swap_horiz Momofuku Ando Alternatives

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Akio Morita

Akio Morita was a Japanese inventor and key figure in establishing Sony Corporation. His most significant contribution w...

Sony Japanese 20TH Century Consumer Electronics

9.4 Excellent

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Masaru Ibuka

Masaru Ibuka was a Japanese inventor instrumental in establishing Sony Corporation. He collaborated with Nagamu Sakamoto...

Sony Japanese 20TH Century Consumer Electronics

9.3 Excellent

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Kiichiro Toyoda

Kiichiro Toyoda was a Japanese industrialist instrumental in developing modern automobile manufacturing. His innovations...

Manufacturing Japanese 20TH Century Automobile

9.3 Excellent

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Soichiro Honda

Soichiro Honda was a Japanese engineer instrumental in developing the Honda engine. He established Honda Motor Co. in 19...

Japanese Motorcycle 20TH Century Automobile

9.3 Excellent

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Gunpei Yokoi

Gunpei Yokoi was a Japanese video game designer and hardware inventor who worked for Nintendo from 1965 to 1996. He crea...

Entertainment Nintendo Video Game Japanese

9.2 Excellent

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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

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Nobutoshi Kihara

Nobutoshi Kihara was a Japanese engineer at Sony instrumental in developing the Walkman’s revolutionary portable audio t...

Sony Audio Japanese 20TH Century

8.8 Great

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Hiroshi Amano

Hiroshi Amano was a Japanese engineer whose pioneering work fundamentally advanced semiconductor technology. He achieved...

Semiconductor Japanese 20TH Century LED

8.7 Great

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Lewis Urry

Lewis Urry was a Canadian chemical engineer and inventor whose work helped establish the modern alkaline battery. While...

Consumer Canadian 20TH Century Energy

8.6 Great

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Masatoshi Shima

Masatoshi Shima was a Japanese engineer instrumental in early microprocessor development. His work designing logic for t...

Japanese 20TH Century Computing Microprocessor

8.3 Great

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Earle Dickson

Earle Dickson was an American inventor best known for creating the Band-Aid adhesive bandage in 1920. While working as a...

American Consumer 20TH Century Medical

8.3 Great

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Charles Darrow

Charles Darrow (1889–1967) was an American from Germantown, Pennsylvania, credited with popularizing the board game Mono...

American Consumer 20TH Century Board Game

8.3 Great

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Clarence Birdseye

Clarence Birdseye pioneered rapid freezing technology during the early 20th century. His innovations dramatically altere...

American Consumer 20TH Century Frozen Food

8.1 Great

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Laszlo Biro

László Bíró was a Hungarian-Argentinian journalist and inventor best known for patenting the modern ballpoint pen. In 19...

Writing Consumer 20TH Century Office

8.1 Great

15

King C. Gillette

King Camp Gillette was an American inventor and businessman best known for creating the modern safety razor equipped wit...

American Consumer 20TH Century Razor

7.8 Good

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Harry Coover

Harry Wesley Coover Jr. was an American chemist best known for recognizing the practical adhesive properties of cyanoacr...

Consumer Chemistry 20TH Century Adhesive

7.7 Good

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Ruth Handler

Ruth Handler was an American businesswoman best known as the co-founder of the toy manufacturer Mattel and the creator o...

American Consumer 20TH Century Toy

7.6 Good

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Jacob Schick

Jacob Schick was an American inventor and United States Army officer who significantly impacted the personal care indust...

American Consumer 20TH Century Shaving

7.4 Good

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Yoshiro Nakamatsu

Yoshiro Nakamatsu, also known as Dr. NakaMats, is a Japanese inventor and media personality associated with a large numb...

Japanese 20TH Century Computing Prolific

7.4 Good

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Lloyd Hall

Lloyd Hall was an American chemist who pioneered food preservation techniques during the early to mid-20th century, hold...

Food Chemistry 20TH Century Industrial

7.4 Good