swap_horiz Harry Coover Alternatives

1

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

2

Gerhard Domagk

Gerhard Domagk was a German pathologist who pioneered the use of sulfonamide drugs for treating bacterial infections. Hi...

German Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century

9.4 Excellent

3

Luis Miramontes

Luis Miramontes was a Mexican chemist whose research significantly advanced reproductive health. While a graduate studen...

Chemistry Medicine 20TH Century Mexican

9.3 Excellent

4

Nolan Bushnell

Nolan Bushnell was an American inventor instrumental in shaping the modern video game industry. He co-founded Atari in 1...

American Consumer 20TH Century Atari

9.1 Excellent

5

John Walker

English chemist who invented the friction match around 1826 in Stockton-on-Tees, producing fire by striking a chemical-c...

Consumer Chemistry 19TH Century British

8.3 Great

6

Earle Dickson

American inventor who created the Band-Aid adhesive bandage in 1920 while at Johnson & Johnson, originally to help his w...

American Consumer 20TH Century Medical

8.3 Great

7

Charles Darrow

American game designer who commercialized Monopoly and licensed it to Parker Brothers in 1935, making it one of the worl...

American Consumer 20TH Century Board Game

8.3 Great

8

Clarence Birdseye

Clarence Birdseye was an American inventor and entrepreneur who developed quick-freezing food methods in the 1920s, foun...

American Consumer 20TH Century Frozen Food

8.1 Great

9

Percy Lavon Julian

Percy Lavon Julian was an American chemist who synthesized physostigmine and advanced large-scale steroid drug productio...

American Chemistry 20TH Century Medicines

8.1 Great

10

Edith M. Flanigen

Edith M. Flanigen was an American chemist who invented molecular sieve zeolite Y at Union Carbide in 1956, important in...

Chemistry 20TH Century Materials Zeolite

8.1 Great

11

Laszlo Biro

Laszlo Biro was a Hungarian-born Argentine inventor who patented the modern ballpoint pen in 1938, using quick-drying in...

Writing Consumer 20TH Century Office

8.1 Great

12

King C. Gillette

King C. Gillette was an American businessman who patented a safety razor using disposable thin blades in 1904, shaping m...

American Consumer 20TH Century Razor

7.8 Good

13

Arnold Beckman

Arnold Beckman was an American chemist and entrepreneur who invented the commercial pH meter in 1934 and founded Beckman...

Chemistry 20TH Century Lab Instrumentation

7.7 Good

14

Ruth Handler

Ruth Handler was an American businesswoman who co-founded Mattel and introduced the Barbie doll in 1959 after studying E...

American Consumer 20TH Century Toy

7.6 Good

15

Jacob Schick

Jacob Schick was an American inventor and U.S. Army officer who patented an electric dry shaver in the 1920s and founded...

American Consumer 20TH Century Shaving

7.4 Good

16

Lloyd Hall

Lloyd Hall was an American chemist whose patented food preservation methods in the 1920s and 1930s improved meat curing...

Food Chemistry 20TH Century Industrial

7.4 Good

17

Marion Donovan

Marion Donovan was an American inventor who patented a waterproof diaper cover in 1951, helping inspire the later dispos...

American Consumer 20TH Century Parenting

7.3 Good

18

Madam C. J. Walker

Madam C. J. Walker was an American entrepreneur who founded a hair-care company in 1910 and is recorded as the first U.S...

American Consumer 20TH Century Haircare

7.3 Good

19

Beulah Louise Henry

Beulah Louise Henry was an American inventor nicknamed Lady Edison, holding dozens of patents for devices such as a 1924...

American Consumer 20TH Century Umbrella

7.2 Good

20

Arthur Fry

Arthur Fry was an American 3M inventor who used Spencer Silver's adhesive to create the Post-it Note bookmark concept in...

American 20TH Century Office Adhesive

7.2 Good