Top 20 Inventor celebrities in the world
Here is the latest list of the world's top 20 Inventor celebrities [Updated June 1, 2023].
Lonnie Johnson was born
on October 6, 1949
in United States.
He established energy-based technology companies called Johnson Electro-Mechanical Systems (or JEMS) and Excellatron Solid State.
Net Worth 2020: $360 Million
Thomas Edison was born
on February 11, 1847
in Milan, United States.
His favorite movie was The Birth of a Nation and he felt that the invention of sound in film had ruined the medium.
Net Worth 2020: $170 Million
Chuck Hull was born
on May 12, 1939
in United States.
In 2014, he received the European Inventor Award in the Non-European countries category. He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame the same year.
Net Worth 2020: $20 Million
Bob Doyle was born
on June 19, 1936
in United States.
In 1980, his handheld video game Merlin was named the best selling game of the year.
Net Worth 2020: $10 Million
Mikhail Kalashnikov was born
on November 10, 1919
in Kurya, Russia.
Net Worth 2020: $500 Thousand
Shiva Ayyadurai was born
on December 2, 1963
in Tamil Nadu, India.
Net Worth 2020: $500 Thousand
Nikola Tesla was born
on July 10, 1856
in Smiljan, Croatia.
Though his work made him a lot of money, he spent most of it on the experiments themselves and lived much of his life in a series of hotels.
Net Worth 2020: $1 Thousand
George Eastman was born
on July 12, 1854
in Waterville, United States.
Peter Cooper was born
on February 12, 1791
in New York City, United States.
Samuel Morse was born
on April 27, 1791
in Boston, United States.
Missing the death of his wife, due to slow communication, inspired his revolutionary invention.
James Watt was born
on January 19, 1736
in Greenock, Scotland.
Because he didn't have enough money to create his steam engines himself, he teamed up with John Roebuck, giving him two-thirds of the patent.
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Salary 2020: $30.9 million
Louis Braille was born
on January 4, 1809
in Coupvray, France.
He was only fifteen years old when he invented Braille, which is a tactile language based on raised dots.
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Salary 2020: 300 francs per year
Simone Giertz was born
on November 1, 1990
in Stockholm, Sweden.
She has earned more than 800,000 subscribers to her YouTube channel. One of her most popular videos there, "The Breakfast Machine," has earned more than 1 million total views.
Ray Tomlinson was born
on April 23, 1941
in Amsterdam, New York, U.S., United States.
Francis Galton was born
on February 16, 1822
in Birmingham, British.
Robert Fulton was born
on November 14, 1765
in Little Britain, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States.
Lee de Forest was born
on August 26, 1873
in Council Bluffs, Iowa, U.S., United States.
Christopher Latham Sholes was born
on February 14, 1819
in Mooresburg, Montour County, Pennsylvania, United States, United States.
Henry Bessemer was born
on January 19, 1813
in Charlton, British.
Frank Hornby was born
on May 15, 1863
in Liverpool, British.
