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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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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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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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Norman Woodland

Norman Joseph Woodland was an American inventor who co-created an early system for identifying products with machine-rea...

American Retail 20TH Century Barcode

9.19 Excellent

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Bob Kahn

Bob Kahn was a pivotal American inventor instrumental in developing the foundations of the internet. His work with Vint...

Internet American Networking 20TH Century

9.15 Excellent

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John William Mauchly

John William Mauchly (1907–1980) was an American physicist who made significant contributions to the early history of el...

American 20TH Century Computing Eniac

9.12 Excellent

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Dan Bricklin

Dan Bricklin is an American computer programmer and entrepreneur who co-created VisiCalc with Bob Frankston. VisiCalc wa...

Software American Spreadsheet 20TH Century

9.11 Excellent

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Douglas Engelbart

Douglas Engelbart was a pioneering American computer scientist instrumental in shaping modern computing. His 1968 presen...

American GUI 20TH Century Computing

9.10 Excellent

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Chuck Peddle

Charles Ingerham 'Chuck' Peddle (1937–2019) was an American electrical engineer best known for leading the team at MOS T...

American 20TH Century Computing Microprocessor

9.08 Excellent

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Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist who worked with Charles Townes on extending maser principles to optica...

American Optics 20TH Century Laser

9.08 Excellent

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Robert H. Goddard

Robert H. Goddard was an American physicist whose pioneering work fundamentally shaped space exploration. He developed a...

American Space 20TH Century Liquid Fuel

9.05 Excellent

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Ivan Sutherland

Ivan Sutherland was a pioneering American computer scientist instrumental in developing interactive computing. His 1963...

American Graphics 20TH Century Computing

8.95 Great

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Bernard Silver

Bernard Silver was an American inventor who co-created an early barcode system with Norman Woodland. While studying at t...

American Retail 20TH Century Barcode

8.94 Great

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Frank Whittle

Frank Whittle developed the turbojet engine, a revolutionary propulsion system that fundamentally changed aviation. His...

20TH Century British Aviation Jet Engine

8.91 Great

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Alan Kay

Alan Kay was a prominent 20th-century American computer scientist whose work profoundly influenced computing theory and...

American 20TH Century Computing Oop

8.90 Great

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Maurice Hilleman

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

American Medicine 20TH Century Vaccines

8.88 Great

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Glenn Curtiss

Glenn Curtiss was a pivotal American inventor during the 20th century. He significantly advanced aviation through his de...

American Motorcycle 20TH Century Aviation

8.00 Great

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Samuel Langley

Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American scientist, Smithsonian administrator, and aviation researcher. As the Smithsonia...

American 19TH Century Aviation Flight

6.74 Fair

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Samuel Pierpont Langley

Samuel Pierpont Langley was an American astronomer, physicist, and aviation pioneer who served as secretary of the Smith...

American 19TH Century Aviation Airplane

6.24 Fair