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.
Inventor
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.
Amar Bose
Dr. Amar Gopal Bose was a scientist, inventor, academic, and entrepreneur who founded the Bose Corporation. His family was of Bengali Indian origin but his father, a revolutionary freedom fighter, fled to the United States to avoid persecution by the British Raj.
Alhazen
Alhazen or Abu Ali al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Haytham was an Arab polymath born in the tenth century AD. Popularly known as the first scientist, Alhazen developed the scientific method of experimentation and was the first person to formulate hypothesis and conduct verifiable experiments.
Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel was a Swedish scientist who invented dynamite and willed his wealth to establish the prestigious Nobel Prize. He was born on October 21, 1833 to Immanuel and Karolina Andriette Nobel, the fourth of eight children.
Alexander Popov
Alexander Stepanovich Popov was a Russian physicist who is widely credited in Russia and other Eastern European countries as being the inventor of the radio.
Alexander Graham Bell
Alexander Graham Bell was a Scottish inventor who is most well known for inventing the world’s first practical telephone. Bell was born on March 3, 1847 to Alexander Melville Bell and Eliza Grace.
Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish bacteriologist who revolutionized modern medicine with his discovery of penicillin. He was born on August 6, 1881 in Ayrshire, Scotland, and was the seventh child of a farmer named Hugh Fleming.
Alessandro Volta
Alessandro Volta (formally Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta) was an Italian scientist best known for inventing the battery. He was born to a noble family in Como, Italy in February 1745.