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| Inventor | Henry Heimlich
 Henry J. Heimlich (b. February 3, 1920), an American physician, is predominatly known for the invention of the Heimlich maneuver.
Heimlich was born in Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from Cornel | Robert Fulton
 Robert Fulton (November 14, 1765 – February 24, 1815) was a U.S. engineer and inventor, who was widely credited with developing the first steam-powered ship marked as a commercial success.
Life a | Buckminster Fuller
 Richard Buckminster ("Bucky") Fuller (July 12, 1895 – July 1, 1983) was an American visionary, designer, architect, poet, author, and inventor.
Throughout his life, Fuller was concerned with the | Henry Ford
 Henry Ford (July 30, 1863 – April 7, 1947) was the founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of the modern assembly line used in mass production. His introduction of the Model T automobile revolu | Philo Farnsworth
 Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor. He was the first to demonstrate and patent a working electronic television system. He also invented the Fusor, a | Thomas Edison
 Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many devices which greatly influenced life in the 20th century. Dubbed "The Wizard of | Rudolf Diesel
 Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (March 18, 1858 – September 30, 1913) was a German inventor, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine.
Early life
Although Diesel was born in Paris, his paren | Samuel Colt
 Samuel Colt was born in Hartford, Connecticut on July 19, 1814. As a boy, he attended the local school, and he also worked in his father's textile mill. He was fascinated with machinery even as a youn | Luther Burbank
 Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849–April 11, 1926) was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer of agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-ye | Louis Braille
 Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 – January 6, 1852) was the inventor of braille[1], a world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. Braille is read by passing o |
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