swap_horiz Laszlo Biro Alternatives

1

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

2

Maurice Hilleman

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

American Medicine 20TH Century Vaccines

9.7 Brilliant

3

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

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

Chester Carlson

Chester Carlson was an American inventor responsible for pioneering xerography. His development of this dry printing pro...

American 20TH Century Office Printing

9.0 Excellent

6

Chester F. Carlson

Chester F. Carlson developed the electrophotographic process, now known as Xerography, in 1938. This invention revolutio...

American 20TH Century Office Photocopier

9.0 Excellent

7

Christopher Latham Sholes

Christopher Latham Sholes was an American inventor who patented an early practical typewriter in 1868 and helped shape t...

Writing 19TH Century Keyboard Office

8.7 Great

8

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

9

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

10

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

11

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

12

Harry Coover

Harry Coover was an Eastman Kodak chemist who discovered cyanoacrylate super glue's adhesive value in 1951 while studyin...

Consumer Chemistry 20TH Century Adhesive

7.7 Good

13

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

14

Lewis Waterman

Lewis Waterman was an American inventor whose 1884 fountain pen patent used capillary feed control to reduce ink leaks a...

Writing Consumer 19TH Century Office

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

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

17

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

18

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

19

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

20

Bette Nesmith Graham

Bette Nesmith Graham was an American typist and entrepreneur who invented Liquid Paper correction fluid in the 1950s and...

Writing American 20TH Century Office

7.1 Good