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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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Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur Wright)

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American aviation pioneers and bicycle manufacturers who developed the first successful s...

American Mechanical Aviation Transportation

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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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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Ted Hoff

Ted Hoff is an American electrical engineer who, while working at Intel in 1971, collaborated with Federico Faggin and S...

American Intel Late 20TH Electronics

9.4 Excellent

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Bob Moog

Robert Moog was an American engineering physicist and inventor who designed the first voltage-controlled subtractive syn...

Music American Electronics Mid 20TH

9.4 Excellent

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Leroy Hood

Leroy Hood was an American biologist whose invention of the automated DNA sequencer revolutionized biotechnology. His wo...

American 20TH Century Biotechnology Genomics

9.3 Excellent

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Seymour Cray

Seymour Cray was an American electrical engineer whose innovative designs revolutionized computer hardware. He created t...

Hardware American 20TH Century Computing

9.3 Excellent

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Bob Metcalfe

Bob Metcalfe was an American engineer instrumental in the development of Ethernet networking technology. His work at Xer...

American Ethernet Networking 20TH Century

9.3 Excellent

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Elisha Otis

Elisha Otis revolutionized urban development with his invention of the safety elevator brake. Prior to this innovation,...

Safety American 19TH Century Elevator

8.7 Great

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Almon Strowger

Almon Strowger developed the first practical telephone-switch system in the late 19th century. His invention automated c...

American Automation Telecom Telephone Switch

8.2 Great

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William S. Burroughs

William Seward Burroughs was an American inventor who patented the first practical mechanical adding machine with a buil...

American Office Calculator 19THC

7.7 Good

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Milton Bradley

Milton Bradley (1836–1911) was an American lithographer and game manufacturer who founded the Milton Bradley Company in...

American Education Board Game Printing

7.4 Good

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Maria Beasley

Maria Beasley was an American inventor in the late nineteenth century known for her innovations in maritime safety and i...

Safety American 19TH Century Life Raft

7.3 Good

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Andrew Jackson Beard

Andrew Jackson Beard was an American inventor and farmer born into slavery who made significant contributions to railroa...

Safety American 19TH Century Railway

7.2 Good

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Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson was an American inventor who developed an early windshield-clearing device that served as a precursor to t...

Safety Automotive American 20TH Century

6.9 Fair

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Preston Tucker

Preston Tucker was an American entrepreneur who founded the Tucker Corporation to manufacture the 1948 Tucker 48 sedan....

Safety American 20TH Century Transport

6.9 Fair