Inventor biographies
Discover the stories, ideas, and achievements of remarkable inventors from across history.
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Madam C.J. Walker
Building a successful hair-care business and becoming one of America’s first self-made women millionaires.
Mark Rober
He is famous for making fun science and engineering videos on YouTube.
Michael Faraday
Discovering how electricity and magnetism work together and helping create electric motors
Nikola Tesla
He helped create the system of alternating current (AC) electricity that powers homes and cities.
Orville Wright
Helping invent and fly the world’s first successful powered airplane with his brother Wilbur.
Robert Boyle
He helped create modern chemistry and discovered Boyle’s Law about gases.
Samuel Morse
Helping develop the telegraph and Morse code
Sergei Korolev
Leading the Soviet space program and helping send the first satellite and first human into space
Sergey Brin
Co-founding Google and helping create one of the world’s most popular search engines
Soichiro Honda
Founder of Honda Motor Company and a pioneer of cars and motorcycles
Steve Wozniak
Co-founding Apple and helping create the first popular personal computers
Thomas Edison
Inventing and improving useful devices like the electric light bulb and the phonograph that changed everyday life
Tim Berners-Lee
Inventing the World Wide Web so people everywhere can share information online
Wilbur Wright
Helping invent and fly the first successful airplane with his brother Orville Wright