swap_horiz Akio Morita Alternatives

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Fred Sanger

Frederick Sanger was a British biochemist renowned for his groundbreaking work in molecular biology. He developed pionee...

20TH Century British Biochemistry Genetics

9.8 Brilliant

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Maurice Hilleman

Maurice Hilleman was a prominent American microbiologist whose groundbreaking work significantly advanced vaccine develo...

American Medicine 20TH Century Vaccines

9.7 Brilliant

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Shigeru Miyamoto

Shigeru Miyamoto is a Japanese video game designer and producer who joined Nintendo in 1977. He created several of the c...

Entertainment Software Japanese Late 20TH

9.7 Brilliant

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Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first succes...

American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.6 Brilliant

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Erwin Schrödinger

Erwin Schrödinger was an Austrian theoretical physicist instrumental in developing quantum mechanics. His most significa...

Austrian Physics 20TH Century Quantum Mechanics

9.6 Brilliant

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Carl Djerassi

Carl Djerassi was an Austrian-American chemist whose work profoundly impacted medicine. He synthesized norethindrone in...

Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Austrian American

9.5 Brilliant

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Bob Noyce

Robert Noyce (1927–1990) was an American physicist, inventor, and businessman nicknamed 'the Mayor of Silicon Valley.' H...

American Silicon Valley 20TH Century Microchip

9.5 Brilliant

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Andrew Fire

Andrew Fire is an American biologist renowned for his pioneering work on RNA interference. His collaboration with Craig...

American Medicine 20TH Century Genetics

9.4 Excellent

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Craig Mello

Craig Mello is an American biologist recognized for his pivotal role in identifying RNA interference. His research demon...

American Medicine 20TH Century Genetics

9.4 Excellent

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Vannevar Bush

Vannevar Bush was an American engineer whose work profoundly influenced computing. He led scientific research efforts du...

American 20TH Century Computing Memex Concept

9.4 Excellent

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Masaru Ibuka

Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese inventor instrumental in establishing Sony Corporation. He collaborated with Nagamu Sakamoto...

Sony Japanese 20TH Century Consumer Electronics

9.3 Excellent

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Kiichiro Toyoda

Kiichiro Toyoda was a Japanese industrialist instrumental in developing modern automobile manufacturing. His innovations...

Manufacturing Japanese 20TH Century Automobile

9.3 Excellent

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Soichiro Honda

Soichiro Honda was a Japanese engineer instrumental in developing the Honda engine. He established Honda Motor Co. in 19...

Japanese Motorcycle 20TH Century Automobile

9.3 Excellent

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Gunpei Yokoi

Gunpei Yokoi was a Japanese video game designer and hardware inventor who worked for Nintendo from 1965 to 1996. He crea...

Entertainment Nintendo Video Game Japanese

9.2 Excellent

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Momofuku Ando

Momofuku Ando was an entrepreneur and inventor born in Taiwan who became a Japanese citizen and founded Nissin Food Prod...

Food Consumer Japanese 20TH Century

9.1 Excellent

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Nobutoshi Kihara

Nobutoshi Kihara was a Japanese engineer at Sony instrumental in developing the Walkman’s revolutionary portable audio t...

Sony Audio Japanese 20TH Century

8.8 Great

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Hiroshi Amano

Hiroshi Amano was a Japanese engineer whose pioneering work fundamentally advanced semiconductor technology. He achieved...

Semiconductor Japanese 20TH Century LED

8.7 Great

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Masatoshi Shima

Masatoshi Shima was a Japanese engineer instrumental in early microprocessor development. His work designing logic for t...

Japanese 20TH Century Computing Microprocessor

8.3 Great

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Hideo Kodama

Hideo Kodama is a Japanese engineer recognized for his early contributions to the field of rapid prototyping and additiv...

Manufacturing 3D Printing Japanese 20TH Century

7.4 Good

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Yoshiro Nakamatsu

Yoshiro Nakamatsu, also known as Dr. NakaMats, is a Japanese inventor and media personality associated with a large numb...

Japanese 20TH Century Computing Prolific

7.4 Good