penemu terkenal

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Nils Alwall, (1904-1986), Sweden – mesin dialisis
Archimedes, (circa 287 BC-212 BC), Greece
Manfred von Ardenne, (1907-1997), Germany
William George Armstrong, (1810-1900), England – hydraulic crane
Joseph Aspdin, (1788-1855), England – semen buatan
John Vincent Atanasoff, (1903-1995), Bulgaria – komputer modern
B
Charles Babbage, (1791-1871), England – Analytical engine
Leo Baekeland (1863-1944), Belgian-American – Velox photographic paper and Bakelite
Ralph Baer, (1922-), German born American – the home video game console.
John Logie Baird, (1888-1946), Scotland – a working television

John Bardeen, (1908-1991), USA – penemu (kedua) transistor.
Trevor Baylis, (1937- ) – menyelesaikan radio.
Arnold O. Beckman, (1900-2004), USA – pH meter (pengukur derajat keasaman).
Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), USA – telephone.
Karl Benz, (1844-1929), Germany – automobile bertenaga bensin.
Emile Berliner, (1851-1929), Germany and USA – the disc record gramophone.
Tim Berners-Lee, (1955-), England – with Robert Cailliau, the World Wide Web (www).
Bi Sheng, (?-1052), China – primitive movable printing types.
Katherine Blodgett, (1898-1979), England – glass (kaca) non reflektif.
Claudio Artemio Blotta, b. 1936 argentinian, Alat potong berbentuk lingkaran untuk kue.
Nils Bohlin, (1920-2002), Sweden – Sabuk pengaman tiga titik.
Joseph-Armand Bombardier, (1907-1964), Canada – snowmobile (mobil salju).
Seth Boyden, (1788-1870), USA – penemu mesin pembuat paku.
Walter Houser Brattain, (1902-1987), USA – co-inventor of the transistor
Louis Braille, (1809-1852), France – Sistim penulisan huruf Braille.
Karl Ferdinand Braun, (1850-1918), Germany – cathode-ray tube oscilloscope
Edwin Beard Budding, (1795-1846) England – lawnmower (mesin pemotong rumput).
Roger Bacon, (1214-1292) England – magnifying glass (kaca pembesar).
C
Ci Ln, (c. AD 50-121), China – Kertas.
Marvin Camras, (1916 – 1995), USA – magnetic recording (perekaman/pencatatan magnetik).
Chester Carlson, (1906-1968) USA – electrophotography.
Wallace Carothers, (1896-1937), USA – Nylon
Samuel Hunter Christie, (1784-1865), England – Wheatstone bridge (jembatan Wheatstone).
Christopher Cockerell, (1910-1999), England – Hovercraft (Kapal berbantal udara).
Jacques Cousteau, (1910-1997), France – penemu kedua aqualung (alat bernafas untuk menyelam).
Holger Crafoord, (1908-1982), Sweden – penemu artificial kidney (ginjal buatan).
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, (1725-1804), France – automobile.
Juan de la Cierva, (1895–1936), Spain – autogyro.
Richard Cinque, (1960-Current), USA – Penjepit Kaoskaki, Plate Caddy.
William Cullen, (1710-1790), Scotland – kulkas buatan pertama.

D
Gustaf Daln, (1869-1937), Sweden – penemu mercusuar (Lighthouse) AGA (American Gas Association)
Salvino D’Armate – diyakini sebagai penemu kacamata (eyeglasses) pada tahun 1284.
Lee DeForest, (1873-1961), USA – antara lain triode.
Sir James Dewar, (1842-1923), Scotland – Termos (Thermos flask)
William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, (1860-1935), Scotland – kamera gambar bergerak.
Rudolf Diesel, (1858-1913), Germany – Mesin Diesel (Diesel engine)
Karl Drais, (1785-1851), Germany – sepeda (bicycle (Draisine))
Cornelius Drebbel, (1572-1633), The Netherlands – kapal selam (submarine) pertama yang bisa dikemudikan.
Richard Drew, USA – Penemu solasi plastik.
E
George Eastman, (1854-1932), USA – roll film
Thomas Edison, (1847-1931), USA – diantaranya piringan (phonograph) bola lampu praktis.
Willem Einthoven, (1860-1927), Netherlands – the electrocardiogram
Douglas Engelbart, (1925-), USA – Mouse komputer  (computer mouse [1])
Rune Elmqvist (1857-1924), Sweden – Penemu alat pacu jantung yang bisa ditanam.
John Ericsson (1803-1889), Sweden -Penemu baling-baling dua kipas.
Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846-1926), Sweden – mikro telepon genggam.
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Philo Farnsworth, (1906-1971), USA – Penemu televisi tabung vakum  (vacuum tube television).
James Fergason, (1934-), USA – mengembangkan  display kristal cair (liquid crystal display).
Reginald Fessenden, (1866-1932), Canada – Penemu radio dua arah.
Adolf Eugen Fick, (1829-1901), Germany – penemu lensa kontak (contact lens)
Alexander Fleming (August 6, 1881 – March 11, 1955) England – Penemu penicillin
John Ambrose Fleming, (1848-1945), England – penemu vacuum diode
Benjamin Franklin, (1706-1790), USA – the pointed lightning rod conductor, bifocals
William Friese-Greene, (1855-1921), England – penemu cinematography
Buckminster Fuller, (1895-1983), USA – penemu kubah geodesik (geodesic dome)
G
Robert Goddard, (1882-1945), USA – liquid fuel rocket
Heinrich Gbel, (1818-1893), Germany – first functional incandescent lamp
Gordon Gould, (1920-2005), USA – laser
Richard Hall Gower, (1768-1833), United Kingdom – ship’s hull and rigging
Bette Nesmith Graham, (1924-1980), USA – Liquid Paper
Chester Greenwood, (1858-1937), USA – thermal earmuffs
James Gregory, (1638-1675), Scotland – reflecting telescope
William Robert Grove, (1811-1896), Wales – fuel cell
Otto von Guericke, (1602-1686), Germany – vacuum pump
Johann Gutenberg, (circa 1390s-1468), Germany – modern movable type printing press

H
John Hadley, (1682-1744) – the sextant
James Hargreaves, (1720-1778) England – invented the spinning jenny
John Harrison, (1693-1776) England – marine chronometer
Victor Hasselblad, (1906-1978), Sweden – invented the 6 x 6 cm single-lens reflex camera
Rudolf Hell, (1901-2002), Germany – the Hellschreiber
Jozef Karol Hell, (1713-1789) Slovakia -the water pillar
Joseph Henry, (1797-1898), USA – electromagnetic relay
Erna Schneider Hoover, USA – computerized telephone switching system
Frank Hornby, (1863-1936) England – invented Meccano

J
Jan Jansk, (1873-1921), Czechoslovakia – discoverer of blood types
Karl Jatho, (1873-1933), Germany – airplane
Carl Edvard Johansson, (1864-1943), Sweden – gage block sets
Johan Petter Johansson, (1853-1943), Sweden – the pipe wrench and the modern adjustable spanner
Nancy Johnson – American version of the hand cranked ice cream machine in (1843)

K
Charles F. Kettering (1876-1958) USA – invented automobile self-starter ignition, Freon ethyl gasoline and more
Jack Kilby, (1923-2005) USA – patented the first integrated circuit
Fritz Klatte, (1880-1934), Germany – vinyl chloride, forerunner to polyvinyl chloride
Margaret Knight, (1838-1914), USA – machine that completely constructs box-bottom brown paper bags
Ivan Knunyants – (1906-1990) Ukraine invented Nylon-6
Gleb Kotelnikov, (1872-1944), Russia – knapsack parachute
Stephanie Kwolek, (1923-), USA – Kevlar

L
Hedy Lamarr, (1913-2000), Austria and USA – Spread spectrum
Edwin H. Land, (1909-1991), USA – Polaroid polarizing filters and the Land Camera
Hkan Lans, (1942-), Sweden – STDMA datalink (Self organising Time Division Multiple Access), colour computer graphics
Irving Langmuir, (1851-1957), USA – gas filled incandescent lamp, hydrogen welding
Lewis Latimer – worked with Thomas Edison and patented an improved lightbulb manufacturing process
Gustav de Laval (1845-1913), Sweden – invented the milk separator and the milking machine
Sergei Vasiljevich Lebedev, (1874-1934), Russia – synthetic rubber
Tim Berners-Lee, ((June 8, 1955-)) England – world wide web
Leonardo da Vinci, (1452-1519), Italy
Justus von Liebig, (1803-1873), Germany – nitrogen-based fertilizer
Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, (1862-1931), Sweden – Kerosene stove operated by compressed air
Ivan Lupis-Vukic’, (1813-1875), Croatia – self-propelled torpedo

M
Guglielmo Marconi, (1874-1937), Italy – radio
Elijah McCoy, (1844-1929), USA – automatic lubricator for oiling steam engines
Jeremy McGowan, (1971-?), USA – Wound Dressing Impervious To Chemical And Biological Warfare Agents
Antonio Meucci, (1808-1896), Italy – the telephone
Narcis Monturiol i Estarriol, (1819-1885), Spain – steam powered submarine
Robert Moog, (1934-2005), USA – the Moog synthesizer
Montgolfier brothers, (1740-1810) and (1745-1799), France – hot-air balloon
Samuel Morey, (1762-1843), USA – internal combustion engine
Garrett A. Morgan, (1877-1963), USA – inventor of the gas mask, and traffic signal.
Samuel Morse, (1791-1872), USA – telegraph
Jozef Murgas (1864-1929), Slovakia – inventor of the wireless telegraph (forerunner of the radio).

N
Alfred Nobel, (1833-1896), Sweden – dynamite
Isaac Newton,(1642-1727), England – reflecting telescope (which reduces chromatic aberration)
Carl Rickard Nyberg, (1858-1939), Sweden – the blowtorch

O
Theophil Wilgodt Odhner, (1845-1903), Sweden – the Odhner Arithmometer, a mechanical calculator
Elisha Otis, (1811-1861), USA – passenger elevator and concommitant safety device

P
Helge Palmcrantz, (1842-1880), Sweden – the multi-barrel, lever-actuated, machine gun
Spede Pasanen, (1930-2001), Finland – The ski jumping sling
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, (1871-1922), Croatia – ball point pen
Gustaf Erik Pasch, (1788-1862), Sweden – the safety match
Henry Perky, (1843-1906), USA – Shredded wheat
Peter Petroff, (1919-2004), Bulgaria – digital wrist watch, heart monitor, weather instruments
Christopher Polhem, (1661-1751), Sweden – the modern padlock
Olivia Poole, (1889-1975), USA, White Earth Indian Reserve – the Jolly Jumper baby harness
Baltzar von Platen (1898-1984) Sweden – refrigerator
Mihajlo Pupin (1858-1935) Serbia – pupinisation, tunable oscillator, Pupin coil

R
Wilhelm Conrad Rntgen, (1845-1923), Germany – the x-ray machine
Josef Ressel, (1793-1857) Czechoslovakia – ship propeller

S
Augustus Siebe,(1788-1872) Saxony&England Inventor of the standard diving dress
Alberto Santos-Dumont, (1873-1932), Brazil – non-rigid airship and airplane
Adolphe Sax, (1814-1894), Belgium – saxophone
August Schrader, USA – Schrader valve for Pneumatic tire
David Schwarz, (1852-1897), Croatia, – rigid ship, later called Zeppelin
William Bradford Shockley, (1910-1989), USA – co-inventor of transistor
Werner von Siemens, (1816-1892), Germany – an electromechanical “dynamic”
Sir William Siemens (1823-1883), Germany – regenerative furnace
Igor Sikorsky, (1889-1972), Ukraine – helicopter
Aurel Stodola, (1859-1942), Slovakia – gas turbines
Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860-1930), USA – gyroscope-guided automatic pilot
Levi Strauss, (1829-1902), USA – blue jeans
John Stringfellow, (1799-1883), England – airplane
Simon Sunatori, (1959-), Canada – inventor of Sunatori Pen
Joseph Swan, (1828-1914), England – inventor, physicist

T
Nikola Tesla, (1856-1943), Serbian-Croatian-American – inventor of the induction motor, alternating current polyphase power distribution system, wireless communication, robotics, logic gates, the bladeless turbine, radio and VTOL aircraft (among others).
Benjamin Chew Tilghman, (1821-), USA – sandblasting
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, (1852-1936), Spain
Alfred Traeger, (1895-1980), Australia – the pedal radio
Franc Trkman, (1903-1978), Slovenia – electrical switches, accessories for opening windows
Alan Turing, (1912-1954), England – the Turing machine

U
Lewis Urry, (1927-2004), Canada – long-lasting alkaline battery

V
Alessandro Volta, (1745-1827), Italy – battery
Faust Vranc(ic’ (1551-1617), Croatia, parachute

W
Erik Wallenberg, (1915-1999), Sweden – invented the Tetra Pak
Barnes Wallis, (1887-1979), England – bouncing bomb
Ghulam Sediq Wardak, (1942-), Afghanistan – 341 unpatented inventions
Robert Watson-Watt, (1892-1973), Scotland – microwave radar
Jonas Wenstrm, (1855-93), Sweden – the three-phase electrical system
George Westinghouse, (1846-1914), USA – Air brake
Charles Wheatstone, (1802-1875), England – concertina, stereoscope, microphone, Playfair cipher
Eli Whitney, (1765-1825), USA – the cotton gin
Frank Whittle, (1907-1996) – co-inventor of the jet engine
Otto Wichterle, (1913-1989) Czechoslovakia – invented modern contact lenses
Paul Winchell, (1922-2005) – the artificial heart
Sven Wingquist, (1876-1953), Sweden – Self-aligning ball bearing
A. Baldwin Wood, (1879-1956), US inventor & engineer
Granville Woods, (1856-1910), USA – the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph
The Wright brothers, Orville Wright (1871-1948) and Wilbur Wright, (1867-1912), USA – aeroplane
Arthur Wynne, (1862 – 1945), England – crossword puzzle

Y
Hidetsugu Yagi, (1886-1976), Japan – Yagi antenna
Asen Yordanoff (1886-1967) Bulgaria – Douglas DC-3
Arthur M. Young, (1905-1995), USA – the Bell Helicopter

Z
Ferdinand von Zeppelin, (1838-1917), Germany – rigid airship
Konrad Zuse, (1910-1995), Germany – first functional tape-stored-program-controlled computer
Vladimir Zworykin, (1889-1982), Russia – the iconoscope and the kinescope