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Technology Hall of Fame (and Infamy)
Famous (and not so famous) physicists, chemists, electro-chemiststs, engineers and inventors who have contributed to the development of batteries and associated electrical technologies. |
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Click on the dates for details of what they did (or did not) do.
For a chronological list see the Technology Timeline
See also the timeline of the Discovery of the Elements
Aaron 1280 B.C.
Abbott 1970
Abramson Moe 1949
Abramson Norman 1962, 1970
Ackermann 1932
Ada Lovelace 1821, 1843
Adams B.N. 1941
Adams J.C. 1840
Adams W.G. 1877
Adanson 1757
Adcock 1954
Adleman 1976
Adler 1955
Aepinus 1759
Agrippa Circa 50 A.D.
Aiken 1938
Airy 1840, 1843, 1868, 1927, 1932
Akroyd-Stuart 1893
Aldini 1786
Al-Din 1551
Al-Khawarizmi 700-1100, 830
Al-Razi 700-1100, 920
Aldrin 1969
Alexander the Great 350 B.C.
Alexander VI Pope 1478
Alexanderson 1906
Allen 1975
Ampère 1820, 1825
Anderson 1928, 1932
André 1941
Andreessen 1962, 1989
Andrus 1957
Antheil 1942
Appleton 1884, 1924
Arago 1820
Archeneau 1878
Archimedes 15 B.C., 1478, 1593
Aristotle 350 B.C., 200, 1500 to 1700, 1600, 1609, 1610, 1644, 1663
Arkin 1960
Arkwright 1750-1850, 1764, 1771
Armstrong Edwin 1906, 1912, 1918, 1927, 1931, 1933
Armstrong Fraser 2005
Armstrong Neil 1969
Armstrong William 1840
Arnold 1896
Aroot 1961
Arrhenius 1884, 1887, 1962
Arsenjeva 1935
Arthur 1960
Asimov 1954
Aston 1920
Astor Jacob 1893
Atalla 1960
Atanasoff 1938
Atkinson 1882
Avery 1878
Avogadro 1811
Ayrton 1882
Babbage 1750-1850, 1797, 1840, 1843, 1938
Backus 1954
Bacon Francis 1500 to 1700, 1605, 1874, 1932
Bacon Thomas 1932, 1960's
Baekeland 1907
Bain 1841, 1843, 1857
Baird 1911, 1943
Bakanowski 1955
Baker 1961
Baliga 1980
Ban Gu 206 B.C.-220 A.D.
Baran 1962, 1964
Barber 1791
Bardeen 1947, 1957, 1962
Barlow 1821, 1822, 1831
Barraud 1877
Barsanti 1854, 1862
Bassist 1913
Bates 1989
Baudot 1605, 1874, 1903
Baumann 1872
Bayliss 1995
Bazalgette 1825
BBC Radio 1922
Beau de Rochas 1861, 1862
Beautey 1909
Beccu 1967, 1986
Becquerel Alexandre-Edmond 1839, 1888, 1896
Becquerel Antoine-César 1829, 1836, 1896
Becquerel Antoine-Henri 1896, 1898
Bednorz 1986
Bell 1861, 1876
Bemer 1957, 1962
Benardos 1885
Benedicks 1915
Benz 1882, 1885
Berger 1924
Berges 1869
Berliner 1877
Berners-Lee 1962, 1965, 1989
Bernoulli Daniel 1478, 1738, 1807
Bernoulli James 1738
Bernoulli John 1738
Bernoulli Nicholas 1738
Berry Arthur 1913
Berry Clifford 1938
Berzelius 1808, 1824, 1836
Bessemer 1855, 1865, 1876, 1948
Bethe 1920, 1939
Bevis 1745
Bina 1962, 1989
Binnig 1981, 1986
Biot 1820
Birkner 1977
Bitzer 1964
Black Harold 1927, 1932
Black Joseph 1761
Blake 1877
Bláthy 1885, 1886
Bloch 1946
Blumlein 1931
Bode 1938
Boggs 1962, 1973
Bohr 1913, 1916, 1928
Boltzmann 1870s, 1948
Bond 1957
Boole 1854
Boot 1926, 1940
Borgia 1478
Borgia Cesare 1478
Born Lucrezia 1925, 1926
Bose 1891
Bouch 1840
Bouchon 1725
Boulton 1750-1850, 1765
Boulton and Watt 1769, 1780, 1792
Bourdon 1849
Bourseul 1854
Bouvet 1679
Bouwer 1954
Boyle Robert 1500 to 1700, 1660, 1661, 1662, 1665, 1675
Boyle Willard 1969
Boys 1887
Bradley 1849
Bragg 1912
Brahe 1500 to 1700, 1576, 1609
Bramah Joseph 1642, 1795
Bramah Timothy 1825
Brandenberger 1908
Branly 1891, 1894
Brattain 1947
Braun 1874, 1897, 1906
Brayton 1872
Breedlove 1978
Breguet 1822
Brenner 1944
Bricklin 1979
Brierley 1912
Briggs 1614, 1620
Brin 1962, 1990
Brindley 1750-1850, 1761
Brønsted 1923
Bronze age man 2500 B.C., 1701
Brown Joseph 1798
Brown Paul 1989
Brown Robert 1827
Browne 1646
Brugnatelli 1805
Brunel Mark Isambard 1808, 1822, 1825, 1833
Brunel Isambard Kingdom1822, 1825, 1833, 1847
Buehler 1948
Buie 1961
Bunsen 1814, 1841, 1845, 1878
Burks 1938
Burr 1881
Bush 1854, 1925, 1926, 1945, 1962, 1965
Butler 1930
Byazis II (Sultan) 700
Cabeo 1629
Cady 1919, 1921, 1923
Callan 1836, 1878
Callaud 1878
Campbell 1917
Campbell Swinton 1911, 1927, 1929
Cannizzaro 1858
Carlisle 1800
Carnot 1824
Carothers 1931
Carre 1878
Carson John 1915
Carter 1962, 1968
Carson Rachel 1962
Cascariolo 1603
Cavendish 1747, 1766, 1784
Cayley 1799, 1896, 1903
Cerf 1962, 1973
Chadwick 1932
Channing 1852
Chanute 1893, 1903
Chaperon 1882, 1888
Chapin 1954
Charles 1787
Chauvin Arnoux 1927, 1934, 1972
Chiariglione 1962, 1988
Chin Dynasty 220-206 B.C.
Chinese 220-206 B.C., 645, 1040, 1041, 1086, 1368, 1679, 1840, 2000s
Ching 1368
Cho 1960
Christensen Howard 1960
Christensen Ward 1962, 1978
Christie 1833, 1843
Christina Queen of Sweden 1644
Chua 1970, 1977
Church 2012
Churchill 1938, 1940
Cioffi 1962, 1988
Clamond 1874
Clapeyron 1834
Clark 1872
Clarke 1500 to 1700, 1928, 1945
Claude 1910
Claudius Circa 50 A.D.
Clausius 1850, 1865
Cochrane (Lord) 1825
Cockcroft 1917, 1932, 1945
Cocks 1976
Cohen 1965
Coiffier 1752
Colbert 1666
Colebrook 1931
Collins 1969
Colpitts 1915
Columbus 1492
Compaan 1965
Compton 1779
Confucius 1368
Conti 1904
Conway 1980
Cooke 1837
Cooley 1965
Coolidge 1896, 1910
Cooper John 1978, 1993
Cooper Leon 1957
Cooper Martin 1973
Coover 1942
Copernicus1500 to 1700, 1514, 1576
Cormack 1963
Corry 1974, 1977
Cort 1784
Coulomb 1785
Couper 1858
Courtois 1807
Crookes 1879
Cruikshank 1802
Cubitt 1847
Cugnot 1770
Cunaeus 1745
Curie Jacques 1880
Curie Marie 1898
Curie Pierre 1880, 1895, 1898, 1907
Curl 1985
Czochralski 1916
d'Alembert 1807
d'Arsonval 1878, 1882
da Vinci Leonardo 15 B.C., 1478, 1676, 1799
Dalibard 1752
Dalton 460 B.C., 1803, 1811
Damadian 1977
Danby 1948
Daniell 1836
Danko 1949
Darby Abraham I 1709, 1750-1850
Darby Abraham II 1709
Darby Abraham III 1709, 1779
Darraq 1897
Dassler 1933
Davenport 1821, 1837, 1838, 1866
Davidson 1838, 1873
Davies 1962, 1964
Davis 1863
Davisson 1927
Davy 1771, 1799, 1800, 1807, 1809, 1821, 1824, 1825, 1833
Day 1877
de Bellescise 1931
de Broglie 1924, 1927
de Forest 1907, 1912, 1925, 1933
de Gaulle 1966
de la Rue 1878, 1879
de Loach 1965
de Moivre 1733, 1986
de Paiva 1878
de Saussure 1766
de Vaucanson 1744
Dechamps 1896
della Torre 1478
Deming 1923, 1950
Democritus 460 B.C.
Dennard 1966, 1970
Densmore 1867
Déri Miksa 1885
Derrick 1957
Desaga 1841
Descartes 1500 to 1700, 1644
Devol 1954
Diesel 1886, 1893
Dippy 1937, 1940, 1960
Dirac 1926, 1928, 1932
Domitian Circa 50 A.D.
Döbereiner 1823
Doppler 1914, 1842
Dowsing 1896, 1912
Drake 206 B.C. - 220 A.D., 1846
Draper 1969
Drebbel 1840
Drexler 1981
Dreyer 1950
Dronier 1878
Drude 1900
Drumm 1931
Drzewiecki 1888
du Bois-Reymond 1843
du Fay 1733
Dubus-Bonnel 1836
Ducas 1925
Duell 1899
Dulong 1819
Dunlop 1975
Dummer 1952
Dunwoody 1874, 1906
Durrer 1948
Dutrochet 1828
Easton 1960
Ebers 1950
Eccles John Carew 1952
Eccles William Henry 1919
Eckert 1926
Eckert Presper 1938
Eddington 1920, 1929, 1939
Edison 1769, 1874, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1881, 1882, 1883, 1887, 1893, 1900, 1925, 1926
Einstein 1849, 1873, 1905, 1927, 1929, 1932
Einthoven 1903
Eisler 1943
Egerton 1761
Eguchi 1919
Egyptians 2500 B.C., 2300 B.C., 1300 B.C., 1797
Elizabeth I Queen 1750-1850
Elkingtons 1840, 1864
Ellis Carlton 1936
Ellis James 1976
Elster 1893
Emtage 1962, 1990
Engel 1971, 1973
Engelbart 1962, 1965, 1967, 1969
Engleberger 1954
Ericsson 1822, 1833
Esaki 1957
Essick 1878
Ettrick 1837
Euler 1614, 1748, 1782, 1807
Evans Matthew 1879
Evans Lyn 2008
Everest 1854
Ewing 1890
Faggin 1971
Fahrenheit 1714
Fairchild 1961
Falcon 1728
Fan 1988
Faraday 1750-1850, 1821, 1822, 1831, 1833, 1837, 1839, 1843, 1845, 1846, 1897, 1907, 1928
Farcot 1868
Farmer 1852, 1874, 1878
Farnsworth 1927, 1929, 1933
Fauré 1880
Fawcett 1933
Ferdinand II 1593, 1643, 1654
Fergason 1969
Fermat 1500 to 1700, 1642
Fermi 1942
Ferranti 1769, 1887, 1938
Ferraris 1885
Fert 1988
Fery 1915
Fessenden 1896, 1906, 1918
Feynman 1873, 1959
Field 1858
Fischar 1931
Fisher 2003
Fitch 1787, 1807
Fitts 1883, 1884
Fitzgerald 1883
Fizeau 1842, 1849
Fleischmann 1989
Fleming 1904, 1907
Flerov 1932
Fletcher 1962, 1990
Flowers 1938
Fontaine 1873, 1878
Ford 1905, 1913, 1951
Forester C S 1825
Forster 1786
Forrester 1949, 1955
Fourier 1807, 1848, 1965, 1978
Fox 1953
Francoise I 1478
Frankenstein 1786
Frankland 1852
Franklin 1752, 1767, 1784
Frankston 1979
Frantz 1978
Franz 1933
Fraunhofer 1802, 1814, 1845
Frederick I 1700
Freeman 1984
Frenkiel 1971
Friedmann 1929
Frisch 1938, 1940
Frischen 1853
Fritts 1878, 1883, 1884
Frohman 1970
Frosch 1957
Fuller Calvin 1952, 1954
Fuller John 1878
Fulton 1787, 1807
Fuxi 1679
Gabor 1947
Gale 1835
Galen 200, 1500 to 1700, 1543
Galileo 700, 1500 to 1700, 1593, 1600, 1610, 1643, 1687
Galvani 1786
Garibaldi 1861
Gassner 1868, 1886
Gates Bill 1975
Gates Corporation 1967
Gauss 1807, 1833, 1835, 1874, 1965, 1986
Gautherot 1801, 1860
Gay Lussac 1787
Geber 700-1100
Geiger 1911
Geissler 1854
Geitel 1893
Gerlach 1924
Germer 1927
Getting 1960
Geulia 1964
Gibbs 1878
Gibson 1933
Giesen 1912
Gilbert 350 B.C., 1500 to 1700, 1600, 1605, 1687
Gilhousen 1986
Gill 1951
Giner 1975
Gintl 1852, 1853, 1874
Glauber 1651, 1681
Gladden 1971
Glidden 1867
Goldey 1950
Goldstein 1885, 1898
Gooch 1822, 1847
Goodenough 1979
Goodricke 1912
Goodyear 1843
Goswell 1887
Gould Gordon 1958
Gould Jay 1874
Grätzel 1991
Graham 1833
Gramme 1873, 1878
Gray Elisha 1876
Gray George 1970
Gray Matthew 1962, 1990
Gray Stephen 1729
Greatbatch 1960
Greeks 600 B.C., 460 B.C., 350 B.C., 1665, 1789, 1840
Green 1828
Grenet 1878
Griffith 1930
Gross 1938
Grove Andrew 1947
Grove William Robert 1839, 1878
Groves 1932
Grubb 1955, 1958
Grünberg 1988
Guillet 1912
Guillotin 1784
Guiraud 1878
Gunn 1963
Gunter 1620
Gusseff 1930
Gutenberg 1450, 1500 to 1700
Gutzwiller 1956
Hadfield 1912
Hahn 1925, 1938
Haldane 1927
Hall Charles 1886
Hall Edwin 1879
Hall Eldon 1969
Hall Gordon 1950, 1956
Hallwachs 1888
Hammer 1882
Hammesfahr 1880
Hamilton 1808
Hancock 1843
Hanford 1942
Hanratty 1957
Hanson 1903
Hare 1820
Hargreaves 1750-1850, 1764
Harrison John 1840
Harrison Joseph 1925
Hartley 1915, 1928, 1948
Harvey 1500 to 1700, 1628
Hatazawa 2007
Hatzakis 1967
Hauksbee 1705
Hawkins 1878
Hayes Dennis 1962, 1977
Hayes Hammond 1888
Hayes Vic 1962, 1997
Haynes 1912
Heatherington 1962, 1977
Heaviside 1873, 1884, 1899, 1924
Heeger 1974, 1977, 2000
Heil 1935
Heilmeier 1968
Heiman 1960
Heise 1932
Heisenberg 1925, 1927, 1928, 1938
Henley 1837
Henry Joseph 1830, 1831, 1835, 1846, 1937
Henry-Baudot 1964
Henry VI (King) 1499
Henry VIII (King) 700
Hero of Alexandria Circa 60 A.D.
Héroult 1886, 1907
Herschel 1800
Hertz 1887, 1888, 1891, 1894, 1897
Hertzsprung 1915
Hess 1910
Hewitt 1902
Higgs 1964, 2012
Highs 1764
Hilberry 1942
Hill 1878
Hills 1962, 1997
Hippocrates 2500 B.C.
Hitachi 1986
Hittorf 1858, 1869
Hjorth 1866
Hockham 1966
Hodgkin 1952
Hoerni 1947, 1958
Hofstein 1960
Hoff 1970, 1971
Holland 1900
Holmes D.F. 1942
Holmes Edwin 1853, 1858
Holonyak 1950, 1962
Holst 1911
Hooke 1478, 1500 to 1700, 1665, 1676, 1807
Hopkins 1790
Hopkinson 1882, 1883, 1891
Hopper 1951
Hornblower Horatio 1825
Hounsfield 1963
Hoyle 1929
Hsu 2011
Hubbard 1876
Hubbell 1904
Hubble 1912, 1929
Hubert 1896
Huff 700
Hughes 1876, 1877, 1879
Hülsmeyer 1904
Humason 1929
Hund 1927
Hung 2011
Hunnings 1877
Huntsman 1740
Huskisson 1799
Huxley 1952
Huygens 1656, 1661, 1673
Hyatt 1855, 1870
Hypatia 400, 1665
Ihrig 1959
Iijima 1991
Imhotep 2500bc
Islam 700
Ive 2007
Jabir Ibn Haiyan (Geber) 700-1100
Jache 1957
Jacobs Eli 1965
Jacobs Erwin 1986
Jacobi 1839
Jacquard 1801
Jacques 1896
Jedlik 1821, 1828, 1863, 1866
Jefferson 1790
Jénatzy 1899
Jennings 1978
Jobs 1976, 1983, 2007
Joel 1970
John of Utynam 1499
Johnson John 1928
Johnson Lonnie 2008
Johnson Reynold B. 1955
Johnston 1965
Jones 1967
Jordan 1919
Josephson 1962
Joule 1840, 1852
Jungner 1899
Kaempe 1601
Kahn 1962, 1973
Kahng 1960, 1967, 1970
Kalman 1961
Kano 2007
Kao 1966
Kapany 1955
Kapitza 1952
Karp 1970
Kassakian 2006
Kaufmann 1897
Kay Andrew 1953
Kay John (Bury) 1733, 1750-1850
Kay John (Warrington) 1764
KDKA Radio 1920
Keck 1970
Kekulé 1858
Kellogg 1924, 1925
Kelvin (Lord) William Thomson 1848, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1799, 1856, 1856, 1858, 1865, 1867, 1873, 1887, 1893, 1927
Kennelly 1884, 1924
Kepler 1500 to 1700, 1601, 1609, 1687
Kettering 1912
Kilburn 1938
Kilby 1958
Kirchhoff 1814, 1841, 1845
Kleimack 1960
Kleinrock 1962, 1964, 1969
Kleist 1932
Knoll 1932
Knuth 1968
Koch 1954
Koford 1967
Konig 250 B.C.
Korolev 1957
Kordesch 1992
Korzhova 2003
Koster 1962, 1990
Kosuri 2012
Kouwenhoven 1957
Kramer 1965
Krieger 1903
Kroto 1985
Ktesibios 1840
Kummer 1966, 1968
Kurchatov 1932
Lagrange 1789, 1807
Laithwaite 1948
Lalande 1882, 1888
Lamarr Hedy 1942
Langen 1862
Langévin 1905
Langley 1878, 1896, 1903
Laplace 1782, 1807
Larmor 1946
Last 1947
Lauterbur 1977
Lavoisier 350 B.C.,1784, 1789, 1799
Lawrence 1926, 1932, 1945
Lawson 1955
Lazarenko 1930
Le Chatelier 1833, 1884
Le Verrier 1840
Leavitt 1912, 1915, 1929
Lechleider 1962, 1988
Leclanché 1868, 1878
Lee Charles 1954
Lee Edmund 1840
Lee Ki Bang 2005
Leffert 1878
Legendre 1807
Lehovec 1958
Leibniz 1642, 1673, 1681, 1687, 1700, 1738
Lemaître 1929
Lenard 1891, 1897
Lenoir 1860
Lenz 1833, 1884
Leonardo da Vinci 15 B.C., 1478, 1676, 1799
LeSage 1774
Lewis 1916, 1923
Libbey 1880
Licklider 1962, 1969
Lilienfeld 1926, 1930, 1947
Lilienthal 1891, 1903
Lin Hung Chang 1961
Lin Ting-Yu 2011
Lindsay 1835
Lip 1952
Lippershey 1500 to 1700, 1608
Littauer 1978
Little 1948
Littlefield 1913
Loar 1960
Lodge 1894, 1895, 1898, 1899
Lodygin 1879
London 1873
Longo 1961, 1966, 1970
Loomis Alfred 1926, 1926
Loomis Mahlon 1872
Lorentz 1892
Losev 1922
Louis XII 1478
Louis XIV 1666
Louis XV 1770
Louis XVI 1784
Lovelace Ada 1821, 1843
Lowry 1923
Ludwig II 1878
Lukin 1799
Lyell 1821
Lyons 1938
Ma Chun 1840
MacCready 1981
MacDiarmid 1974, 1977
Machiavelli 1478
Maiman 1960
Mallory 1944
Mandl 1942
Mann 1879
Mansfield 1977
Marco Polo 1368
Marconi 1874, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1907
Mariani 1654
Mariotte 1662
Marrison 1927, 1969
Marsden 1911
Marsters 1964
Martin Archer John Porter 1950
Martin Pierre-Émile 1865
Masuoka 1984
Mataré 1948, 1953
Matteucci 1854, 1862
Mauchly 1938
Maudslay 1797, 1808, 1822, 1825
Maurer Eduard 1912
Maurer Robert 1970
Maxfield 1925
Maxwell 1840, 1860, 1864, 1868, 1873, 1884, 1888, 1928
May 1873
Mazor 1971
McCarthy 1957, 1962
McDonald 1955
McIntire 1954
McGauley 1837
McGinness 1974, 1977
McMillan 1945
Mead Carver 1980
Mead Thomas 1840
Medici 1478
Meidinger 1878
Meissner 1933
Meitner 1938
Melloni 1826, 1829
Melzi 1478
Mendeleyef 1869
Menzies 1822
Mesmer 1784
Mesopotamians 250 B.C.
Metcalfe 1962, 1973
Meucci 1861, 1876
Meyer 1869
Michaelowski 1901
Michell 1750
Midgley 1921
Miller 1947
Millikan 1910, 1914
Mills 2000
Ming 1368
Minorsky 1922
Minotto 1878
Mirand 1850
Misell 1896
Moll 1950, 1956
Monnartz 1912
Montgomerie 1840
Moore 1947, 1965
Morgan J.P. 1893
Morrison 1753
Morse 1750-1850, 1831, 1835, 1837, 1843, 1858
Moseley 1913
Moses 1280 B.C.
Mouchout 1860
Mozart 1784
Muirhead 1894
Muller Richard 1988
Müller Karl Alexander 1986
Murdoch 1780, 1792
Murray 1874, 1903
Mushet 1855
Nakamura 1969
Napier 1614
Napoleon 1770, 1782, 1786, 1800, 1805, 1807, 1808, 1825
Naysmith 1797
Neckam 1190
Neilson Lord 1828
Nelson Lord 1807
Nelson Ted 1945, 1962, 1965
Nernst 1889
Nerva Circa 50 A.D.
Neumann 1947
Newall 1840
Newcomen 1709, 1712, 1750-1850, 1769, 1780
Newman 1938
Newton 350 B.C., 1478, 1500 to 1700, 1609, 1676, 1681, 1687, 1738, 1782, 1789, 1807, 1853, 1860, 1873
Newton-John Olivia 1926
Niaudet 1878
Nicholson Alexander 1919
Nicholson William 1800
Niedrach 1958
Nipkow 1878, 1884, 1911
Nishizawa 1950
Nobili 1826, 1829
Nollet 1746, 1748, 1750
Northrup 1916
Noyce 1947, 1958, 1961
Nyquist 1927, 1928, 1932, 1948
Oatley 1932, 1952
Ochsenfeld 1933
Oerlikon 1950
Øersted 1820
Ohl 1941, 1947, 1954
Ohm 1827
Ohmart 1951, 1989
Olszewski 1885
Onesti 1891
Onnes 1911
Orton 1874, 1879
Ostwald 1878
Otto 1854, 1862, 1885, 1893
Oughtred 1621
Ovshinsky 1967, 1986
Pacioli 1478
Page Charles 1837
Page Larry 1962, 1990
Papin 1681
Parelman 1971
Parkes 1855
Parkinson 1960
Parolini 1926
Parsons Charles 1885
Parsons John 1947
Partanen 2003
Pascal 1478, 1500 to 1700, 1642, 1673, 1782, 1795
Paterson 1975
Patterson 1989, 1996
Pauli 1925, 1928
Pearson 1954
Peel 1821, 1843
Peierls 1940
Peltier 1834
Peral 1888
Perkin 1792
Perry 1882
Pessel 1944
Petersen 1982
Petit 1819
Petrov 1809
Petrus Peregrinus 1269
Peukert 1897
Pfann 1952
Phelps 1881
Philbrick 1945, 1962
Philips 1946
Pi Sheng 1041, 1086
Pickard Greenleaf 1874, 1906
Pickard James 1780
Pieper 1900
Pierce Charles 1854
Pierce George 1921, 1923
Pierce John 1940
Pigott 1912
Pilcher 1903
Pingala 1679
Pinkerton 1962, 1990
Piper 1905
Pixii 1832
Planck 1900, 1905
Planté 1801, 1860, 1878
Player ??? 1870
Pliny 800 B.C.
Plücker 1858
Plunkett 1938
Poehler 1996
Poggendorff 1826, 1858, 1878
Poisson 1813
Polley 1955
Pons 1989
Pope 1853, 1858
Popov 1895
Porsche 1899
Portevin 1912
Potocnik 1928, 1945
Poulsen 1898
Poussin 1478
Powell 1948
Power 1660
Preece 1884, 1896
Pritchard 1779
Priestley 1767, 1771
Prime 1840
Proctor 1974, 1977
Ptolemy 150, 1500 to 1700, 1514, 1576, 1609, 1610
Pupin 1884, 1899, 1988
Purcell 1946
Qin Dynasty 220-206 B.C., 1701
Qing 1368
Radiguet 1878
Ragazzini 1945
Raman 1928
Randall 1926, 1940
Rankine 1853, 1859
Ransburg 1941
Rayleigh 1869
Réaumur 1713
Reagan President 1960, 2008
Rebok 1938
Redmond 1878, 1884
Reed 1970
Reeves 1937
Regenesys 1989
Regitz 1970
Reid 1927
Reinitzer 1888
Reis 1861
Reithmann 18601862
Renard 1884
Rhases 700-1100
Rice 1924, 1925
Richards 1972
Richie 1972
Richmann 1752
Richter 1791, 1808
Riddel 1944
Ridenour 1926
Riker 1905
Riley 1961
Ring 1947, 1971
Ritter 1801, 1803
Rivest 1976
Roberts Ed 1975
Roberts Lawrence 1962, 1964, 1969, 1970, 1971
Roberts Sheldon 1947
Robins 1746, 1759
Rogers 1819
Rohrer 1981, 1986
Romans 27 B.C.- 5th Century A.D.
Rømer 1849
Ronalds 1816
Roosevelt 1932
Röntgen 1895
Ross 1960
Rothschild (Lord) 1893
Round 1907
Rowe 1970
Rowland 1875
Ruben 1944, 1959
Ruhmkorff 1836, 1851, 1860
Rumford (Count) -Benjamin Thompson 1799
Ruska 1932, 1981
Russell Jim 1965
Rutherford 1899, 1903, 1911, 1913, 1917, 1932, 1952
Saby 1951
Sah 1960, 1961
Sakharov 1951
Saks 1964
Salomons 1874
Salvá 1804
Sampson 1971, 1989
Sanders 1947
Santorio 1593
Sargent 1965
Sargrove 1937
Sarnoff 1912, 1933
Satoh 2005
Savart 1820
Savery 1698, 1707, 1712
Sawyer 1879
Scantlebury 1962, 1964
Schanschieff 1878
Schawlow 1958
Scheele 1767, 1771, 1801, 1807, 1821
Schilling 1832
Schindall 2006
Schlecht 1932
Scholes 1867
Schönbein 1878
Schoop 1918
Schottky 1918, 1919, 1924, 1938
Schreiffer 1957
Schrödinger 1926, 1927, 1928
Schuckert 1878, 1769
Schultz 1970
Schumacher 1932
Schweigger 1820
Scott David 1610
Scott Willam Thomas 1881
Scott-Russell 1822
Searson 1996
Seebeck 1821
Seely 1882
Segal 1973
Semon 1926
Semyonov 1846
Seymour 1927
Sforza 1478
Shakespeare 1605
Shamir 1976
Shannon 1870s, 1928, 1937, 1942, 1948
Shapley 1912, 1915, 1929
Shaw George Bernard 1822
Shelley Mary 1786
Shen Kuo 206 B.C.-220 A.D., 1086
Shi Huang-ti 220-206 B.C.
Shirakawa 1974, 1977
Shockley 1926, 1947, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1960, 1965
Shugart 1971
Siemens Ernst 1877
Siemens Halske 1879
Siemens Karl Wilhelm 1865
Siemens Werner 1828, 1837, 1866, 1867, 1878
Signorelli 2006
Silver 1949
Simon Eduard 1839, 1922
Simon Samuel 1907
Sinclair 1972
Skil 1985
Slayter 1932
Slipher 1914, 1929
Slottow 1964
Smalley John 2001
Smalley Richard 1985
Smeaton 1746, 1759, 1799, 1903
Smee 1878
Smith Bill 1986
Smith George 1969
Smith William Wiley 1881
Smith Willoughby 1873
Smithson 1846
Snell 1955
Soddy 1899, 1903, 1911, 1912
Sola 1938
Sommerfeld 1916
Sonneberg 1934
Sørensen 1909
Soule 1867
Sparks 1948
Spencer (Lord) 1808
Spencer Percy Le Baron 1946
Sperry 1905
Sporck 1962
Spottiswoode 1879
St Augustine 426
St Thomas Aquinas 350 B.C., 1250, 1676
Stalin 1932
Stanley 1886
Starr 1879
Staudinger 1922
Steadman 1833
Stearns 1853, 1872, 1874
Stefan 1879
Steiner 1871
Steinheil 1838, 1839
Steinmetz 1890, 1891, 1922
Stenhouse 1854
Stephenson George 1750-1850, 1804, 1809, 18221825
Stephenson Robert 1804, 1822, 1825, 1847
Stevin 1610
Stirling 1799, 1816
Stockel 1975
Stoddard 1919
Stokes 1879
Stoney 1874
Strassmann 1925, 1938
Strauss 1912
Strowger 1888
Stubblefield 1892
Sturgeon 1825, 1878
Suess 1962, 1978
Sulzer 1752
Superman 1822
Sutherland 1960, 1962
Swan Joseph 1878, 1879
Swan Lansing B. 1878
Szabadi 1937
Sze 1967, 1970
Szilard 1925, 1932
Tafel 1905
Tai 1988
Talbert 1962
Tamm 1932, 1951
Tanenbaum 1950, 1954
Taylor Bob 1962, 1967, 1969
Taylor Frederick 1881
Tawell 1837
Teal 1947, 1948, 1954
Teeters 2003
Telford 1761
Tesla 1280 B.C., 1882, 1887, 1890, 1893, 1906
Thales 600 B.C.
Theuerer 1952, 1960
Thiebaut 1881
Thomas 1876
Thompson Benjamin 1799
Thompson Ken 1972
Thomson Elihu 1887, 1889
Thomson George Paget 1897, 1927
Thomson J.J. 1891, 1897, 1910, 1912
Thomson P.M. 1961
Thomson William (Lord Kelvin) 1848, 1851, 1852, 1853, 1799, 1856, 1856, 1858, 1865, 1867, 1873, 1887, 1893, 1927
Kennelly 1884, 1924
Thornley 1967
Thornton 1951
Tizard 1926, 1940
Tomlinson 1962, 1971
Tommasi 1878
Torricelli 1478, 1643, 1661
Touvé 1881
Towneley 1660
Townes 1958
Townsend 1910
Trajan Circa 50 A.D.
Trevithick 1804, 1822, 1825
Tripathy 2000
Trollope 1858
Tswett 1903, 1950
Tucker 1931
Tukey 1965
Tull Jethro 1701, 1750-1850
Turing 1938
Tyer 1878
Tyndall 1854, 1869, 1871
Uhlir 1955
Ungerboek 1976
Urban VIII (Pope) 700
Ure 1830
Urry 1959
Ussher Archbishop 1658
Utynam 1499
Vadasz 1970
Vanderbilt 1893
van der Waals 1873
van Hoof 2005
van Leeuwenhoek 1500 to 1700, 1668
van Musschenbroek 1745
van Ommering 1975
Varley 1828, 1837, 1866, 1878, 1891
Veksler 1945
Verité1878
Verrocchio 1478
Vesalius 1500 to 1700, 1543
Vespasian Circa 50 A.D.
Victoria Queen 1894
Villard 1899
Viterbi 1986
Vitruvius 15 B.C., 1478
Voisin 1878
Voith 1908
Volk 1879
Volmer 1930
Volta 1750-1850, 1759, 1775, 1800, 1805
von Dobrovolski 1889
von Guericke 1500 to 1700, 1663, 1681, 1698
von Humboldt 1797
von Kleist 1745
von Laue 1912
von Neumann 1938
von Ohain 1930
von Sömmering1812
Wagner 1917
Walker 1967
Waller 1887
Walsh 1757
Walton 1917, 1932, 1945
Wang 1949, 1955
Wanlass 1961
Ward Leonard 1891
Watson William 1747, 1748
Watson & Crick 1926
Watson-Watt 1935, 1940
Watt 1750-1850, 1761, 1765, 1769, 1780, 1804, 1840
Weber Neil 1966, 1968
Weber Wilhelm 1833, 1871, 1874
Wedgwood 1750-1850
Weichert 1897
Weiss 1907
Weitbrecht 1964
Welker 1948, 1952, 1953
Wellington (Duke of) 1825
Wenström 1891
Werbos 1974
Westinghouse, 1887, 1889, 1893
Weston 1892
Wheatstone 1816, 1828, 1837, 1841, 1843, 1857, 1866
Wheeler David 1951
Wheeler Schuyler Skaats 1882
Whitehouse 1858
Whitney 1794, 1798
Whittle 1930, 1940
Whitworth 1797
Widlar 1962
Wien 1885, 1898
Wiggins 1978
Wilkes 1938, 1951
Wilkinson 1775
Willard 1915
Williams 1938
Williamson 1976
Wilson Charles 1912
Wilson H.A. 1910
Wilson Robert 1833
Wilson Robert 1964
Wimshurst 1882
Winston Churchill 1938
Winzer 1792
Wollaston George Hyde 1825
Wollaston William Hyde 1802, 1816, 1821
Woodland 1949
Woods 1881
Woodward 1879
Wouldhave 1799
Wozniak 1976
Wright Brothers 1759, 1799, 1896, 1903
Wu Ching Tsung Yao 1040
Wulf 1910
Wurtz 1858
Xuande (Emperor) 1368
Xuan Zhuang 645
Yongle (Emperor) 1368
Young Thomas 1807
Young William 1947, 1971
Zadeh 1965
Zakhir 700
Zamboni 1812
Zede 1888
Zeeman 1897
Zener 1952
Zettl 2003
Zheng He 1368
Zhou Yi 1679
Ziegler 1926
Zimar 1970
Zimmermann 1991
Zipernowsky 1885
Zuse 1937, 1938
Zworykin 1927, 1929, 1964
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