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inventor

inventor

person that devises a new device, method, composition, or process

96
Memorial Pages

96 memorial pages of people whose profession was inventor

Memorial page of Gunther von Hagens
GV
Portrait of Gunther von Hagens (1945–2026) – memorial page

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Gunther von Hagens

01/10/1945 – 07/24/2026

81 years

German anatomist

Heidelberg
15
BA
Portrait of Bill Atkinson (1951–2025) – memorial page

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Bill Atkinson

03/17/1951 – 06/05/2025

74 years

American computer engineer, programmer, and photographer

Portola Valley
1
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Portrait of George E. Smith (1930–2025) – memorial page

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George E. Smith

05/10/1930 – 05/28/2025

95 years

Nobel prize winning American physicist

Barnegat
1
RJ

Memorial

Robert Jarvik

05/11/1946 – 05/26/2025

79 years

American inventor, creator of the Jarvik-7 artificial heart

New York City
2
LC
Portrait of Lynn Conway (1938–2024) – memorial page

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Lynn Conway

01/02/1938 – 06/09/2024

86 years

American computer scientist and electrical engineer

Jackson
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RH
Portrait of Robert H. Dennard (1932–2024) – memorial page

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Robert H. Dennard

09/05/1932 – 04/23/2024

91 years

American engineer and inventor

Croton-on-Hudson
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Portrait of Niklaus Wirth (1934–2024) – memorial page

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Niklaus Wirth

02/15/1934 – 01/01/2024

89 years

Swiss computer scientist

Zürich
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GG

Memorial

Gaston Glock

07/19/1929 – 12/27/2023

94 years

Austrian engineer and CEO of firearms manufacturer Glock

Klagenfurt am Wörthersee
1
IW

Memorial

Ian Wilmut

07/07/1944 – 09/10/2023

79 years

British embryologist

Hampton Lucy
1
JB
Portrait of John B. Goodenough (1922–2023) – memorial page

Memorial

John B. Goodenough

07/25/1922 – 06/25/2023

100 years

American materials scientist

Austin
2
NH
Portrait of Nick Holonyak (1928–2022) – memorial page

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Nick Holonyak

11/03/1928 – 09/20/2022

93 years

American physicist

Urbana
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RV
Portrait of Raymond Vahan Damadian (1936–2022) – memorial page

Memorial

Raymond Vahan Damadian

03/16/1936 – 08/03/2022

86 years

American scientist and inventor

Woodbury
1
CS
Portrait of Clive Sinclair (1940–2021) – memorial page

Memorial

Clive Sinclair

07/30/1940 – 09/16/2021

81 years

English entrepreneur and inventor

London
1
PG
Portrait of Pete George (1929–2021) – memorial page

Memorial

Pete George

06/29/1929 – 07/28/2021

92 years

American weightlifter

Akron
1
YL
Portrait of Yuan Longping (1929–2021) – memorial page

Memorial

Yuan Longping

08/13/1929 – 05/22/2021

91 years

Chinese biologist

Peking Union Medical College Hospital
1
Family Tree
HM
Portrait of Helen Murray Free (1923–2021) – memorial page

Memorial

Helen Murray Free

02/20/1923 – 05/01/2021

98 years

American chemist and educator

Elkhart
11
LO
Portrait of Lou Ottens (1926–2021) – memorial page

Memorial

Lou Ottens

06/21/1926 – 03/06/2021

94 years

Dutch engineer and inventor

Duizel
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BL
Portrait of Bernard Lown (1921–2021) – memorial page

Memorial

Bernard Lown

06/07/1921 – 02/16/2021

99 years

American cardiologist, developer of the DC defibrillator and the cardioverter

Chestnut Hill
1
Family Tree
BP
Portrait of Borys Paton (1918–2020) – memorial page

Memorial

Borys Paton

11/14/1918 – 08/19/2020

101 years

Soviet and Ukrainian scientist

Kyiv
111
AE
Portrait of Abdurrahim El-Keib (1950–2020) – memorial page

Memorial

Abdurrahim El-Keib

03/02/1950 – 04/21/2020

70 years

Libyan politician

Tuscaloosa
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Family Tree
FP
Portrait of Ferdinand Piëch (1937–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Ferdinand Piëch

04/17/1937 – 08/25/2019

82 years

Austrian manager

Rosenheim
14
CC
Portrait of Christopher C. Kraft (1924–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Christopher C. Kraft

02/28/1924 – 07/22/2019

95 years

American aerospace engineer

Houston
1
PB
Portrait of Patricia Bath (1942–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Patricia Bath

11/04/1942 – 05/30/2019

76 years

American ophthalmologist and inventor

San Francisco
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ZA
Portrait of Zhores Alferov (1930–2019) – memorial page

Memorial

Zhores Alferov

03/15/1930 – 03/01/2019

88 years

Soviet-Russian physicist

Saint Petersburg
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