active 1844-1929, patentee of the Lowne's portable spirometer, British Lowne, Robert Mann 1844 - 1929
1853-1917, inventor; camera manufacturer; manufacturer of optical devices; camera retailer, Belgian van Neck, Louis 1853 - 1917
1867-1944,active 1890-1920s, inventor; scientific & medical instrument maker, Austrian Castagna, Ludwig 1867 - 1944
1804-1867, printer; inventor of type of colour printing process, British, English Baxter, George 1804 - 1867
1808-1874, inventor; ship's propeller patentee; marine engineer, England, British Smith, Sir Francis Petit 1808 - 1874
c. 1864-1943, scientist; botanist; educator; inventor, African American Carver, George Washington 1864 - 1943
1737-1828, physician; inventor of an aerated water apparatus, British Nooth, Dr John Mervyn 1737 - 1828
1790-1878, inventor; Church of Scotland minister/clergyman, Scottish; British Stirling, Robert 1790 - 1878
1847-1922, teacher of deaf people; inventor of telephone, Scottish; American Bell, Alexander Graham 1847 - 1922
1834-1905, active 1880s, inventor of types of typewriter and sewing machine, British Cookson, Frederick Nesfield 1834 - 1905
1860-1935, electrical engineer; film-maker, inventor, born Brittany, France Dickson, William Kennedy Laurie 1860 - 1935
1846-1920, active 1888, machine maker; inventor of a type of air separator, British Moodie, Robert 1846 - 1920
1750-1813, engineer; inventor of the extinguisher pump/lift pump, German Löscher, Carl Emanuel 1750 - 1813
1765-1854, inventor of apparatus for saving life from shipwrecks, British Manby, George William 1765 - 1854
1816-1892, electrical engineer; inventor; industrialist, German Siemens, Ernst Werner von 1816 - 1892
1619-1682, inventor; Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, German Prince active in England Rupert 1619 - 1682
1732-1792, inventor of cotton-spinning machinery and cotton manufacturer, English; British Arkwright, Sir Richard 1732 - 1792
1907-1996, aeronautical engineer; inventor of the jet engine, British; English Whittle, Sir Frank 1907 - 1996
1833-1896, scientist; inventor; entrepreneur; author; pacifist; manufacturer of armaments, Swedish Nobel, Alfred Bernhard 1833 - 1896