swap_horiz Daniel B. Wesson Alternatives

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Wilhelm Roentgen

Wilhelm Roentgen was a German physicist who discovered X-rays in 1895. He produced and detected electromagnetic radiatio...

German Physics Historical Medical

9.78 Brilliant

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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

9.72 Brilliant

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Wright brothers

Orville and Wilbur Wright were American inventors credited with inventing, building, and flying the world’s first succes...

American 20TH Century Aviation Airplane

9.61 Brilliant

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Bob Noyce

Robert Noyce (1927–1990) was an American physicist, inventor, and businessman nicknamed 'the Mayor of Silicon Valley.' H...

American Silicon Valley 20TH Century Microchip

9.46 Excellent

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Ted Hoff

Ted Hoff is an American electrical engineer who, while working at Intel in 1971, collaborated with Federico Faggin and S...

American Intel Late 20TH Electronics

9.43 Excellent

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Bob Moog

Robert Moog was an American engineering physicist and inventor who designed the first voltage-controlled subtractive syn...

Music American Electronics Mid 20TH

9.35 Excellent

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Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin was a prominent 18th-century inventor and scientist. His meticulous research into electricity, particu...

18TH Century American Electricity Lightning

9.34 Excellent

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Stephanie Louise Kwolek

Stephanie Louise Kwolek was an American chemist renowned for her research in polymer chemistry while working at the DuPo...

American Chemistry Materials Mid 20TH

9.31 Excellent

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Charles R. Drew

Charles R. Drew was an American surgeon and medical researcher whose work in blood transfusion and storage techniques re...

American Medical Biological Mid 20TH

9.28 Excellent

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Charles Hard Townes

Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist whose work fundamentally advanced the field of quantum electronics. He is...

Modern American Optics Laser

9.26 Excellent

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Henry Ford

Henry Ford was an American inventor best known for revolutionizing automobile manufacturing. His development of the movi...

American Manufacturing 20TH Century Automobile

9.24 Excellent

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J.C.R. Licklider

Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider was an American psychologist and computer scientist who made significant contributions to...

American 20TH Century Computing Arpanet

9.21 Excellent

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer (1904–1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as director of the Los Alamos Laborat...

Physics American Historical Manhattan Project

8.86 Great

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Margaret Knight

Margaret Knight was an American inventor credited with developing a machine in 1868 that automatically folded and glued...

American Historical Packaging Materials

8.61 Great

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Robert Whitehead

Robert Whitehead was a British engineer who developed the first effective self-propelled torpedo in the 1860s while work...

Military Historical British Naval

8.35 Great

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Earl Dickson

Earl Dickson was an American inventor who worked as a cotton buyer for Johnson & Johnson in the early 20th century. In 1...

American Historical Medical Band Aid

8.23 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

8.22 Great

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Thomas Davenport

Thomas Davenport was an American blacksmith and inventor credited with building the first practical direct current (DC)...

American Historical Electrical DC Electric Motor

7.89 Good

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Horace Smith

Horace Smith (1808–1893) was an American firearms designer and manufacturer who partnered with Daniel B. Wesson to estab...

Military American Historical Revolver

7.37 Good

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David Bushnell

David Bushnell (1742–1824) was an American inventor from Connecticut best known for building the Turtle in 1775, a one-p...

Military 18TH Century American Submarine

7.31 Good