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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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Wilhelm Röntgen

Wilhelm Röntgen was a German physicist whose accidental discovery of x-rays in 1895 revolutionized science and medicine....

German Physics Medicine 19TH Century

9.6 Brilliant

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André-Marie Ampère

André-Marie Ampère was a French physicist and mathematician whose work laid the foundations for electrodynamics. He inve...

18TH Century French Physics Electrical

9.6 Brilliant

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Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace is recognized as the first computer programmer for her notes on Charles Babbages Analytical Engine. Her ins...

Software Algorithm Mathematics Computer Science

9.5 Brilliant

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James Naismith

James Naismith was a Canadian-American physical educator responsible for inventing basketball in 1891. His creation, dev...

19TH Century Sport Basketball Educator

9.4 Excellent

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Auguste Lumière

Auguste Lumière was a French inventor instrumental in the development of early cinema. He collaborated with his brother...

French Photography 19TH Century Film

9.3 Excellent

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Louis Lumière

Louis Lumière was a French inventor instrumental in the development of motion picture technology. He and his brother Aug...

French Photography 19TH Century Film

9.3 Excellent

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Louis Braille

Louis Braille was a French educator who created the Braille system. Initially developed in 1824, this raised-dot method...

Accessibility French Education 19TH Century

9.2 Excellent

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Louis Daguerre

Louis Daguerre was a French artist and inventor credited with developing the daguerreotype, an early form of photography...

French Photography 19TH Century Imaging

8.9 Great

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Igor Sikorsky

Igor Sikorsky was a Ukrainian-American inventor renowned for his pivotal role in developing modern helicopters. His VS-3...

Aircraft Helicopter 20TH Century Aviation

8.8 Great

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Joseph Marie Jacquard

Joseph Marie Jacquard was a French inventor renowned for his innovative loom design in 1801. This loom utilized punched...

French 19TH Century Textile Loom

8.7 Great

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Nicephore Niepce

Nicephore Niepce was a French inventor who developed heliography and made the earliest surviving camera photograph of a...

Camera French Photography 19TH Century

8.7 Great

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Rene Laennec

Rene Laennec (1781-1826) was a French physician recognized for developing the stethoscope. He created the first instrume...

French 19TH Century Medical Diagnostics

8.5 Great

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Marc Isambard Brunel

Marc Isambard Brunel was a French-born engineer active in Britain who designed London's Thames Tunnel, a pioneering rive...

French 19TH Century Tunneling Machinery

8.1 Great

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Joseph Monier

Joseph Monier was a French gardener and inventor who patented reinforced concrete tubs and tanks in 1867, helping popula...

French 19TH Century Construction Materials

7.8 Good

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Francois Hennebique

Francois Hennebique was a French engineer who patented a reinforced concrete building system in 1892 and promoted it int...

Engineering French 19TH Century Construction

7.7 Good

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Henri Giffard

Henri Giffard was a French engineer who built the first powered, steerable airship, flying 27 km from Paris to Elancourt...

French Steam 19TH Century Airship

7.7 Good

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Charles Gabriel Pravaz

Charles Gabriel Pravaz was a French surgeon who developed an early hypodermic syringe in the 1850s, a step toward modern...

French Medicine 19TH Century Syringe

7.5 Good

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Charles Pravaz

Charles Pravaz was a French surgeon who developed an early hypodermic syringe in 1853, adapting a hollow needle for cont...

French 19TH Century Medical Syringe

7.3 Good

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Pierre Lallement

Pierre Lallement was a French mechanic who patented a pedal-driven velocipede in the United States in 1866, an early for...

French 19TH Century Pedal Transport

7.2 Good