The National Inventors Hall of Fame

The Inventors Hall of Fame, located in Akron, Ohio, was established in 1973 by the National Council of Patent Law Associations, now the National Council of Intellectual Property Law Associations, and the Patent and Trademark Office of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The year of induction is in parentheses at the end of the entry.

Edward Goodrich Acheson Robert Adler Herman Affel Ernst Alexanderson Andrew Alford Luis Walter Alvarez Edwin Armstrong George H. Babcock Leo Hendrik Baekeland Rodney Bagley Matthias Baldwin Robert Banks Frederick Banting Paul Baran John Bardeen C. Donald Bateman Arnold O. Beckman S. Joseph Begun Alexander Graham Bell Ruth Benerito Willard Harrison Bennett Emile Berliner Henry Bessemer Charles Best Gerd Karl Binnig Forest M. Bird Clarence Birdseye Harold Stephen Black Samuel Blum Baruch Blumberg Nils Bohlin Karl Bosch Amar Bose Robert W. Bower Herbert W. Boyer Willard Boyle Walter H. Brattain Rachel Fuller Brown Luther Burbank Joseph H. Burckhalter William Seward Burroughs William Meriam Burton Vannevar Bush Marvin Camras Chester F. Carlson Wallace Hume Carothers Willis Haviland Carrier George Carruthers George Washington Carver Frank Cepollina Vinton Cerf Daryl Chapin Emmett Chappelle John Charnley Stanley N. Cohen Frank B. Colton James Collip Lloyd H. Conover William D. Coolidge Harry Coover Frederick G. Cottrell Wallace Coulter Seymour Cray Glenn Curtiss David Cushman Raymond V. Damadian Donald Davies Mark Dean John Deere Lee de Forest Robert Heath Dennard Rudolf Diesel Walt Disney Carl Djerassi Ray Dolby Herbert Henry Dow Charles Stark Draper Graham J. Durant George Eastman John Presper Eckert, Jr. Harold E. Edgerton Thomas Alva Edison Willem Einthoven Gertrude Belle Elion John Colin Emmett Douglas Engelbart John Ericsson Lloyd Espenschied Oliver Evans Maxime Faget

Federico Faggin Philo Taylor Farnsworth James L. Fergason Enrico Fermi Reginald A. Fessenden Edith Flanigen Thomas J. Fogarty Henry Ford Jay W. Forrester John Franz Alfred Free Helen Murray Free Calvin Fuller Robert Gallo C. Robin Ganellin Edmund Germer Ivan Getting John Gibbon Charles P. Ginsburg Robert Hutchings Goddard William Goddard Leopold Godowsky, Jr. Peter Goldmark Charles Goodyear Robert Gore Gordon Gould Wilson Greatbatch Leonard Michael Greene Leroy Grumman Robert Gundlach Fritz Haber Charles Martin Hall Lloyd Hall Robert N. Hall William Edward Hanford Elizabeth Lee Hazen M. Stephen Heilman William R. Hewlett Rene Alphonse Higonnet Maurice Hilleman James Hillier Richard Hoe Marcian Edward Hoff“Ted”, Jr. Felix Hoffmann John Paul Hogan Herman Hollerith Donald Fletcher Holmes Nick Holoynak Benjamin Holt Leroy Hood Erna Hoover Eugene Houdry Godfrey Hounsfield Elias Howe J. Franklin Hyde Ali Javan Alec Jeffreys Amos Joel Clarence Johnson Percy Lavon Julian Robert Kahn Charles Kaman Dean Kamen Donald Keck Charles D. Kelman Charles Franklin Kettering Jack S. Kilby Dale Kleist Willem J. Kolff Paul Kollsman William J. Kroll Raymond Kurzweil Stephanie Louise Kwolek Irwin Lachman Edwin Land Alois Langer Robert Langer, Jr. Irving Langmuir Paul Lauterbur Ernest Orlando Lawrence William Lear Robert S. Ledley Ronald Lewis Edwin A. Link John Lynott Theodore Harold Maiman Leopold Mannes Peter Mansfield Guglielmo Marconi John Mauchly

Robert Maurer Stanley Mazor Cyrus McCormick Elijah J. McCoy Ray McIntire Malcom McLean Harold McMaster Ottmar Mergenthaler Robert Metcalfe Irving Millman Michel Mirowski Dennis Moeller Luc Montagnier Garrett Morgan Samuel F.B. Morse Morton Mower Andrew J. Moyer Louis Marius Moyroud Kary Banks Mullis William Murphy Rev. Julius A. Nieuwland Alfred Nobel Arthur Nobile Robert N. Noyce Bernard Oliver Kenneth H. Olsen Miguel Ondetti Elisha Graves Otis Nicolaus August Otto David Pall Julio Palmaz Louis W. Parker Bradford Parkinson John T. Parsons Louis Pasteur Les Paul Gerald Pearson Gregory Pincus Charles J. Plank Roy J. Plunkett Jacob Rabinow Kenneth Richardson Norbert Rillieux Robert H. Rines John Roebling Heinrich Rohrer Edward J. Rosinski Benjamin A. Rubin Lewis Hastings Sarett Arthur L. Schawlow Peter Schultz Glenn T. Seaborg Robert J. Seiwald Waldo L. Semon Claude Shannon John C. Sheehan Patsy O. Sherman William Bradford Shockley Christopher L. Sholes Igor I. Sikorsky Games Slayter George Smith Samuel Smith Elmer Ambrose Sperry Rangaswamy Srinivasan William Jr. Stanley Charles Proteus Steinmetz Leo Sternbach Louis Stevens George R. Stibitz Leo Szilard Donalee L. Tabern Nikola Tesla John Thomas Elihu Thomson Henry Timken Max Tishler Charles Hard Townes William Upjohn Ernest H. Volwiler Selman Waksman An Wang George Westinghouse Eli Whitney Otto Wichterle Stephen Wilcox Robert R.Williams, Jr. Granville Woods Steve Wozniak Orville Wright Wilbur Wright James Wynne Vladimir Kosma Zworykin