Linus Torvalds
Linus Torvalds is a Finnish-American software engineer who developed the Linux operating system. He was born in 1969 in Helsinki, Finland to Nils and Anna Torvalds.
American Inventors
Lewis Latimer
Lewis Howard Latimer was one of the first African American inventors of repute in the United States of America. He was born on 4 September 1848 to George and Rebecca Latimer, who had previously been slaves in Virginia.
Levi Strauss
Levi Strauss (born Loeb Strauss) was an American entrepreneur and founder of the original blue jeans company Levi Strauss & Co.
Les Paul
Les Paul (born Lester William Polsfuss) was a famous American musician, songwriter, inventor, and pioneer of recording techniques.
Larry Page
Lawrence Edward Page, more popularly known as Larry Page, is a computer scientist, entrepreneur, and co-founder of Google, the largest internet company in the world.
Kary Mullis
Kary Banks Mullis is an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1993 for his contribution towards the improvement of the PCR technique used in DNA testing.
Joseph Henry
Joseph Henry was a prominent American scientist who is famous for his pioneering work with electricity and electromagnetism. Henry was born in 1797 in Albany, New York.
John Pemberton
John Stith Pemberton was the inventor of Coca Cola, perhaps the best known soft drink in the world today. Pemberton was an American pharmacist, born in 1831 in Knoxville, Georgia.
John Moses Browning
John Moses Browning was one of the 20th century’s most famous gun makers in the world. He was born in Utah on January 23, 1855 to Jonathan Browning and Elizabeth Clark.
John Miller
John Miller (born August John Mueller) was one of the most ingenious and influential roller coaster designers in the world. Miller was born in 1872 in Homewood, Illinois.