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Herman Hollerith

Herman Hollerith was an American inventor whose innovations dramatically improved data processing. He developed a punch-...

American 19TH Century Computing Punch Card Tabulator

9.3 Excellent

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John Pemberton

John Pemberton was an American pharmacist born in 1831. He developed Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia, beginning with its c...

American 19TH Century Beverage Pharmacist

9.1 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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George Eastman

George Eastman was an American inventor instrumental in transforming photography. He established Eastman Kodak in 1892,...

American Photography 19TH Century Kodak

9.0 Excellent

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John Browning

John Browning was an American inventor primarily known for his groundbreaking work in firearms design during the 19th ce...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Firearms

9.0 Excellent

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Samuel Morse

Samuel Morse was an 19th century American inventor instrumental in revolutionizing communication. He developed Morse cod...

Communication American 19TH Century Code

8.7 Great

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George Westinghouse

George Westinghouse was a 19th-century American inventor best known for his pioneering work with electrical systems. He...

American 19TH Century Electric Railway

8.7 Great

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Elisha Otis

Elisha Otis revolutionized urban development with his invention of the safety elevator brake. Prior to this innovation,...

Safety American 19TH Century Elevator

8.7 Great

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Richard Gatling

American inventor who patented the Gatling gun in 1862, the first successful rapid-fire weapon, significantly influencin...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Firearms

8.5 Great

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Frederick Lanchester

British engineer who built one of the earliest British petrol-driven cars in the 1890s and made foundational theoretical...

19TH Century Mechanical British Aerodynamics

8.4 Great

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Cyrus McCormick

Cyrus McCormick was a 19th-century American inventor best known for developing the mechanical reaper. His 1834 patent re...

American 19TH Century Agriculture Machine

8.3 Great

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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

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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

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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

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Norbert Rillieux

Norbert Rillieux was an American inventor born in Louisiana during the 19th century. He developed a crucial innovation:...

American 19TH Century Evaporation Industrial

8.2 Great

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Robert Fulton

Robert Fulton was an American inventor primarily known for his pioneering work in water transport. His development of th...

American Submarine 19TH Century Transport

8.2 Great

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Samuel Colt

Samuel Colt developed innovative manufacturing techniques for firearms during the 19th century. His key invention was th...

American Manufacturing 19TH Century Firearms

8.2 Great

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Jacob Perkins

Jacob Perkins was an American inventor who received an 1834 British patent for a vapor-compression refrigeration system...

American Steam 19TH Century Mechanical

7.6 Good

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Josephine Cochrane

Josephine Cochrane was an American inventor who patented a mechanical dishwasher in 1886 and founded a company later lin...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Home Appliance

7.1 Good

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Lyda D. Newman

Lyda D. Newman was an American hairdresser and inventor whose 1898 patent improved the hairbrush with removable bristles...

American Consumer 19TH Century Hairbrush

6.4 Fair