe [65]
2020 1954 — 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) [66]
2007 Katharine Burr Blodgett 1898 1979 Langmuir-Blodgett film [67]
2002 Samuel E. Blum 1920 2013 LASIK eye surgery [68]
1993 Baruch Samuel Blumberg 1925 2011 Vaccine for hepatitis B [69]
2007 James Bogardus 1800 1874 Iron frame building [70]
2002 Nils Bohlin 1920 2002 Safety belt [71]
2020 1956 — Bend-insensitive optical fiber [72]
2006 Gail Borden 1801 1874 Process for condensed milk [73]
2006 Carl Bosch 1874 1940 Haber–Bosch process for ammonia production [74]
2008 Amar Bose 1929 2013 Audio feedback control [75]
1997 Robert W. Bower 1936 — Self-aligned-gate MOSFET transistor [76]
2014 Bill Bowerman 1911 1999 Modern athletic shoe [77]
2006 Seth Boyden 1788 1870 Process for making malleable iron [78]
2001 Herbert Boyer 1936 — Genetic engineering [79]
2014 Otis Boykin 1920 1982 Electrical resistor [80]
2006 Willard Boyle 1924 2011 Charge-coupled device [81]
2006 Milton Bradley 1836 1911 Game board [82]
2006 Jacques E. Brandenberger 1872 1954 Cellophane [83]
2016 Per-Ingvar Brånemark 1929 2014 Dental implant [84]
1992 Charles F. Brannock 1903 1992 Brannock device for foot measuring [85]
1974 Walter Houser Brattain 1902 1987 Transistor [86]
2010 Yvonne Brill 1924 2013 Electrothermal hydrazine resistojet [87]
2013 Garrett Brown 1942 — Steadicam camera stabilizer [88]
1994 Rachel Fuller Brown 1898 1980 Nystatin (antifungal / antibiotic) [89]
2007 John Browning 1855 1926 Breech-loading rifle [90]
2006 Charles F. Brush 1849 1929 Arc light for street lighting [91]
2020 1893 1963 Hard hat [92]
2010 1910 2008 Diamond synthesis [93]
1986 Luther Burbank 1849 1926 Plant breeding [94]
1995 Joseph H. Burckhalter 1912 2004 Isothiocyanates [95]
2015 John F. Burke 1922 2011 Artificial skin [96]
1987 William Seward Burroughs I 1857 1898 Adding machine [97]
1984 William Merriam Burton 1865 1954 Catalytic cracking [98]
2004 Vannevar Bush 1890 1974 Differential analyzer [99]
2006 Edward A. Calahan 1838 1912 Stock ticker [100]
2020 1872 1928 Blowout preventer (BOP) [101]
1999 Donald L. Campbell 1904 2002 Catalytic cracking [102]
2011 George Ashley Campbell 1870 1954 Loading coil [103]
1985 Marvin Camras 1916 1995 Magnetic recording [104]
1981 Chester Carlson 1906 1968 Xerographic printing [105]
1984 Wallace Carothers 1896 1937 Synthetic rubber, nylon [106]
1985 Willis Carrier 1876 1950 Air conditioner [107]
2003 George Robert Carruthers 1939 2020 Ultraviolet camera [108]
2018 Marvin H. Caruthers 1940 — Chemical synthesis of DNA [109]
1990 George Washington Carver 1864 1943 Peanut products [110]
2003 Frank Cepollina 1936 — Satellite servicing techniques [111]
2006 Vint Cerf 1943 — Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) [112]
2008 Daryl Chapin 1906 1995 Silicon solar cell [113]
2007 Emmett Chappelle 1925 2019 Bioluminescence [114]
2008 John Charnley 1911 1982 Acetabular socket [115]
2015 Mary-Dell Chilton 1939 — Transgenic plant [116]
2009 Alfred Y. Cho* 1937 — Molecular beam epitaxy [117]
2015 Edith Clarke 1883 1959 Graphical calculator [118]
2007 Georges Claude 1870 1960 Neon lighting [119]
2006 Josephine Cochrane 1839 1913 Dishwasher [120]
2001 Stanley Norman Cohen 1935 — Genetic engineering [121]
2004 James Collip 1892 1965 Isolated and purified insulin [122]
2006 Samuel Colt 1814 1862 Colt revolver with interchangeable parts [123]
1988 Frank B. Colton 1923 2003 Oral contraceptives [124]
2016 Barrett Comiskey 1975 — Electronic ink [125]
1992 Lloyd Conover 1923 2017 Tetracycline [126]
1975 William D. Coolidge 1873 1975 X-ray tube [127]
2006 Peter Cooper 1791 1883 Steam locomotive [128]
2004 Harry Coover 1917 2011 Superglue [129]
2006 George Henry Corliss 1817 1888 Improvements to steam engine [130]
2006 Martha Coston 1826 1904 Signal flare used for ships [131]
1992 Frederick Gardner Cottrell 1877 1948 Electrostatic precipitator [132]
2004 Wallace H. Coulter 1913 1998 Coulter principle [133]
2010 Jacques Cousteau 1910 1997 Diving unit [134]
2007 Joshua Lionel Cowen 1877 1965 Toy train [135]
2006 Eckley Coxe 1839 1895 Traveling grate furnace [136]
1997 Seymour Cray 1925 1996 Supercomputer [137]
2007 George Crompton 1829 1886 Loom [138]
2014 David Crosthwait 1898 1976 Heating and ventilation system [139]
2003 Glenn Curtiss 1878 1930 Hydroplane [140]
2007 David Cushman 1939 2000 Captopril [141]
2020 1967 — Mobile robotic material handling [142]
2006 Gottlieb Daimler 1834 1900 Design of automobile and motorcycle engines [143]
1989 Raymond Vahan Damadian 1936 — Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [144]
2013 John Daugman 1954 — Iris recognition algorithm [145]
2007 Donald Davies 1924 2000 Digital packet switching [146]
1977 Lee De Forest* 1873 1961 Audion amplifier tube [147]
1999 George de Mestral 1907 1990 Velcro [148]
1997 Mark Dean 1957 — Computer peripherals [149]
2019 Alonzo G. Decker Jr. 1884 1956 Portable hand-held electric drill [150]
1989 John Deere 1804 1886 Farm plow [151]
1997 Robert H. Dennard* 1932 — Dynamic random access memory (DRAM) [152]
2011 George Devol 1912 2011 Industrial robot [153]
2011 Albert Dick 1856 1934 Duplicating machine [154]
2017 Earle Dickson 1892 1961 Band-Aid self-adhesive bandages [155]
1976 Rudolf Diesel 1858 1913 Internal-combustion engine [156]
2011 Whitfield Diffie 1944 — Public-key cryptography [157]
2014 Richard DiMarchi 1952 — Insulin Lispro [158]
2000 Walt Disney 1901 1966 Multiplane camera [159]
1978 Carl Djerassi 1923 2015 Oral contraceptives [160]
2004 Ray Dolby 1933 2013 Dolby noise reduction [161]
2015 Marion Donovan 1917 1998 Waterproof diaper cover [162]
1983 Herbert Henry Dow 1866 1930 Bromine extraction [163]
1981 Charles Stark Draper 1901 1987 Stabilizing gyroscopic [164]
2014 Mildred Dresselhaus 1930 2017 Lattice structure [165]
2015 Charles R. Drew 1904 1950 Surgical needle [166]
2007 Richard Gurley Drew 1899 1980 Adhesive tape [167]
2007 Philip Drinker 1894 1972 Iron lung [168]
2006 John Boyd Dunlop 1840 1921 Pneumatic tire [169]
1990 1934 2009 Cimetidine [170]
2014 1897 1980 Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I) [171]
1977 George Eastman 1854 1932 Photography [172]
2010 Roger L. Easton 1921 2014 TIMATION satellite navigation system [173]
2002 J. Presper Eckert 1919 1995 ENIAC [174]
1986 Harold Eugene Edgerton 1903 1990 Stroboscope photography [175]
1973 Thomas Edison 1847 1931 Electric lighting, motion pictures, phonograph [176]
2007 Alfred Einhorn 1856 1917 Novocain [177]
2008 Willem Einthoven 1860 1927 Electrocardiograph [178]
1991 Gertrude B. Elion 1918 1999 Antileukemic drug [179]
2011 Carleton Ellis 1876 1941 Margarine [180]
1990 1939 — Cimetidine [181]
2012 Akira Endo 1933 — Mevastatin [182]
1998 Douglas Engelbart 1925 2013 Computer mouse [183]
1993 John Ericsson 1803 1889 Screw propeller [184]
2006 Lloyd Espenschied* 1889 1986 Coaxial cable [185]
2001 Oliver Evans 1755 1819 High-pressure steam engine [186]
2007 Ole Evinrude 1877 1934 Outboard motor [187]
2003 Maxime Faget 1921 2004 Space capsule design [188]
1996 Federico Faggin 1941 — Microprocessor, silicon-gate MOSFET transistor [189]
2006 Moses G. Farmer 1820 1893 Electric fire alarm system [190]
1984 Philo Farnsworth 1906 1971 Television [191]
1998 James Fergason 1934 2008 Liquid crystal display [192]
1976 Enrico Fermi 1901 1954 Nuclear fission [193]
2000 Reginald Fessenden* 1866 1932 AM radio [194]
2006 Harvey Samuel Firestone 1868 1938 Pneumatic tire [195]
2006 John Fitch 1743 1798 Steamboat [196]
2004 Edith M. Flanigen 1929 — Molecular sieves [197]
2013 1927 — Iris recognition algorithm [198]
2001 Thomas J. Fogarty 1934 — Fogarty embolectomy catheter [199]
2010 Judah Folkman 1933 2008 Angiogenesis inhibition [200]
1982 Henry Ford 1863 1947 Automobile [201]
1979 Jay Wright Forrester* 1918 2016 Random access memory (RAM) [202]
2011 Eric Fossum 1957 — CMOS active pixel image sensor camera-on-a-chip [203]
2007 John E. Franz 1929 — Roundup glyphosate herbicide [204]
2000 1913 2000 Glucose detection for diabetes [205]
2000 Helen Murray Free 1923 2021 Glucose detection for diabetes [206]
2009 Ross Freeman 1948 1989 Field-programmable gate array (FPGA) [207]
2017 Harold E. Froehlich 1922 2007 Deep-sea submersible [208]
2009 Dov Frohman 1939 — Erasable programmable read only memory array (EPROM) [209]
2010 Arthur Fry 1931 — Post-it notes [210]
2008 Calvin Souther Fuller 1902 1994 Silicon solar cell [211]
2006 Robert Fulton 1765 1815 Steamboat [212]
2012 Dennis Gabor* 1900 1979 Electron holography [213]
2014 Ashok Gadgil 1950 — Water disinfection [214]
2010 Émile Gagnan 1900 1979 Aqua-lung diving equipment [215]
2004 Robert Gallo 1937 — HIV isolation [216]
2017 Haren S. Gandhi 1941 2010 Automotive exhaust catalyst [217]
1990 C. Robin Ganellin 1934 — Cimetidine [218]
1996 Edmund Germer 1901 1987 Fluorescent lighting [219]
2004 Ivan A. Getting 1912 2003 Global Positioning System (GPS) [220]
2004 John Heysham Gibbon 1903 1973 Heart-lung machine [221]
2007 King C. Gillette 1855 1932 Safety razor [222]
1990 Charles Ginsburg 1920 1992 Video tape recording [223]
2006 Joseph Glidden 1813 1906 Barbed wire [224]
1979 Robert H. Goddard 1882 1945 Solid fuel rockets [225]
2007 William Goddard 1913 1997 Hard drive and floppy disk [226]
2005 Leopold Godowsky, Jr. 1900 1983 Kodachrome [227]
2007 Peter Carl Goldmark 1906 1977 Long playing record [228]
2011 Hannibal Goodwin 1822 1900 Transparent flexible nitrocellulose [229]
1976 Charles Goodyear 1800 1860 Vulcanization of rubber [230]
2006 Robert W. Gore 1937 2020 Gore-Tex [231]
1991 Gordon Gould 1920 2005 Optically pumped laser amplifier [232]
2006 Zénobe Gramme 1826 1901 Direct-current dynamo [233]
2007 Elisha Gray 1835 1901 Telegraph and telephone improvements [234]
1986 Wilson Greatbatch 1919 2011 Heart pacemaker [235]
1991 Leonard Greene 1918 2006 Aircraft stall warning [236]
2003 Leroy Grumman 1895 1982 Retractable landing gear, folding wing [237]
2005 Robert Gundlach 1926 2010 Photocopier [238]
2015 Jaap Haartsen 1963 — Bluetooth wireless technology [239]
2006 Fritz Haber 1868 1934 Ammonia production process [240]
1976 Charles Martin Hall 1863 1914 Aluminum production process [241]
2004 Lloyd Hall 1894 1971 Food preservation [242]
1994 Robert N. Hall 1919 2016 Magnetron [243]
2007 1827 1880 Railroad signal [244]
2010 Tracy Hall 1919 2008 Synthetic diamond [245]
2006 Andrew Smith Hallidie 1836 1900 Cable car [246]
2014 1898 1972 Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I) [247]
2011 John Hays Hammond, Jr. 1888 1965 Radio control [248]
1991 William Edward Hanford 1908 1996 Polyurethane [249]
2017 Eli Harari 1945 — Floating-gate EEPROM [250]
2010 Walter Lincoln Hawkins 1911 1992 Polymer cable sheath [251]
1994 Elizabeth Lee Hazen 1885 1975 Nystatin (antifungal / antibiotic) [252]
2017 Howard Head 1914 1991 Laminated ski; oversized tennis racket [253]
2002 M. Stephen Heilman 1933 — Defibrillator [254]
2009 George H. Heilmeier* 1936 2014 Electro-optic liquid crystal device [255]
2011 Martin Hellman 1945 — Public-key cryptography [256]
2011 François Hennebique 1842 1921 Reinforced concrete construction [257]
2006 Beulah Louise Henry 1887 1973 Ice cream freezer [258]
2011 Peter Cooper Hewitt 1861 1921 Mercury-vapor lamp [259]
1992 William Redington Hewlett 1913 2001 Audio oscillator [260]
2017 Beatrice Hicks 1919 1979 Device for sensing gas density [261]
2019 Andrew Higgins 1886 1952 Landing Craft Vehicle Personnel (LCVP) [262]
1985 Rene Alphonse Higonnet 1902 1983 Photocomposing machine [263]
2007 Maurice Hilleman 1919 2005 Vaccines [264]
1980 James Hillier 1915 2007 Electron microscope [265]
2006 Richard March Hoe 1812 1886 Rotary printing press [266]
2009 Jean Hoerni 1924 1997 Planar manufacturing process [267]
1996 Marcian Hoff 1937 — Microprocessor [268]
2002 Felix Hoffmann 1868 1946 Aspirin [269]
2001 J. Paul Hogan 1919 2012 Polypropylene and HDPE [270]
2007 John Philip Holland 1841 1914 Submarine [271]
1990 Herman Hollerith 1860 1929 Punch card tabulator [272]
2006 Alexander Lyman Holley 1832 1882 Steelmaking [273]
2006 Birdsill Holly 1820 1894 Fire hydrant [274]
1991 Donald F. Holmes 1910 1980 Polyurethane [275]
2008 Nick Holonyak* 1928 — visible light emitting diode [276]
2006 Benjamin Holt 1849 1920 Track-type tractor [277]
2018 Stan Honey 1955 — Sports broadcast graphic enhancements [278]
2007 Leroy Hood 1938 — DNA sequencer [279]
2008 Erna Schneider Hoover 1926 — Computerized telephone switching [280]
2009 Larry J. Hornbeck 1943 — Spatial light modulator and method [281]
1990 Eugene Houdry 1892 1962 Catalytic cracking [282]
2007 Godfrey Hounsfield 1919 2004 CT scan [283]
2004 Elias Howe 1819 1867 Sewing machine [284]
2006 George Hulett 1846 1923 Loading and unloading machine [285]
2014 Chuck Hull 1939 — Stereolithography [286]
2006 Walter Hunt 1796 1859 Safety pin [287]
2006 John Wesley Hyatt 1837 1920 Celluloid [288]
2000 James Franklin Hyde 1903 1999 Transparent silica [289]
2006 Simon Ingersoll 1818 1894 Steam powered rock drill [290]
2011 Frederic Eugene Ives 1856 1937 Color photography [291]
2013 Irwin M. Jacobs 1933 — Code-division multiple access (CDMA) [292]
2016 Joseph Jacobson 1965 — Electronic ink [293]
2006 Ali Javan 1926 2016 Helium-neon laser [294]
2017 Allene Jeanes 1906 1995 Dextran production; xanthan gum [295]
2005 Alec Jeffreys 1950 — Genetic fingerprinting [296]
2011 Charles Francis Jenkins 1867 1934 Movie projector [297]
2015 Thomas Jennings 1791 1859 Dry scouring [298]
2012 Steve Jobs 1955 2011 Personal computer, mobile phone, animated movie, digital publishing [299]
2008 Amos E. Joel, Jr.* 1918 2008 Mobile communication system [300]
2008 Clarence Johnson 1910 1990 Fighter jet, afterburning means for Turbojet [301]
2015 Kristina M. Johnson 1957 — Polarization-control technology [302]
2018 Warren S. Johnson 1847 1911 Temperature control [303]
2007 Frederick McKinley Jones 1893 1961 Refrigeration [304]
2018 1921 2005 Conformal antenna [305]
2017 1941 — Industrial laser [306]
2013 Kenneth Jordan 1921 2008 Radioisotope thermoelectric generator [307]
1990 Percy Lavon Julian 1899 1975 Cortisone synthesis [308]
2006 Bob Kahn 1938 — Internet Protocol (IP) [309]
2009 Dawon Kahng 1931 1992 Electric field controlled semiconductor device, MOSFET transistor [310]
2003 Charles Kaman 1919 2011 Innovations to helicopter [311]
2005 Dean Kamen 1951 — Ambulatory infusion pump [312]
2016 1939 2009 Auto-injector [313]
1993 Donald Keck 1941 — Optical fiber [314]
2006 John Harvey Kellogg 1852 1943 Breakfast cereal [315]
2004 Charles Kelman 1930 2004 Cataract surgery [316]
2011 c. 1860 1911 Solar water heater [317]
1980 Charles F. Kettering 1876 1958 Electric ignition [318]
2006 Mary Dixon Kies 1752 1837 Process for weaving straw [319]
1982 Jack Kilby* 1923 2005 Integrated circuit [320]
2007 Albert Kingsbury 1863 1943 Thrust bearing [321]
2006 1909 1998 Fiberglass [322]
2006 Margaret E. Knight 1838 1914 Paper bag machine [323]
2019 1949 — LabVIEW [324]
1985 Willem Johan Kolff 1911 2009 Artificial heart [325]
2003 Paul Kollsman 1900 1982 Altimeter [326]
2000 William Justin Kroll 1889 1973 Titanium [327]
2002 Raymond Kurzweil 1948 — Optical character recognition [328]
1995 Stephanie Kwolek 1923 2014 Kevlar [329]
2002 Irwin Lachman 1930 — Catalytic converter [330]
2014 Clair Lake 1888 1958 Automatic sequence controlled calculator (Harvard Mark I) [331]
2014 Hedy Lamarr 1914 2000 Frequency-hopping spread spectrum [332]
1977 Edwin H. Land 1909 1991 Polaroid [333]
2002 Alois Langer 1945 — Defibrillator [334]
2006 Robert S. Langer 1948 — Drug delivery [335]
1989 Irving Langmuir 1881 1957 Electric lighting [336]
2007 L. L. Langstroth 1810 1895 Beehive [337]
2010 1922 1972 Polymer cable sheath [338]
2006 Lewis Howard Latimer 1848 1928 Filament for electric light bulb [339]
2007 Paul Lauterbur* 1929 2007 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [340]
1982 Ernest Lawrence 1901 1958 Cyclotron [341]
2016 1945 — Signal processing in telecommunications [342]
1993 Bill Lear 1902 1978 8-track system, car radio [343]
2013 Joseph Lechleider 1933 2015 Digital subscriber line (DSL) [344]
1990 Robert Ledley 1926 2012 Whole-body CAT scan [345]
2019 Joseph Lee 1849 1908 Bread machine [346]
2017 Tom Leighton 1956 — Content delivery network [347]
2011 Henry M. Leland 1843 1932 Interchangeable parts for automobiles [348]
2017 Daniel Lewin 1970 2001 Content delivery network [349]
2002 1936 — Catalytic converter [350]
2020 1959 — Bend-insensitive optical fiber [351]
2017 Frances Ligler 1951 — Portable optical air sensor [352]
2020 Lisa Lindahl 1948 — Sports bra [353]
2003 Edwin Albert Link 1904 1981 Link Trainer [354]
2012 Barbara Liskov 1939 — Programming Languages and System Design [355]
2007 Oliver Lodge 1851 1940 Wireless telegraphy [356]
2013 Alfred Loomis 1887 1975 Long range navigation system (LORAN) [357]
2007 Auguste Lumière 1862 1954 Cinématographe [358]
2007 Louis Lumière 1864 1948 Cinématographe [359]
2007 1921 1994 Hard drive [360]
2015 Paul B. MacCready 1925 2007 Gossamer Condor [361]
2009 1940 — Ion implantation [362]
2011 Stanley Macomber 1887 1967 Open web steel joist [363]
1984 Theodore Harold Maiman 1927 2007 Laser [364]
2009 1925 2014 Ion implantation [365]
2005 Leopold Mannes 1899 1964 Kodachrome [366]
2007 Peter Mansfield 1933 2017 Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) [367]
1975 Guglielmo Marconi* 1874 1937 Radio [368]
2011 Warren Marrison 1896 1980 Quartz clock [369]
1999 1910 1993 Catalytic cracking [370]
2006 John Landis Mason 1832 1902 Mason jar [371]
2006 Jan Ernst Matzeliger 1852 1889 Shoe lasting [372]
2002 John Mauchly 1907 1980 ENIAC [373]
1993 Robert D. Maurer 1924 — Optical fiber [374]
2006 Hiram Stevens Maxim 1840 1916 Maxim gun, smokeless gunpowder [375]
2007 Wilhelm Maybach 1846 1929 Carburetor and radiator [376]
1996 Stanley Mazor 1941 — Central processing unit (CPU) [377]
1976 Cyrus McCormick 1809 1884 Mechanical reaper [378]
2001 Elijah McCoy 1844 1929 Engine lubricator [379]
2020 James McEwen 1948 — Automatic surgical tourniquet [380]
2008 Ray McIntire 1918 1996 Styrofoam [381]
2008 Malcom McLean 1913 2001 Shipping containers [382]
2008 Harold McMaster 1916 2003 Tempered glass [383]
2009 Carver Mead 1934 — Very large scale integration (VLSI) [384]
1982 Ottmar Mergenthaler 1854 1899 Linotype [385]
2011 Ralph Merkle 1952 — Public-key cryptography [386]
2007 Robert Metcalfe* 1946 — Ethernet [387]
2011 Gary K. Michelson 1949 — Spinal surgical devices [388]
2003 Thomas Midgley, Jr. 1889 1944 Ethyl gasoline, fluorocarbon refrigerants [389]
2007 Alexander Miles 1838 1918 Improving method of opening and closing elevator doors [390]
2020 Hinda Miller 1950 — Sports bra [391]
2006 Lewis Miller 1829 1899 Combine harvester [392]
1993 Irving Millman 1923 2012 Vaccine for hepatitis B [393]
2002 Michel Mirowski 1924 1990 Defibrillator [394]
2018 Sumita Mitra 1949 — Nanocomposite dental materials [395]
1997 1950 — Computer peripherals [396]
1999 Bryan Molloy 1939 2004 Prozac [397]
2004 Luc Montagnier 1932 — HIV isolation and antibody test [398]
2013 Robert Moog 1934 2005 Moog synthesizer [399]
2009 Gordon Moore* 1929 — Semiconductor production [400]
2005 Garrett A. Morgan 1887 1963 Gas mask, three-way traffic signal [401]
1975 Samuel Morse 1791 1872 Telegraph [402]
2020 Mick Mountz 1965 — Mobile robotic material handling [403]
2002 Morton Mower 1933 — Implantable heart defibrillator [404]
1987 Andrew J. Moyer 1899 1959 Penicillin [405]
1985 Louis Marius Moyroud 1914 2010 Photocomposing machine [406]
2019 1923 1996 Stannous fluoride toothpaste [407]
1998 Kary Mullis 1944 2019 Polymerase chain reaction [408]
1999 Eger V. Murphree 1898 1962 Catalytic cracking [409]
2008 William P. Murphy Jr. 1923 — Blood bag and disposable medical trays [410]
2011 Thomas E. Murray 1860 1929 Early power generation [411]
2011 Eadweard Muybridge 1830 1904 Stop action photography [412]
2015 Shuji Nakamura 1954 — Blue LED [413]
2019 1914 1978 Stannous fluoride toothpaste [414]
2011 Walther Nernst 1864 1941 Metallic filament incandescent lamp [415]
2020 1925 1983 Ibuprofen [416]
1996 Julius Nieuwland 1878 1936 Synthetic rubber [417]
1998 Alfred Nobel 1833 1896 Dynamite [418]
2007 Arthur Nobile 1920 2004 Prednisone [419]
2003 John Knudsen Northrop 1895 1981 Flying wing plane [420]
2019 1916 1986 Thiazide diuretics (Chlorothiazide) [421]
1983 Robert Noyce* 1927 1990 Integrated circuit [422]
2004 Bernard M. Oliver 1916 1995 Pulse-code modulation [423]
1990 Ken Olsen 1926 2011 Magnetic core memory [424]
2007 Miguel Ondetti 1930 2004 Captopril [425]
1988 Elisha Otis 1811 1861 Elevator brake [426]
1981 Nicolaus Otto 1832 1891 Otto cycle for internal combustion engine [427]
2015 Stanford R. Ovshinsky 1922 2012 Nickel-metal hydride battery [428]
2007 Michael Joseph Owens 1859 1923 Bottle making machine [429]
2006 Charles Grafton Page 1812 1868 High-voltage induction coil [430]
2006 William Painter 1838 1906 Bottle cap [431]
2008 David Pall 1914 2004 Filtration technology [432]
2006 Julio Palmaz 1945 — Intravascular stent [433]
1988 Louis W. Parker 1906 1993 Television receiver [434]
2004 Bradford Parkinson 1935 — Global positioning system (GPS) [435]
1993 John T. Parsons 1913 2007 Numerical control [436]
1978 Louis Pasteur 1822 1895 Pasteurization [437]
2012 C. Kumar N. Patel* 1938 — Carbon dioxide laser [438]
2005 Les Paul 1915 2009 Solid-body electric guitar [439]
2018 Arogyaswami Paulraj 1944 — MIMO wireless technology [440]
2008 Gerald Pearson 1905 1987 Silicon solar cell [441]
2006 Lester Allan Pelton 1829 1908 Water wheel [442]
2018 Mary Engle Pennington 1872 1952 Food preservation and food storage [443]
2016 Radia Perlman 1951 — Network routing and bridging [444]
2011 Henry F. Phillips 1890 1958 Phillips screw [445]
2007 1831 1895 Velocipede [446]
2003 John R. Pierce* 1910 2002 Communications satellite [447]
2006 Gregory Goodwin Pincus 1903 1967 Oral contraceptives [448]
1979 Charles J. Plank 1915 1989 Catalytic cracking [449]
1985 Roy J. Plunkett 1910 1994 Teflon [450]
2011 Valdemar Poulsen 1869 1942 Magnetic wire recorder [451]
2006 George Pullman 1831 1897 Pullman car [452]
2011 Mihajlo Pupin 1858 1935 Loading coil [453]
2018 1967 — EZVI (Emulsified Zerovalent iron) [454]
2005 Jacob Rabinow 1910 1999 Optical character recognition [455]
2013 Grote Reber 1911 2002 Radio telescope [456]
2006 Louis Renault 1877 1944 Drum brake [457]
2007 Jesse W. Reno 1861 1947 Escalator [458]
2019 Rebecca Richards-Kortum 1964 — Medical devices for low-resource settings [459]
2008 1939 — Fluconazole [460]
2004 Norbert Rillieux 1806 1894 Refined sugar [461]
1994 Robert H. Rines 1922 2009 High resolution radar and sonar [462]
2019 Dennis Ritchie 1941 2011 UNIX operating system [463]
2011 James Ritty 1836 1918 Cash register [464]
2011 John Ritty 1834 1913 Cash register [465]
2018 Ronald Rivest 1947 — RSA cryptography [466]
2004 John A. Roebling 1806 1869 Suspension bridge [467]
2007 1856 1934 Automated typesetting [468]
1994 Heinrich Rohrer 1933 2013 Scanning tunneling microscope [469]
2012 Lubomyr Romankiw 1931 — Thin film magnetic heads [470]
2003 Harold Rosen 1926 2017 Geosynchronous communications satellite [471]
1979 1921 2000 Catalytic cracking [472]
1992 Benjamin Rubin 1917 2010 Vaccine needle [473]
2011 Wallace Clement Sabine 1868 1919 Architectural acoustics [474]
2017 1841 1914 Drywall [475]
2013 Aran Safir 1926 2007 Iris recognition algorithm [476]
1980 Lewis Hastings Sarett 1917 1999 Cortisone [477]
2011 Steven Sasson 1950 — Digital camera [478]
2006 Joseph Saxton 1799 1873 Measuring instruments [479]
1996 Arthur Leonard Schawlow 1921 1999 Laser [480]
1999 Klaus Schmiegel 1939 — Prozac [481]
1993 Peter C. Schultz 1942 — Optical fiber [482]
2019 Edmund O. Schweitzer III 1947 — Digital protective relay [483]
2005 Glenn T. Seaborg 1912 1999 Plutonium isolation [484]
2007 Charles Seeberger 1857 1931 Escalator [485]
1995 1925 — Isothiocyanates [486]
2007 William Sellers 1824 1905 Improvement in machine tools [487]
1995 Waldo Semon 1898 1999 Polyvinyl chloride [488]
1999 Gerhard M. Sessler 1931 — Electret microphone [489]
2018 Adi Shamir 1952 — RSA cryptography [490]
2004 Claude Shannon* 1916 2001 Pulse-code modulation [491]
2015 1962 — Polarization-control technology [492]
1995 John C. Sheehan 1915 1992 Structure and synthesis of penicillin [493]
2001 Patsy O'Connell Sherman 1930 2008 Scotchgard [494]
2018 Joseph Shivers 1920 2014 LYCRA fiber (Spandex) [495]
1974 William Shockley 1910 1989 Transistor [496]
2001 Christopher Latham Sholes 1819 1890 Typewriter [497]
2007 Frederick Ellsworth Sickels 1819 1895 Valve for steam engine [498]
1987 Igor Sikorsky 1889 1972 Helicopter [499]
2016 1922 2015 Microbiological food safety and testing [500]
2011 Bernard Silver 1924 1963 First optically scanned barcode [501]
2010 Spencer Silver 1941 — Post-it notes [502]
2020 1930 2016 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) [503]
2007 Samuel Slater 1768 1835 Cotton mill, spinning machine [504]
2006 Games Slayter 1896 1964 Fiberglass [505]
2013 H. Gene Slottow 1921 1989 Plasma display [506]
2020 Floyd Smith 1884 1956 Modern parachute [507]
2006 George E. Smith 1930 — Charge-coupled device [508]
2020 1949 — Sports bra [509]
2001 Samuel Smith 1927 2005 Scotchgard [510]
2006 James M. Spangler 1848 1915 Portable electric vacuum cleaner [511]
2016 William Sparks 1905 1976 Butyl rubber [512]
1999 Percy Spencer 1894 1970 Magnetron [513]
1991 Elmer Ambrose Sperry 1860 1930 Gyroscopic compass [514]
2006 Frank J. Sprague 1857 1934 Electric street car [515]
2019 1909 2000 Thiazide diuretics (Chlorothiazide) [516]
2002 Rangaswamy Srinivasan 1929 — LASIK eye surgery [517]
1995 William Stanley, Jr. 1858 1916 Induction coil [518]
2012 Gary Starkweather 1938 2019 Laser printer [519]
1977 Charles Steinmetz 1865 1923 Alternating current [520]
2005 Leo Sternbach 1908 2005 Benzodiazepines [521]
2006 John Stevens 1749 1838 Steam-powered transportation [522]
2008 1925 2009 Magnetic disk storage [523]
1983 George Stibitz 1904 1995 Digital computer [524]
2010 S. Donald Stookey 1915 2014 Glass ceramics [525]
2016 Harriet Strong 1844 1926 Water storage and flood control [526]
2010 1908 2002 Synthetic diamond [527]
2006 Almon Brown Strowger 1839 1902 Telephone dial [528]
2011 1872 1962 Borosilicate glass [529]
2006 Gideon Sundback 1880 1954 Zipper [530]
2016 Ivan Sutherland 1938 — Display windowing by clipping [531]
2006 Ambrose Swasey 1846 1937 Improvements to telescope [532]
1996 Leó Szilárd 1898 1964 Neutronic atomic reactor [533]
1986 1900 1974 Pentothal [534]
2006 Charles Sumner Tainter 1854 1940 Innovations in sound recording [535]
2011 Esther Sans Takeuchi 1953 — Lithium/silver-vanadium oxide battery [536]
2020 1967 — Bend-insensitive optical fiber [537]
2018 Ching W. Tang 1947 — Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) [538]
2016 Welton Taylor 1919 2012 Microbiological food safety and testing [539]
2009 Gordon Kidd Teal* 1907 2003 Silicon transistor [540]
2012 Mária Telkes* 1900 1995 Solar thermal storage system [541]
2018 Paul Terasaki 1929 2016 Tissue typing for organ transplants, Terasaki tray [542]
2007 Eli Terry 1772 1852 Innovations in clockmaking [543]
1975 Nikola Tesla 1856 1943 Induction motor [544]
2006 1907 1991 Fiberglass [545]
2016 Robert M. Thomas 1908 1984 Butyl rubber [546]
2012 1940 — Thin film magnetic heads [547]
2019 Ken Thompson 1943 — UNIX operating system [548]
2006 Elihu Thomson 1853 1937 Arc lamp [549]
2007 Louis Comfort Tiffany 1848 1933 Stained glass [550]
1998 Henry Timken 1831 1909 Tapered roller ball bearings [551]
1982 Max Tishler 1906 1989 Synthetic vitamins [552]
1976 Charles Hard Townes* 1915 2015 Laser [553]
2019 James Truchard 1943 — LabVIEW [554]
1999 1905 1977 Catalytic cracking [555]
2006 William E. Upjohn 1853 1932 Tablet for delivering medicine [556]
2007 Theophilus Van Kannel 1841 1919 Revolving door [557]
2018 Steven Van Slyke 1956 — Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) [558]
2013 Andrew Viterbi 1935 — Code-division multiple access (CDMA) [559]
1986 Ernest H. Volwiler 1893 1992 Pentothal [560]
2003 Theodore von Kármán 1881 1963 Turbojet [561]
2003 Hans von Ohain 1911 1998 Turbojet [562]
2011 Carl Auer von Welsbach 1858 1929 Improvements to gas lighting [563]
2019 1953 — Microarray [564]
2005 Selman Waksman 1888 1973 Streptomycin [565]
1988 An Wang 1920 1990 Magnetic core memory [566]
2009 Frank Wanlass 1933 2010 Complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) [567]
2019 1955 — Digital non-linear editing system [568]
2006 Lewis Waterman 1837 1901 Fountain pen [569]
2011 Thomas A. Watson 1854 1934 Improvements to telephone [570]
2010 Robert H. Wentorf, Jr. 1926 1997 Synthetic diamond [571]
1999 James Edward Maceo West 1931 — Electret microphone [572]
1989 George Westinghouse 1846 1914 Air brake system [573]
2006 Edward Weston 1850 1936 Portable voltmeter [574]
2007 Squire Whipple 1804 1888 Iron truss bridge [575]
2003 Richard T. Whitcomb 1921 2009 Supercritical wing [576]
2011 Rollin H. White 1872 1962 Flash boiler for generating steam-controlled differential steering [577]
2014 Willis Whitfield 1919 2012 Clean room [578]
1974 Eli Whitney 1765 1825 Cotton gin [579]
2003 Frank Whittle 1907 1996 Jet engine [580]
2007 Otto Wichterle 1913 1998 Soft contact lens [581]
2009 Bob Widlar 1937 1991 Linear integrated circuit [582]
1997 Stephen Wilcox 1830 1893 Water-tube boiler [583]
1991 Robert R. Williams 1886 1965 Vitamin synthesis [584]
2003 Sam B. Williams 1921 2009 Contributions to jet engine [585]
2013 1936 — Plasma display [586]
2010 1916 2009 Polymer cable sheath [587]
2006 Alexander Winton 1860 1932 Contributions to automobile, bicycle, and diesel engine [588]
2011 Norman Joseph Woodland 1921 2012 First optically scanned barcode [589]
2006 Granville Woods 1856 1910 Railroad telegraph [590]
2000 Steve Wozniak 1950 — Personal computer [591]
1975 Orville Wright 1871 1948 Airplane [592]
1975 Wilbur Wright 1867 1912 Airplane [593]
2020 Margaret Wu 1950 — Synthetic lubricants [594]
2020 1965 — Mobile robotic material handling [595]
2002 James J. Wynne 1943 — LASIK eye surgery [596]
2006 Linus Yale, Jr. 1821 1868 Cylinder lock [597]
2015 1935 — Artificial skin [598]
2012 Alejandro Zaffaroni 1923 2014 Drug delivery systems [599]
2007 Frank Zamboni 1901 1988 Ice resurfacer [600]
2006 Ferdinand von Zeppelin 1838 1917 Rigid airship [601]
1977 Vladimir K. Zworykin* 1888 1982 Cathode-ray tube [602]
2020 1894 1980 Center-pivot irrigation [603]

References[]

  1. ^ "Search for Famous Inventors". National Inventors Hall of Fame. Retrieved 17 August 2019.

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