Mikhail Kalashnikov

Mikhail Timofeyevich Kalashnikov
November 10, 1919 -

Small arms designer

Born: November 10, 1919
Died: -
Occupation: Russian Lieutenant General

Alfred Nobel

Alfred Bernhard Nobel (inventor of dynamite)
21 October 1833 – 10 December 1896

Born: 21 October 1833 Stockholm, Sweden
Died: 10 December 1896 Sanremo, Italy
Invented: dynamite

James Naismith

James A. Naismith ("Basket Ball")
November 6, 1861 – November 28, 1939

Born: November 6, 1861 Ramsey Township, Almonte, Ontario
Died: November 28, 1939
Invented: sport of "Basket Ball" in 1891

Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson (windshield wiper)
1866 - 1953

Born: 1866 Greene County, Alabama
Died: 1953 Monteagle, Tennessee
Invented: windshield wiper

Wright brothers

Orville Wright (first working airplane)
Born: August 19, 1871 Dayton, Ohio
Died: January 30, 1948 Dayton, Ohio

Wilbur Wright (first working airplane)
Born: April 16, 1867 Millville, Indiana
Died: May 30, 1912 Dayton, Ohio
Invented: first working airplane

Erik Rotheim

Erik Rotheim (aerosol can)
September 19, 1898 - September 18, 1938

Born: September 19, 1898
Died: September 18, 1938
Invented: aerosol can

Richard Gurley Drew

Richard Gurley Drew (masking tape and clear adhesive tape)
June 22, 1899 – December 14, 1980

Born: June 22, 1899
Died: December 14, 1980
Invented: masking tape and clear adhesive tape

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer)
April 15, 1452 - May 2, 1519

Born: April 15, 1452 Vinci, Florence, in present-day Italy
Died: May 2, 1519 Amboise, Indre-et-Loire, in present-day France
Occupation: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, botanist, musician and writer

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein (General relativity)
14 March 1879 - 18 April 1955

Born: 14 March 1879 Ulm, Kingdom of Württemberg, German Empire
Died: 18 April 1955 Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Invented: General relativity, Special relativity, Photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, Mass-energy equivalence, Einstein field equations, Unified Field Theory, Bose–Einstein statistics

Garrett A. Morgan

Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. (The Garrett Morgan traffic signal, Safety Hood)
March 4, 1877 - July 27, 1963

Born: March 4, 1877 Paris, Kentucky
Died: July 27, 1963 Cleveland, Ohio
Occupation: Inventions

Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (phonograph, light bulb)
February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931

Born: February 11, 1847 Milan, Ohio
Died: October 18, 1931 West Orange, New Jersey
Occupation: Inventor, Innovator, Person, entrepreneur

Henri Coanda

Henri Marie Coanda (aerodynamics pioneer)
June 7, 1886 – November 25, 1972

Born: June 7, 1886
Died: November 25, 1972

Nationality: Romanian
Invented: Coanda Effect