Blaise Pascal
Blaise Pascal was a famous French mathematician, physicist and inventor of the 17th century. He was born on June 19, 1623 to Etienne and Antoinette Pascal.
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was a renowned 18th century American scientist, politician, author and diplomat who is often referred to as “The First American”.
Bartolomeo Cristofori
Bartolomeo Cristofori was an Italian instrument maker who is widely credited to be the inventor of the piano. Nothing detailed is known about the circumstances surrounding his birth, life or career.
Barnes Wallis
Sir Barnes Neville Wallis was a British engineer, best known for developing the “Bouncing Bomb” during World War II. Wallis was born on September 26, 1887 in Ripley, Derbyshire.
Baltzar von Platen
Baltzar von Platen is known for providing one of the greatest services of the modern era, namely refrigeration. Von Platen was born in the city of Malmö, Sweden in 1898 and studied engineering at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
B. F. Skinner
Burrhus Frederic Skinner was an American psychologist, author and inventor who is most well known for developing the theory of behaviorism. Skinner was born in March 1904 to William and Grace Skinner in a small town in Pennsylvania.
Avicenna
Avicenna is the Latinized version of the name “Ibn Sina” whose full form is Abu Ali al-Ḥusayn ibn Abd Allah ibn Sina. Avicenna was a Persian polymath born in the 10th century AD and was one of the most brilliant philosophers of the Islamic Golden Age.
Archimedes
Archimedes was a Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer and inventor of the 3rd century B.C. and is considered one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.
Antonio Meucci
Antonio Santi Giuseppe Meucci was an Italian inventor known for inventing a device much like the telephone before the same was invented and patented by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876.
Andrei Sakharov
Andrei Sakharov was a prominent Soviet physicist who was a major contributor to the development of atomic technology in the Soviet Union. In later life, he became a peace activist and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his efforts.