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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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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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Stuart Parkin

Stuart Parkin is a British physicist recognized for his pioneering work on giant magnetoresistance (GMR). His research i...

20TH Century Ibm British Data Storage

9.3 Excellent

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James Chadwick

James Chadwick was a British physicist who fundamentally advanced the field of nuclear physics by discovering the neutro...

Science 20TH Century British Nuclear Physics

9.2 Excellent

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Tom Kilburn

Tom Kilburn was an English mathematician and computer scientist associated with the early development of stored-program...

20TH Century Computing Memory British

9.0 Excellent

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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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Donald Davies

Donald Davies was a British computer scientist instrumental in developing packet switching technology during the 20th ce...

Internet Networking 20TH Century British

8.7 Great

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Glenn Curtiss

Glenn Curtiss was a pivotal American inventor during the 20th century. He significantly advanced aviation through his de...

American Motorcycle 20TH Century Aviation

8.7 Great

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Tommy Flowers

Tommy Flowers was a British engineer instrumental in developing Colossus, the world’s first electronic digital computer....

Cryptography 20TH Century Computing British

8.5 Great

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John Charnley

Sir John Charnley was a British orthopedic surgeon who developed low-friction total hip replacement at Wrightington Hosp...

Medicine 20TH Century British Hip Replacement

8.5 Great

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Hans von Ohain

Hans von Ohain was a German physicist instrumental in early jet propulsion development. His design, implemented in the H...

German 20TH Century Aviation Jet Engine

8.4 Great

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Freddie Williams

Frederic C. Williams, commonly known as Freddie Williams, was a British electrical engineer and professor who helped dev...

20TH Century Computing Memory British

8.4 Great

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Harry Brearley

Harry Brearley (1871–1948) was an English metallurgist and inventor credited with the industrial development of stainles...

20TH Century Stainless Steel British Materials

7.9 Good

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Sir Clive Sinclair

Sir Clive Sinclair was a prominent British inventor and entrepreneur who significantly impacted the consumer electronics...

20TH Century Computing British Consumer Tech

7.8 Good

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Bill Lear

Bill Lear was an American inventor and aviation entrepreneur who fundamentally influenced 20th-century transportation an...

20TH Century Aviation Electronics Car Radio

7.8 Good

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Trevor Bayliss

Trevor Baylis was a British inventor best known for developing a wind-up radio powered by a hand-cranked spring mechanis...

20TH Century British Humanitarian Energy

7.6 Good

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Ferdinand von Zeppelin

Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German army officer and aviation pioneer who promoted and developed large rigid airships. H...

German 20TH Century Aviation Airship

7.6 Good

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George de Bothezat

George de Bothezat was a Russian-born American engineer, mathematician, and aviation pioneer known for early work on hel...

Helicopter 20TH Century Aviation Russian American

7.4 Good

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Juan de la Cierva

Juan de la Cierva (1895-1936) was a Spanish aeronautical engineer who invented the autogyro, a rotary-wing aircraft that...

Spanish 20TH Century Aviation Autogyro

7.3 Good

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Trevor Baylis

Trevor Baylis was a British inventor best known for developing the wind-up radio in the 1990s. The device used a hand-op...

Radio 20TH Century British Consumer Tech

6.6 Fair