Dr Gustav Hertz, a barrister by profession and later a senator, and his wife Elisabeth on February 22, 1857 were blessed by a son in Hamburg, Germany who later was known as the discoverer of electro-magnetic waves, Heinrich Rudolf Hertz.
Hedy Lamarr (born Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler) was an Austrian actress and inventor of the 20th century. She was born in 1914 in Vienna and was the only child of Gertrud and Emil Kiesler.
Hans Lippershey (also known as Jan Lippersheim or Hans Lippersheim) was a Dutch inventor of the 16th century, most commonly associated with the invention of the world’s first telescope.
Gunther von Hagens is a German doctor and anatomist whose claim to fame is the invention of ” plastination” which is a scientific method of preserving living beings after they are dead.
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian inventor, engineer and physicist, widely known as the “Father of Radio”. He was born into an Aristocratic Italian family in 1874.
Granville Tailer Woods was an African American inventor, and the first African American to be a mechanical and civil engineer. Woods was born in Columbus, Ohio in 1856 to a native American mother and African American father, which made him a child of mixed race.
George Westinghouse was an American inventor, industrialist and engineer who was a pioneer in the field of railway transport and electricity.
George Washington Carver was a talented and accomplished African American inventor, born in a time of slavery. His parents were Mary and Giles, a couple owned by a German American immigrant named Moses Carver.
George Stephenson invented “Steam Locomotive” and “Stephenson’s Rocket” George Stephenson was an English engineer and the inventor of the first steam locomotive. He is known as the “Father of Railways” for his contributions to the field. He was born on June 9, 1781 in Northumberland. His parents were extremely poor and illiterate. George himself was illiterate until he …
George Mortimer Pullman was an American engineer, inventor and industrialist of the 19th century, famous for the invention of Pullman Sleeping Cars for use in railways.