Eli Whitney
American inventor of the cotton gin which strengthened the economic foundation of slavery in the U.S.
Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish-born inventor, scientist, & engineer credited with inventing & patenting the first practical telephone.
Andrija Puharich
American parapsychologist, physician, researcher, medical inventor, & author born in 1918.
Thomas Edison
American inventor & businessman known for inventions incl. the phonograph & motion picture camera.
Christopher Sholes
American inventor known for co-inventing the 1st commercially success typewriter in the U.S.
Lydia Pinkham
American inventor & marketer of “women’s tonic” for menstrual & menopausal issues born in 1819.
George W. Carver
American agricultural scientist, inventor, & professor born in 1864. Most prominent Black scientist of his time.
Ottmar Mergenthaler
German-American inventor of the linotype machine born in 1854.