swap_horiz Walter Hunt Alternatives

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Wright Brothers (Orville & Wilbur Wright)

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American aviation pioneers and bicycle manufacturers who developed the first successful s...

American Mechanical Aviation Transportation

9.7 Brilliant

2

Charles Parsons

Charles Algernon Parsons was an Anglo-Irish engineer and inventor best known for developing the reaction steam turbine....

Engineering 19TH Century Mechanical British

9.5 Brilliant

3

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

7

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

8

Joseph Henry

Joseph Henry (1797–1878) was an American scientist and engineer who served as the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Ins...

American 19TH Century Electrical Telegraphy

9.0 Excellent

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Christopher Sholes

American inventor Christopher Latham Sholes is notable for creating the first practical typewriter and developing the QW...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Typewriter

8.9 Great

10

Frank Sprague

Frank Julian Sprague was an American electrical engineer and inventor who played a pivotal role in the development of ur...

American 19TH Century Transportation DC Motor

8.8 Great

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Alfred Vail

Alfred Vail was an American machinist, inventor, and telegraph operator who collaborated with Samuel Morse during the de...

American 19TH Century Telegraph Communications

8.7 Great

12

Richard Gatling

Richard Jordan Gatling (1818–1903) was an American inventor best known for his creation of the Gatling gun, which he pat...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Firearms

8.5 Great

13

King Camp Gillette

King Camp Gillette (1855–1932) was an American inventor and businessman best known for patenting the disposable safety r...

American Consumer 19TH Century Grooming

8.3 Great

14

James Leonard Plimpton

James Leonard Plimpton (1828–1911) was an American inventor credited with revolutionizing roller skating with his 1863 p...

American Consumer 19TH Century Recreation

7.7 Good

15

Jacob Perkins

Jacob Perkins (1766–1849) was an American inventor, engineer, and mechanic from Newburyport, Massachusetts, who later sp...

American Steam 19TH Century Mechanical

7.6 Good

16

Whitcomb Judson

Whitcomb L. Judson was an American inventor associated with an early mechanical fastener that anticipated the modern zip...

American Consumer 19TH Century Zipper

7.5 Good

17

Josephine Cochrane

Josephine Cochrane was an American inventor best known for inventing the first commercially successful mechanical dishwa...

American 19TH Century Mechanical Home Appliance

7.1 Good

18

Henry Blair

Henry Blair was an African American farmer and inventor from Maryland who received two United States patents for agricul...

American 19TH Century Agriculture Mechanical

6.8 Fair

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Lyda D. Newman

Lyda D. Newman was an African American hairdresser and inventor associated with New York City. In 1898 she received a Un...

American Consumer 19TH Century Hairbrush

6.4 Fair

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John Loud

John J. Loud was an American inventor and leather tanner associated with an early ballpoint pen design. He received a Un...

Writing American Consumer 19TH Century

6.3 Fair