Inventors Chronology

Luigi Galvani, Italian physician and physicist, inventor of galvanized steel, dies at age 61.

Ref: 68

1799

Jul 26

Isaac Babbitt invented babbitt's metal for bearings, is born.

Ref: 5

1800

Mar 14

James Bogardus US inventor/builder (made cast-iron buildings), is born.

Ref: 5

1802

Jul 09

Thomas Davenport, inventor of the first commercial electric motor, is born.

Ref: 5

Oct 31

Benoit Fourneyron, inventor of the water turbine, is born.

Ref: 2

1803

Oct 03

John Gorrie inventor (cold-air process of refrigeration), is born.

Ref: 68

Oct 26

Joseph Hansom architect, inventor: Patent Safety Cab [2-wheeled, horse-driven cab with the driver seated above and behind the passengers]: the hansom cab, is born.

Ref: 4

1806

Mar 16

Norbert Rillieux inventor (sugar refiner), is born.

Ref: 5

May 04

Sir William Cooke, English inventor; helped develop electric telegraphy, is born.

Ref: 70

1809

Feb 15

Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper, is born.

Ref: 4

1810

Apr 06

Philip Gosse, inventor of the institutional aquarium, writer (Omphalos), is born.

Ref: 5

Nov 30

Oliver Fisher Winchester rifle maker (Winchester) is born.

Ref: 5

1811

Aug 03

Elisha Graves Otis, US inventor of the first safe elevator, is born.

Ref: 17

Oct 27

Issac Merrit Singer, inventor (1st practical home sewing machine), is born.

Ref: 5

1813

Joseph Farwell Glidden inventor (1st commercial usable barbed wire), is born.

Ref: 5

Jan 19

Sir Henry Bessemer, inventor of the process of converting pig iron to steel, is born.

Ref: 4

1814

Jul 19

Samuel Colt, inventor of the first practical revolver, is born.

Ref: 2

Nov 06

Adolphe (Antoine) Sax, Belgian musician and inventor of the saxophone, is born.

Ref: 68

1818

Sep 12

Richard Jordan Gatling US, inventor (hand-cranked machine gun), is born.

Ref: 5

1819

Jul 09

Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, is born in Spencer, MA.

Ref: 2

Aug 19

James Watt inventor: condensing steam engine; the watt, a unit of power, was named after him; dies.

Ref: 68

Aug 25

James Watt, Scottish steam engine inventor, dies at age 83.

Ref: 70

1821

Linus Yale, developer of the cylinder lock, is born.

Ref: 68

1822

Dec 06

John Eberhard built 1st large-scale pencil factory in US, is born.

Ref: 5

1823

Jan 03

Robert Whitehead, British engineer, invented the modern torpedo, is born.

Ref: 70

Karl Wilhelm Siemens, inventor (laid undersea cables), is born.

Ref: 5

Oct 30

Edmund Cartwright inventor: power loom; dies.

Ref: 4

1824

Feb 10

Samuel Plimsoll Bristol England, inventor (Plimsoll line for ships), is born.

Ref: 5

1825

Jan 08

Eli Whitney inventor: cotton gin and uniformity method of musket manufacturing: beginning of mass production; dies at age 59.

Ref: 4

1826

Zenobe Theophile Gramme, inventor (electric motor), is born.

Ref: 5

May 29

Ebenezer Butterick, inventor (tissue paper dress pattern), is born.

Ref: 5

Jul 11

John Fowler, English developer of the steam-hauled plow, is born.

Ref: 70

1829

May 29

Humphry Davy scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84.

Ref: 5

1831

Feb 15

Henry Maudslay inventor (metal lathe), dies.

Ref: 5

Mar 03

George Pullman, industrialist, inventor of the railroad sleeping car, is born.

Ref: 4

May 16

David Edward Hughes inventor (microphone, teleprinter), is born.

Ref: 5

1832

Apr 13

James Wimshurst British designer/inventor (electricstatic generator), is born.

Ref: 5

Jun 10

Nicholas August Otto, German inventor, responsible for an early internal combustion engine, is born.

Ref: 17

1835

Aug 02

Elisha Gray, American inventor, is born.

Ref: 70

1836

Mar 16

Andrew S Hallidie inventor (cable car), is born.

Ref: 5

Nov 26

John Loudon McAdam, engineer who invented and gave his name to macadamized roads, dies at age 80.

Ref: 70

1837

Nov 28

John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor, is born.

Ref: 70

1838

Margaret Knight inventor, "the female Thomas Edison", is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 21

Alexis De Rochon, developed spyglass, is born.

Ref: 62

Mar 12

William Perkin inventor (1st artificial dye), is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 10

Frank Baldwin, American inventor; known for the Monroe calculator, is born.

Ref: 70

1839

May 01

Louis-Maire-Hilaire Bernigaud Chardonnet, French chemist, inventor of rayon, is born.

Ref: 68

1840

Feb 05

Hiram Stevens Maxim inventor (automatic single-barrel rifle), is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 05

John Boyd Dunlop Scotland, developer (pneumatic rubber tire), is born.

Ref: 5

Feb 29

John Philip Holland, Irish-born American inventor of first true submarine accepted by U.S. Navy [spent 57 years working with submersibles]; invented device to allow sailors to escape from damaged subs; is born in Liscannor Ireland.

Ref: 4

1841

Feb 24

John Phillip Holland, inventor of the modern submarine, is born.

Ref: 2

1842

Sep 20

Lord James Dewar, physician who invented the vacuum flask and cordite, the first smokeless powder, is born.

Ref: 2

1843

Sep 25

Melville Bissell, American inventor of the carpet sweeper, is born.

Ref: 70

1844

May 02

Elijah McCoy black inventor, held over 50 patents including a lubricator for steam engines ("the Real McCoy"), is born.

Ref: 5

1846

Oct 06

George Westinghouse inventor: railway braking systems; developer: alternating current [AC] electricity; founder: Westinghouse Electric Company; is born.

Ref: 4

1847

Feb 11

Thomas Alva Edison inventor of more than 1000 patented ideas; is born in Milan, OH.

Ref: 4

Mar 03

Alexander Graham Bell, teacher of the deaf, inventor: telephone; founder of Bell Telephone Company, is born in Edinburgh Scotland.

Ref: 68

1849

Mar 17

Charles Brush, American inventor and industrialist, is born.

Ref: 70

Nov 29

Sir Ambrose Fleming inventor (diode), is born.

Ref: 5

1850

Jan 29

Lawrence Hargrave inventor (box kite), is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 16

Thomas Sidney Gilchrist, British metallurgist and inventor, is born.

Ref: 2

Dec 30

John Milne, English seismologist and geologist; inventor of the seismograph, is born.

Ref: 70

1851

May 20

Emile Berliner Germany, inventor (flat phonograph record), is born.

Ref: 5

Jul 06

Thomas Davenport invented first coml electric motor, dies at age 48.

Ref: 70

Jul 10

Louis-Jacques Daguerre, French inventor of the daguerreotype, dies at age 63.

Ref: 70

1854

Thomas A Watson, Alexander Graham Bell's assistant, is born.

Ref: 5

Mar 31

Sir Dugald Clerk, inventor of the two-stroke motorcycle engine, is born.

Ref: 2

May 11

Ottmar Mergenthaler Hachtel Germany, inventor (linotype), is born.

Ref: 5

Jun 13

Sir Charles Parsons, engineer and inventor of the steam turbine, is born.

Ref: 62

Jul 12

George Eastman, inventor of the Kodak camera, is born in Waterville, New York.

Ref: 68

1855

Jan 05

King Camp Gillette, inventor of the safety razor, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan 21

John M Browning US, weapons manufacturer, is born.

Ref: 5

Jan 28

William Seward Burroughs New York, inventor (recording adding machine), is born.

Ref: 68

Jun 16

Dr. John Gorrie of Apalachicola FL, patented the mechanical refrigerator, dies.

Ref: 68

1856

Feb 17

Frederick Eugene Ives, inventor, pioneer of halftone photoengraving process and color photography, is born.

Ref: 62

1857

Jan 17

Eugene Augustin Lauste developer (1st sound-on-film recording), is born.

Ref: 5

1858

Mar 18

Rudolph C K Diesel, German engineer (Diesel motor), is born.

Ref: 5

Chester Greenwood inventor: ear muffs; is born.

Ref: 4

1859

Jan 01

Michael J Owens, US inventor of the automatic bottle-making machine, founder of Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Go, is born.

Ref: 17

Jan 05

DeWitt B Brace inventor (spectrophotometer), is born.

Ref: 5

George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor of the Ferris Wheel, is born.

Ref: 2

1860

Apr 20

Charles Gordon Curtis US attorney/inventor (Curtis Turbine), is born.

Ref: 5

Jul 01

Charles Goodyear, American inventor; pioneered commercial use of rubber, dies at age 59.

Ref: 70

Oct 12

Elmer A. (Ambrose) Sperry inventor: Sperry Automatic Pilot [gyroscopic compass]; founder: Sperry-Rand Corp, is born.

Ref: 4

1861

John Heathcoat, English inventor of lace-making machinery, dies at age 77.

Ref: 70

Apr 08

Elisha Graves Otis, US inventor of the first safe elevator, dies at age 49.

Ref: 17

May 05

Peter Cooper Hewitt, electrical engineer, inventor of the mercury-vapor lamp, is born.

Ref: 2

Aug 12

Eliphalet Remington, American firearms manufacturer and inventor, dies at age 67.

Ref: 70

1862

Jan 10

Samuel Colt inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47.

Ref: 5

1863

Dec 15

Arthur D Little US, chemist (patented rayon), is born.

Ref: 5

1864

John Fowler, English developer of the steam-hauled plow, dies at age 38.

Ref: 70

1865

Mar 26

Thomas Hancock, English inventor; helped start the British rubber industry, dies at age 78.

Ref: 70

Apr 26

Charles J Sax Belgian inventor (saxophone), dies at 74.

Ref: 5

1866

Sep 04

Simon Lake, American inventor; built the submarine "Argonaut", is born.

Ref: 70

1867

Jun 17

John Robert Gregg Ireland, inventor (shorthand), is born.

Ref: 5

Oct 03

Elias Howe inventor: patented the lock stitch sewing machine; dies at age 48.

Ref: 4

1868

Dec 25

Linus Yale, developer of the cylinder lock, dies.

Ref: 68

1869

Sep 12

Peter Roget thesaurus fame/inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), dies.

Ref: 4

1870

Sep 24

George Claude, French engineer, inventor of the neon light, is born.

Ref: 2

1872

Jan 02

Albert Coombs Barnes, American inventor and art collector, is born.

Ref: 70

Apr 02

Samuel F.B. (Finley Breese) Morse, American painter and developer of the telegraph, dies in New York at age 81.

Ref: 70

May 21

Henry Warren Boston MA, inventor (Telechon electric clock), is born.

Ref: 5

1873

Aug 26

Lee De Forest, Council Bluffs, inventor (Audion vacuum (radio) tube), is born.

Ref: 68

Oct 23

William Coolidge, American inventor and engineer, is born in Hudson, MA.

Ref: 68

1874

Jun 25

Illustrator, author, doll designer, inventer of the Kewpie Doll, Rose O’Neill is born.

Ref: 68

1875

Jul 23

Isaac Merrit Singer, American inventor; developed Singer sewing machine

Ref: 70

1876

Nov 26

Willis Haviland Carrier, inventor of the first air conditioning system to control both temperature and humidity, is born.

Ref: 2

1877

Jan 10

Frederick Gardner Cottrell inventor (electrostatic precipitator), is born.

Ref: 5

Greenleaf Whittier Pickard, American electrical engineer and inventor, is born.

Ref: 70

Mar 03

Garrett Morgan African-American inventor, is born.

Ref: 5

Apr 19

Ole Evinrude, inventor of the first successful outboard motor, is born.

Ref: 2

1878

May 01

James Graham, inventor of the first naval aircraft-carrying ship and first man to film a total eclipse of the Sun, is born.

Ref: 2

1879

Jun 25

Sir William Cooke, English inventor; helped develop electric telegraphy, dies at age 73.

Ref: 70

1880

Aug 25

Joshua Lionel Cowen, electric toy train inventor, is born.

Ref: 68

Dec 11

Oliver Winchester, American gun and ammunition manufacturer; developed the Winchester rifle, dies at age 70.

Ref: 70

1882

Aug 12

Vincent Bendix, American inventor and industrialist, is born.

Ref: 70

1883

Mar 19

Jan Matzeliger invents first machine to manufacture entire shoes.

Ref: 5

Peter Cooper,American inventor, manufacturer and philanthropist, dies at age 92.

Ref: 70

1884

May 13

Cyrus H. McCormick inventor: mechanical reaper; dies.

Ref: 4

1885

Nov 01

Anton Flettner, German inventor, is born.

Ref: 70

1887

Sep 26

Barnes Wallis, British aeronautical engineer who invented the "Bouncing Bombs" used to destroy German dams during World War II, is born.

Ref: 2

1888

Apr 13

John Hays Jr. b. Hammond, American inventor; developed radio remote control, is born.

Ref: 70

1889

Mar 08

Jens/John Ericsson Sweden/US, engineer (fire extinguisher), inventor of the screw propeller, dies at 85.

Ref: 5

Mar 15

Melville Bissell, American inventor of the carpet sweeper, dies at age 45.

Ref: 4

1890

Feb 17

Christopher Sholes, American inventor who developed the typewriter, dies at age 71.

Ref: 70

Dec 18

Edwin Howard Armstrong New York NY, radio pioneer inventor (FM), is born.

Ref: 5

1891

Mar 17

Nicholas August Otto, German inventor, responsible for an early internal combustion engine, dies.

Ref: 17

1893

Mar 05

Emmett J. Culligan inventor: water-softening device; founder of Culligan Water, world’s largest water-treatment company; died in 1970, is born.

Ref: 4

Nov 05

Raymond Loewy inventor, engineer, industrial designing: ‘father of streamlining’: US Postal Service logo, Air Force One and many other products such as pens, appliances, cars and trains; is born.

Ref: 4

1894

Dec 07

Ferdinand Lesseps, French diplomat, builder of the Suez Canal, dies at age 89.

Ref: 70

1896

Apr 27

Wallace Hume Carothers, inventor (nylon), is born.

Ref: 5

Nov 22

George Washington Gale Ferris, inventor of the Ferris wheel), dies.

Ref: 5

1897

Oct 19

George Pullman, industrialist, inventor of the railroad sleeping car, dies at age 66.

Ref: 4

1898

Jan 03

James Wimshurst British designer/inventor (vacuum pump), dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Mar 15

Sir Henry Bessemer inventor: the Bessemer process of converting pig iron to steel; dies.

Ref: 4

Sep 14

William Seward Burroughs, inventor of the adding machine, dies.

Ref: 68

Sep 15

William Seward Burroughs, American inventor, dies at age 43.

Ref: 70

1899

Apr 13

Alfred Butts, inventor of the board game Scrabble, is born.

Ref: 2

Dec 26

Leopold Mannes, American co-developer of Kodachrome film, is born.

Ref: 70

1900

Jun 05

Dennis Gabor inventor (holography (3D laser photography), is born.

Ref: 5

Jun 09

Fred Waring choirmaster & bandleader: group: The Pans: The Whiffenpoof Song; invented Waring blender; is born in Tyrone PA.

Ref: 4

1901

Jan 21

Elisha Gray, American inventor, dies at age 65.

Ref: 70

Jan 29

Allen B DuMont inventor (perfected commercial practical cathode ray tube), is born.

Ref: 5

1902

Aug 13

Felix Wankel Germany, inventor (Wankel rotary-piston engine), is born.

Ref: 5

1903

Feb 26

Richard J Gatling US inventor (Gatling Gun), dies at 84.

Ref: 5

Mar 31

Ebenezer Butterick, American manufacturer; developed use of paper patterns for clothing, dies at age 76.

Ref: 70

Jun 02

Robert Morris Page, physicist, inventor of pulse radar, is born.

Ref: 2

1905

Nov 14

Robert Whitehead, British engineer, invented the modern torpedo, dies at age 82.

Ref: 70

1906

Feb 08

Chester F. Carlson, physicist, inventor of xerography, the electrostatic dry-copy process, is born.

Ref: 2

Oct 09

Joseph Glidden, American inventor (1st commercial usable barbed wire), dies at age 93.

Ref: 70

1907

Feb 06

Sam Green industrialist/inventor, is born.

Ref: 5

Jul 28

Earl S Tupper invented Tupperware, is born.

Ref: 5

1909

May 07

Edwin Herbert Land, American inventor and physicist; developed the Polaroid Land Camera, is born.

Ref: 70

1910

Jan 17

Thomas Crapper, said to be the inventor and developer of the flush toilet mechanism that most of us use, died on this day.

Ref: 68

Jun 04

Sir Christopher Cockerell inventor: the Hovercraft; is born.

Ref: 4

Jun 26

Roy Plunkett scientist: discovered polytetrafluoroethylene, better known as Teflon [Apr 6, 1938]; is born.

Ref: 4

1911

Willem J Kolff Dutch/US internist/inventor (Artificial Kidney), is born.

Ref: 5

1913

Jul 30

John Milne, English seismologist and geologist; inventor of the seismograph, dies at age 62.

Ref: 70

Sep 29

Rudolf Diesel, German engineer who designed the compression-ignition engine, dies at age 55.

Ref: 70

1914

Mar 12

George Westinghouse inventor: railway braking systems; developer: alternating current [AC] electricity; founder: Westinghouse Electric Company; dies at age 67.

Ref: 4

1918

Dec 06

Harold Horace Hopkins inventor (Endoscope), is born.

Ref: 5

1919

Sep 16

Marvin Middlemark inventor: rabbit ears TV antenna; is born.

Ref: 4

1920

Apr 10

John Wesley Hyatt, American inventor, dies at age 82.

Ref: 70

May 10

John Wesley Hyatt inventor/plastics pioneer, dies.

Ref: 5

1921

Aug 25

Peter Cooper Hewitt, American electrical engineer; invented the mercury-vapor lamp, dies at age 60.

Ref: 70

1922

Aug 02

Alexander Graham Bell, teacher of the deaf, inventor: telephone; founder of Bell Telephone Company, dies.

Ref: 68

1923

Nov 08

-Jack S. Kilby, inventor of the integrated circuit, is born.

Dec 27

Michael J Owens, US inventor of the automatic bottle-making machine, founder of Libbey-Owens Sheet Glass Go, dies.

Ref: 17

1924

Mar 12

Hilaire Comte de Chardonnet inventor (rayon), dies.

Ref: 5

1925

Apr 08

Frank Baldwin, American inventor; known for the Monroe calculator, dies at age 87.

Ref: 70

1926

Nov 26

John Browning, American weapons designer, dies at age 71.

Ref: 70

1927

Dec 12

Robert Norton Noyce, co-inventor of the integrated circuit.

Ref: 2

1928

Dec 06

Bert Geoffrey Achong inventor (electron microscopist), is born.

Ref: 5

1929

Jun 15

Charles Brush, American inventor and industrialist, dies at age 80.

Ref: 70

1930

Jan 13

C-E Auguste Rateau French inventor (R-steam turbine), dies at 66.

Ref: 5

Jun 16

Elmer Sperry, the American inventor best known for perfecting the use of gyroscopes, dies.

Ref: 70

1931

Feb 11

Charles Algernon Parsons British inventor (steam turbine), dies at 76.

Ref: 5

Oct 18

Inventor Thomas Alva Edison dies at the age of 84. His ideas were granted patents every year for 65 years, from 1868 to 1933, totaling 1,093 patents.

Ref: 2

Dec 26

Melvil Dewey librarian: inventor of the Dewey Decimal System; dies.

Ref: 4

1932

Mar 14

George Eastman, the inventor of roll film and founder of Kodak, shoots himself at age 77. His suicide note reads, "My work here is done. Why wait?"

Ref: 73

1933

Ray Dolby, inventor of Dolby sound, is born.

Ref: 5

1934

May 23

Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog Synthesizer, is born.

Ref: 68

Jul 12

Ole Evinrude, inventor of the first successful outboard motor, dies at age 57.

Ref: 70

Dec 13

Thomas Watson, the American telephone pioneer (assistant to Alexander G Bell) and shipbuilder, dies.

Ref: 70

1935

Dec 01

Bernard Schmidt inventor (Schmidt camera), dies.

Ref: 5

1937

Apr 29

Wallace Hume Carothers, American chemist; developed nylon, dies at age 41.

Ref: 70

1941

Dec 02

Paul C W Chu China, physicist, superconductivity researcher, is born.

Ref: 5

1944

Feb 23

Leo Hendrick Baekeland inventor (Bakelite), dies.

Ref: 5

Apr 06

Illustrator, author, doll designer, inventer of the Kewpie Doll, Rose O'Neill dies.

Ref: 68

Jul 13

Erno Rubik Budapest, inventor (Rubik's cube), is born.

Ref: 5

1945

Mar 27

Vincent Bendix, American inventor and industrialist, dies at age 62.

Ref: 70

Jun 23

Simon Lake, American inventor; built the submarine "Argonaut", dies at age 78.

Ref: 70

1948

Feb 23

John Robert Greeg, Irish-born American inventor of short-hand, dies at age 80.

Ref: 70

Nov 16

Frederick Gardner Cottrell inventor (electrostatic precipitator), dies at age 71.

Ref: 70

1950

Oct 07

Willis Haviland Carrier developed air-conditioning equipment, dies at age 70.

Ref: 70

1951

Jul 24

Albert Coombs Barnes, American inventor and art collector, dies at age 79.

Ref: 70

1953

Mar 10

Charles Gordon Curtis inventor of (Curtis-steam turbine), dies at 92.

Ref: 5

1954

Jan 31

Edwin H Armstrong US radio inventor (FM), commits suicide at 63.

Ref: 5

1955

Oct 31

Xavier Roberts toy mogul: created Cabbage Patch Dolls, is born.

Ref: 4

1956

Jan 08

Greenleaf Whittier Pickard, American electrical engineer and inventor, dies at age 78.

Ref: 2

1957

Mar 02

Harry E Soref inventor (padlock), dies at 70.

Ref: 5

Jul 21

Bernard Spooner US inventor of bulletproof jacket, dies.

Ref: 5

1959

Apr 27

Gordon Armstrong inventor of baby incubator, dies.

Ref: 5

Sep 30

John H Kliegl developer of the Klieg light, dies at 89.

Ref: 5

1961

Jun 30

Lee De Forest, American inventor of the Audion vacuum tube, dies at age 87 in Hollywood CA.

Ref: 68

Sep 21

Earle Dickson inventor (band-aid), dies at 68.

Ref: 5

Oct 25

Peter Jensen co-inventer (loud speaker), dies at 75.

Ref: 5

Dec 25

Dr Rheinhold Rudenberg inventor of the electron microscope dies.

Ref: 5

Dec 29

Anton Flettner, German inventor, dies at age 76.

Ref: 70

1962

Mar 26

Marjorie Colton inventor of wax paper, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

Sep 29

Patrick Corry developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx.

Ref: 5

1964

Aug 11

Leopold Mannes, American co-developer of Kodachrome film, dies at age 64.

Ref: 70

1965

Feb 12

John Hays Jr. b. Hammond, American inventor; developed radio remote control, dies at age 77.

Ref: 1

Sep 08

Joshua Lionel Cowen, electric toy train inventor, dies.

Ref: 68

1968

Sep 19

Chester Carlson, American physicist and inventor of xerography, dies at age 62.

Ref: 70

1971

Mar 11

Philo T Farnsworth US TV pioneer, dies at 64.

Ref: 5

May 15

Donald F. Duncan, inventor of the yo-yo, died

Ref: 62

1975

Feb 03

William Coolidge, American inventor and engineer, dies at age 101.

Ref: 68

1982

Jul 29

Vladimir Zworykin, Russian-born American inventor and the father of television, dies at age 92.

Ref: 70

1983

Jul 01

R Buckminster Fuller inventor/philosopher, dies in LA at 87.

Ref: 5

Oct 05

Earl Tupper, American inventor of Tupperware plastic containers, dies at age 76.

Ref: 70

1984

Jul 29

Fred Waring choirmaster & bandleader: group: The Pans: The Whiffenpoof Song; invented Waring blender; dies.

Ref: 4

John Rock US co-developer of anti-conceptiepil, dies at 94.

Ref: 5

1985

Mar 07

Victor W Farris inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies.

Ref: 5

1986

Jul 14

Raymond Loewy inventor, engineer, industrial designing: ‘father of streamlining’: US Postal Service logo, Air Force One and many other products such as pens, appliances, cars and trains; dies at age 92.

Ref: 4

1988

Oct 09

Felix Wankel, German engineer and inventor, dies at age 86.

Ref: 70

1990

Jun 02

Robert Noyce co-inventor (semi-conductor)/founded Intel, dies

Ref: 5

1991

Mar 01

Edwin H. Land, inventor of the Polaroid Camera, his 500 patents was exceeded only by Edison, dies at age 81.

Ref: 5

Mar 21

Leo Fender inventor (Fender guitar), dies at age 81.

Ref: 5

Apr 30

George Sperti Sperti inventor (Preparation H), dies at 91

Ref: 5

Aug 13

Inventor and entrepreneur Jack Ryan, who helped give birth to Barbie and Hot Wheels racing toys, dies at age 65.

Ref: 5

Aug 24

Bernard Castro patented convertible couch, dies at 87.

Ref: 5

1992

May 11

Elizabeth McDonald inventor (Spic & Span), dies at 98.

Ref: 5

1993

Feb 11

George A Stephen inventor (Weber Kettle Grill), dies at 71.

Ref: 5