An inventor is a person who creates or discovers a new method, form, device or other useful means. The word inventor comes form the latin verb invenire, invent-, to find. The system of patents was established to encourage inventors by granting limited-term, limited monopoly on inventions determined to be sufficiently novel, non-obvious, and useful.
People /List of Engineers and Inventors.
- Charles Babbage, (1791-1871), United Kingdom — analytical engine (semi-automatic computer)
- Roger Bacon, (1214-1292), England — magnifying glass
- Leo Baekeland, (1863-1944), Belgian–American — Velox photographic paper and Bakelite
- Ralph H. Baer, (1922-), German born American — video game console
- Abd al-Latif al-Baghdadi, (1162–1231), Iraq/Egypt — ventilator
- Tim Berners-Lee, (1955-), United Kingdom — with Robert Cailliau, the World Wide Web
- Abu Mansoor Nizar al-Aziz Billah, (955–996), Egypt — airmail, homing pigeon
- Bi Sheng (Chinese: 畢昇), (ca. 990-1051), China — clay movable type printing
- Laszlo Biro, (1899-1985), Hungary — modern ballpoint pen
- Vitaly Mikhaylovich Abalakov, (1906-1986), Russia — camming devices, Abalakov thread (or V-thread) gearless ice climbing anchor.
- Hovannes Adamian, (1879-1932), Armenia/Russia — tricolor principle of the color television
- Robert Adler, (1913-2007), Austria/United States — wireless remote control
- Turhan Alçelik (c. 2006), Turkey — non-glaring headlamp
- Rostislav Alexeyev, (1916-1980) , Russia — Ekranoplan.
- Mary Anderson, (1866–1953), United States — windshield wiper blade
- Nicolas Appert, (1749-1841), France — canning (airtight food preservation)
- Archimedes, (c. 287-212 BC), Greece — Archimedes' screw
- Ami Argand, (1750-1803), France — Argand lamp
- Edwin H. Armstrong,(1890-1954), United States. — FM radio
- Jabir ibn Aflah (Geber), (c. 1100-1150), Islamic Spain — portable celestial globe
- Jabir ibn Hayyan (Geber), (c. 721-815), Yemen/Persia — pure distillation, calcination, crystallization, filtration, liquefaction, purification, alembic, still, retort, mineral acids, nitric and sulfuric acids, uric and hydrochloric acids, aqua regia, alum, alkali, borax, pure sal ammoniac, lead carbonatic, arsenic, antimony, bismuth, pure mercury and sulfur, plated mail, artificial pearl and gemstone, lusterware
- William George Armstrong, (1810-1900), United Kingdom — hydraulic crane
- Neil Arnott, (1788-1874), United Kingdom — waterbed
- Lev Artsimovich, (1909-1973), Russia — Tokamak
- Al-Ashraf, (fl. 1282-1296), Yemen — dry compass
- Joseph Aspdin, (1788-1855), England — Portland cement
- John Vincent Atanasoff, (1903-1995), United States — modern programmable computer
- Alberto Santos-Dumont
- Cai Lun
- Ernest Rutherford
- Henry Ford
- James Watt
- John Logie Baird
- Karl Benz
- Leonardo da Vinci
- Alberto Santos-Dumont
- Alexander Graham Bell
- Andrew Carnegie
- Cai Lun
- Christopher Wren
- Eilmer of Malmesbury
- Ernest Rutherford
- Francis Petre
- Frank Whittle
- Thomas Edison
- Wernher von Braun
- Wright brothers
- Alberto Santos-Dumont
- Eilmer of Malmesbury
- Guglielmo Marconi
- J. J. Thomson
- John Flamsteed
- Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- Johannes Gutenberg
- George Stephenson
- John Flamsteed