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Kamen, Dean
Babbage, Charles
Banneker, Benjamin
Bell, Alexander Graham
Braille, Louis
Eastman, George
Edison, Thomas Alva
Farnsworth, Philo
Goddard, Robert
Gutenberg, Johannes
Hunt, Walter
Marconi, Guglielmo
McCoy, Elijah
Morgan, Garrett
Watt, James
Whitney, Eli
Wright, Wilbur and Orville
19th Century African-American Inventors
Short articles on black inventors from Suite101.com.
Blacks in Technology, Past and Present
Profiles of seven African American inventors.
Elias Howe
Credited with inventing the first practical sewing machine. This biography is from Scientific American Online.
Elias Howe
Profile of the inventor of the sewing machine; born in Spencer, Massachusetts.
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson
Profile of the Swedish-born inventor of the High-Frequency Alternator Radio.
Fact Monster; Inventions and Discoveries
List of inventions from A to Z with dates, inventors, and links to the biographies of some of these inventors.
Famous Black Inventors
Profiles of selected African-American inventors of the 20th century.
George Edward Alcorn, Jr.
Physicist and inventor. Provides brief biography, patent list, curriculum vitae and illustrations.
Great and Famous Inventors
Elementary school students introduce some of the men and women whose creations changed the 20th century.
Henry Ford - Ignorant Genius
Offers a biography and history.
Historical Inventors: A To Z
Resource to research famous inventors, including timelines and sections on women, African American, Native American, Chinese and Hispanic groups.
Innovative Lives
Short profiles of men and women who are changing life today. From the Smithsonian.
James Nasmith
Profile, career, and background history on the sport's inventor. From the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
National Inventors Hall of Fame
Celebrates inventors, and has indexes of inventors with brief biographies, and an index of inventions so you can find out who is credited with which invention.
Robert Noyce
Brief biography of the co-inventor, with Jack Kilby, of the integrated circuit.
The Black Inventor Online Museum
A look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation.
The Great Idea Finder
Provides invention facts, inventor profiles, innovation timeline, history articles, and trivia quiz.
The Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives
Browsable and searchable collection of short, yet scholarly biographies geared toward students.


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