List of members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame
List of members of the National Inventors Hall of Fame
With the key word about the invention and the date of admission to the National Inventors Hall of Fame . As of 2017: 544 members. In the first part, the members are listed alphabetically until 2014, followed by a list by year.
List of members until 2014
A.
- Edward Goodrich Acheson , Silicon Carbide 1997
- Robert Adler , television remote control 2013
- Herman Affel , coaxial cable 2006
- Howard Aiken , Computer 2014
- Samuel W. Alderson , 2013 crash test dummy
- Ernst Alexanderson , radio 1983
- Andrew Alford , rotating radio beacon 1983
- Samuel Leeds Allen , toboggan 2007
- Luis Walter Alvarez , Radar Distance and Direction Measurement , Bubble Chamber 1988
- Mary Anderson , wipers 2011
- George Antheil , Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum 2014
- Thomas Armat , film projector 2011
- Edwin Howard Armstrong , FM broadcasting 1980
- Frances Arnold , Development of Enzymes 2014
- Arthur Ashkin , Optical Trap 2013
- Martin Atalla , MOSFET 2009
B.
- Alpheus Babcock , cast iron piano frame 2007
- George Babcock , water boiler 1997
- Leo Baekeland , Bakelite 1978
- Ralph H. Baer , Video Game Console 2010
- Rodney Bagley , Automotive Catalyst Substrate 2002
- Matthias W. Baldwin , Steam Locomotives 2005
- Robert Banks , Polypropylene Plastics 2001
- Frederick Banting , Insulin Isolation and Purification 2004
- Paul Baran , Packet Switching 2007
- John Bardeen , Transistor 1974
- C. Donald Bateman , Ground Proximity Warning System 2005
- Andrew Jackson Beard , Improved Rail Coupling 2006
- Arnold Orville Beckman , PH meter 1987
- Semi Joseph Begun , magnetic record 1998
- Alexander Graham Bell , phone 1974
- Ruth R. Benerito , wrinkle-free cotton fabrics 2008
- Willard Harrison Bennett , mass spectrometer 1991
- Emile Berliner , gramophone , microphone 1994
- Henry Bessemer , Bessemer Process in Steel Production 2002
- Charles Herbert Best , Isolation of Insulin 2004
- Erastus Brigham Bigelow , powered loom 2006
- Edwin Binney , Carbon Black Production 2011
- Gerd Binnig , scanning tunneling microscope 1994
- Forrest Bird , respirator 1995
- John Birden , Radionuclide Battery 2013
- Clarence Birdseye , Frozen Food 2005
- László József Bíró , ballpoint pen 2007
- Donald L. Bitzer , plasma screen 2013
- Harold Stephen Black , Feedback Amplifier 1981
- Eli Whitney Blake, Jr. , 2007 Rock Shattering Machine
- Helen Blanchard , Improvements to the Sewing Machine 2006
- Thomas Blanchard , lathe 2006
- Katherine Blodgett , 2007 Langmuir Blodgett Film
- Samuel E. Blum , LASIK in eye surgery 2002
- Baruch Samuel Blumberg , vaccine for hepatitis B 1993
- James Bogardus , Cast Iron Frame Building 2007
- Nils Bohlin , seat belt 2002
- Gail Borden , Condensed Milk 2006
- Carl Bosch , Haber-Bosch process 2006
- Amar Bose , Audio Feedback Control 2008
- Robert W. Bower , MOSFET , 1997
- Bill Bowerman , modern sports shoe (Nike) 2014
- Seth Boyden , Malleable Iron 2006
- Herbert Boyer , Genetic Engineering 2001
- Otis Boykin , Electrical Resistance 2014
- Willard Boyle , Charge-coupled Device 2006
- Milton Bradley , board games
- Jacques E. Brandenberger , cellophane 2006
- Charles F. Brannock , shoe size measuring device 2007
- Walter Brattain , Transistor 1974
- Allen Breed , Airbag 2007
- Yvonne Brill , Monopropellant Rocket Fuel 2010
- Garrett Brown , Steadicam 2013
- Rachel Fuller Brown , Nystatin , Fungicide 1994
- John Moses Browning , Firearms 2007
- Charles F. Brush , arc lamp for street lighting 2006
- Francis R. Bundy , Diamond Synthesis 2010
- Luther Burbank , Plant Breeding 1986
- Joseph H. Burckhalter , Isothiocyanate 1995
- William Seward Burroughs I. , adding machine 1987
- William Merriam Burton , Catalytic Cracking 1984
- Vannevar Bush , Differential Analyzer 2004
C.
- Edward A. Calahan , stock ticker 2006
- Donald L. Campbell , Catalytic Cracking 1999
- George Ashley Campbell , spooled line 2011
- Marvin Camras , Magnetic Award 1985
- Chester Carlson , Xerox photocopier 1981
- Wallace Carothers , synthetic rubber 1984
- Willis Carrier , Air Conditioning 1985
- George Robert Carruthers , UV camera 2003
- George Washington Carver , Peanut Rotation Products for Cotton in the Southern States, 1990
- Frank Cepollina , In-Orbit Satellite Servicing 2003
- Vint Cerf , Internet Protocol 2006
- Daryl Chapin , Solar Cell 2008
- Emmett Chappelle , Bioluminescence 2007
- John Charnley , Hip Artificial Joints 2008
- Alfred Y. Cho , Molecular Beam Epitaxy 2009
- Georges Claude , neon light 2007
- Josephine Cochrane , Dishwasher 2006
- Stanley Norman Cohen , Genetic Engineering 2001
- James Collip , Insulin 2004
- Samuel Colt , Revolver 2006
- Frank B. Colton , Birth Control Pill 1988
- Lloyd Conover , Tetracycline , 1992
- William D. Coolidge , X-ray tube 1975
- Petre Cooper , steam engine 2006
- Harry Coover , Super Glue 2004
- George Henry Corliss , Steam Engine 2006
- Martha Coston , Flares for Ships 2006
- Frederick Gardner Cottrell , electrostatic precipitator 1992
- Wallace H. Coulter 2004
- Jacques Cousteau , Diving Equipment 2010
- Joshua Lionel Cowen , Railway Models 2007
- Eckley Coxe , Oven 2006
- Seymour Cray , Supercomputer 1997
- George Crompton , loom 2007
- David Crosthwait , Ventilation / Heating (HVAC) 2014
- Glenn Curtiss , Seaplane 2003
- David Cushman , Captopril 2007
D.
- Gottlieb Daimler , Auto 2006
- Raymond Vahan Damadian , MRI 2006
- John Daugman , Iris Recognition Algorithm 2013
- Donald Davies , digital packet switching 2007
- Lee De Forest , Audion Tube 1977
- Georges de Mestral , Velcro 1999
- Mark Dean , Computer Peripherals 1997
- John Deere , Plow 1989
- Robert H. Dennard , DRAM 1997
- George Devol , Industrial Robots 2011
- Albert Dick , duplicator 2011
- Rudolf Diesel , engine 1976
- Whitfield Diffie , Public Key Cryptography 2011
- Richard DiMarchi , Insulin 2014
- Walt Disney , Multiplane Camera 2000
- Carl Djerassi , oral contraceptives 1978
- Ray Dolby , Noise Reduction 2004
- Herbert Henry Dow , Bromine Extraction 1983
- Charles Stark Draper , Gyroscope for Stabilization 1981
- Mildred Dresselhaus , Super grid structures for thermoelectric devices 2014
- Richard Gurley Drew , duct tape 2007
- Philip Drinker , Iron Lung 2007
- John Boyd Dunlop , Tire 2006
- Graham J. Durant , Cimetidine 1990
- Benjamin Durfee , Computer (Harvard Mark I) 2014
E.
- George Eastman , photograph 1977
- Roger L. Easton , TIMATION Satellite Navigation System 2010
- J. Presper Eckert , Computer (Eniac) 2002
- Harold Eugene Edgerton , strobe camera 1986
- Thomas Edison , Workable Electric Lighting 1973
- Alfred Einhorn , Novocain 2007
- Willem Einthoven , EKG 2008
- Gertrude B. Elion , Medicines against Leukemia 1991
- Carleton Ellis , Margarine 2011
- John Colin Emmett , Cimetidine 1990
- Akira Endo , Mevastatin 2012
- Douglas Engelbart , computer mouse 1998
- John Ericsson , screw propeller 1993
- Lloyd Espenschied , coaxial cable 2006
- Oliver Evans , high pressure steam engine 2001
- Ole Evinrude , outboard engine 2007
F.
- Maxime Faget , Space Capsule 2003
- Federico Faggin , CPU 1996
- Moses G. Farmer , electrical fire alarm 2006
- Philo Farnsworth , television 1984
- James Fergason , liquid crystal display 1998
- Enrico Fermi , nuclear reactor 1976
- Reginald Fessenden , Radio 2000
- Harvey Samuel Firestone , Tire 2006
- John Fitch , Steamboat 2006
- Edith M. Flanigen , Molecular Sieves from Zeolites 2004
- Leonard Flom , Iris Recognition Algorithm 2013
- Thomas J. Fogarty , Catheter 2001
- Judah Folkman , Inhibitors of Angiogenesis 2010
- Henry Ford , car 1982
- Jay Wright Forrester , RAM 1979
- Eric Fossum , CMOS camera 2011
- John E. Franz , Herbicide (Roundup) 2007
- Alfred Free , Diabetes Test 2000
- Helen Murray Free , Diabetes Test 2000
- Ross Freeman , FPGA 2009
- Dov Frohman , EPROM 2009
- Arthur Fry , Post-it 2010
- Calvin Souther Fuller , Solar Cell 2008
- Robert Fulton , Steamboat 2006
G
- Dennis Gabor , holography 2012
- Ashok Gadgil , water disinfection 2014
- Émile Gagnan , diving device 2010
- Robert Gallo , HIV Isolation 2004
- C. Robin Ganellin , Cimetidine 1990
- Edmund Germer , fluorescent lamp 1996
- Ivan A. Getting , GPS 2004
- John Heysham Gibbon , Heart-Lung Machine 2004
- King C. Gillette , Shavers 2007
- Charles Ginsburg , video recorder 1990
- Joseph Glidden , Barbed Wire 2006
- Robert H. Goddard , Rockets 1979
- William A. Goddard , hard drive, floppy disk 2007
- Leopold Godowsky, Jr. , Kodachrome 2005
- Peter Carl Goldmark , LP 2007
- Hannibal Goodwin , transparent flexible nitrocellulose 2011
- Charles Goodyear , Rubber Vulcanization 1976
- Robert W. Gore , Gore-Tex 2006
- Gordon Gould , Laser 1991
- Zénobe Gramme , Dynamo 2006
- Elisha Gray , Telephone, Telegraph 2007
- Wilson Greatbatch , Pacemaker 1986
- Leonard Greene , Aircraft stall warning 1991
- Leroy Grumman , aircraft retractable landing gear 2003
- Robert Gundlach , photocopier 2010
H
- Fritz Haber , Ammonia Production 2006
- Charles Martin Hall , aluminum production 1976
- Lloyd Hall , conservation 2004
- Robert N. Hall , Magnetron 1994
- Thomas Seavey Hall , Railroad Signals 2007
- Tracy Hall , synthetic diamond 2010
- Andrew Smith Hallidie , Cable Tram 2006
- Frank E. Hamilton , Computer (Mark I) 2014
- John Hays Hammond , remote control 2011
- William Edward Hanford , Polyurethane 1991
- Walter Lincoln Hawkins , Cable Cover 2010
- Elizabeth Lee Hazen , Nystatin 1994
- M. Stephen Heilman , defibrillator 2002
- George H. Heilmeier , liquid crystal screen 2009
- Martin Hellman , Public Key Cryptography 2011
- François Hennebique , reinforced concrete structure 2011
- Beulah Louise Henry , Ice Cream Machine 2006
- Peter Cooper Hewitt , mercury vapor lamp 2011
- William Hewlett , co-founder of Hewlett-Packard 1992
- Rene Alphonse Higonnet , photo typesetting machine 1985
- Maurice Hilleman , Vaccines 2007
- James Hillier , electron microscope 1980
- Richard March Hoe , rotary printing 2006
- Jean Hoerni , Planar Technology Semiconductors 2009
- Marcian Hoff , microprocessor 1996
- Felix Hoffmann , Aspirin 2002
- J. Paul Hogan , Polypropylene, HDPE 2001
- John Philip Holland , Submarine 2007
- Herman Hollerith , punch cards 1990
- Alexander Lyman Holley , Steel Production 2006
- Birdsill Holly , Hydrant 2006
- Donald Holmes , Polyurethane 1991
- Nick Holonyak , LED 2008
- Benjamin Holt , tractor 2006
- Leroy Hood , DNA sequencer 2007
- Erna Schneider Hoover , Computer Telephone Exchange 2008
- Larry J. Hornbeck , Spatial Light Modulator 2009
- Eugene Houdry , Catalytic Cracking 1990
- Godfrey Hounsfield , CAT Scan, 2007
- Elias Howe , sewing machine 2004
- George Hulett , Cranes 2006
- Chuck Hull , stereolithography 2014
- Walter Hunt , safety pin 2006
- John Wesley Hyatt , Celluloid 2006
- James Franklin Hyde , Silicon 2000
I.
- Simon Ingersoll , steam driven rock drill 2006
- Frederic Eugene Ives , color photography 2011
J
- Irwin M. Jacobs , Spread spectrum multiple access communication system 2013
- Ali Javan , Helium-Neon-Laser 2006
- Alec Jeffreys , genetic fingerprint 2005
- Charles Francis Jenkins , film projector 2011
- Steve Jobs , PC, mobile phone, digital publishing, animated film 2011
- Amos E. Joel , Cellular 2008
- Clarence Johnson , Aircraft 2008
- Frederick McKinley Jones , Fridge 2007
- Ken Jordan , radionuclide battery
- Percy Lavon Julian , Cortisone Synthesis 1990
K
- Bob Kahn , Internet Protocol 2006
- Dawon Kahng , field effect transistor 2009
- Charles Kaman , helicopter 2003
- Dean Kamen , Ambulatory Infusion Pump 2005
- Theodore von Kármán , Turbojet 2003
- Donald Keck , optical fiber 1993
- John Harvey Kellogg , Breakfast Cereal 2006
- Charles Kelman , Eye Surgery 1990
- Clarence Kemp , solar water heater 2011
- Charles F. Kettering , Auto 1980
- Mary Dixon Kies , Lichen Straw 2006
- Jack Kilby , IC 1982
- Albert Kingsbury , Thrust Bearings 2007
- Dale Kleist , Fiberglas 2006
- Margaret E. Knight , Paper Bag Machine 2006
- Willem Johan Kolff , artificial heart 1985
- Paul Kollsman , Height Gauge 2003
- William Justin Kroll , Titanium Extraction 2000
- Raymond Kurzweil , OCR 2002
- Stephanie Kwolek , Kevlar 1995
L.
- Irwin Lachman , Vehicle Catalyst 2002
- Clair Lake , Computer (Mark I) 2014
- Hedy Lamarr , Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum 2014
- Edwin H. Land , Polaroid 1977
- Alois Langer , Defibrillator , 2002
- Robert S. Langer , Drug Release 2006
- Irving Langmuir , electrical lighting 1989
- LL Langstroth , Beekeeping 2007
- Vincent L. Lanza , Polymer Cable Sleeves 2010
- Lewis Howard Latimer , Filament 2002
- Paul Lauterbur , Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) 2007
- Ernest Lawrence , cyclotron , 1982
- Bill Lear , 8-track cassette , 1993
- Robert Ledley , CAT scan 1990
- Henry M. Leland , Interchangeable Parts for Cars 2011
- Ronald M. Lewis , Vehicle Catalytic Converter 2002
- Edwin Albert Link , Link Trainer 2003
- Barbara Liskov , programming languages, system design 2012
- Oliver Lodge , Wireless Telegraphy 2007
- Alfred Loomis , LORAN 2013
- Auguste Lumière , cinema 2007
- Louis Lumière , cinema 2007
- John Lynott , Hard Drive 2007
M.
- John MacDougall , Ion Implantation 2009
- Stanley Macomber , Lattice Beam 2011
- Theodore Maiman , Laser 1984
- Ken Manchester , Ion Implantation 2009
- Leopold Mannes , Kodachrom, 2005
- Peter Mansfield , MRI 2007
- Guglielmo Marconi , Radio 1975
- Warren Marrison , quartz watch 1975
- Homer Martin , Catalytic Cracking 1999
- John Landis Mason , Mason Jar 2006
- Jan Ernst Matzeliger , Shoes 2006
- John Mauchly , Computer (Eniac) 2002
- Robert D. Maurer , Fiber Optics 1993
- Hiram Stevens Maxim , machine gun 2006
- Wilhelm Maybach , carburetor, radiator in a car 2007
- Stanley Mazor , CPU, 1996
- Cyrus McCormick , 1976 harvester
- Elijah McCoy , Machine Lubricant 2001
- Ray McIntire , Styrofoam 2008
- Malcom McLean , Shipping Container 2008
- Harold McMaster , Safety Glass 2008
- Carver Mead , VLSI Chip Design Methods 2009
- Ottmar Mergenthaler , Linotype, 1982
- Ralph Merkle , Public Key Cryptography 2011
- Robert Metcalfe , Ethernet 2007
- Gary K. Michelson , Spine Surgery 2011
- Thomas Midgley Jr., Tetraethyl lead, CFC 2003
- Alexander Miles , Elevator Doors 2007
- Lewis Miller , 2006 harvester
- Irving Millman , Hepatitis B Vaccine 1993
- Michel Mirowski , defibrillator, 2002
- Dennis Moeller , Computer Peripherals 1997
- Brian Molloy , Prozac 1999
- Luc Montagnier , HIV Isolation and Test 2004
- Robert Moog , Synthesizer 2013
- Gordon Moore , Semiconductor Manufacturing 2009
- Garrett A. Morgan , Gas Mask 2005
- Samuel FB Morse , Telegraph 1975
- Morton Mower , implantable defibrillator 2002
- Andrew J. Moyer , Penicillin 1987
- Louis Marius Moyroud , photography 1985
- Kary Mullis , PCR 1998
- Eger V. Murphree , catalytic cracking 1999
- William Parry Murphy Jr., Blood Banks 2008
- Thomas E. Murray , Early Power Generation 2011
- Eadweard Muybridge , Stop-Motion 2011
N
- Walther Nernst , Metallglühfaden 2011
- Julius Nieuwland , synthetic rubber 1996
- Alfred Nobel , Dynamite, 1998
- Arthur Nobile , Prednisone 1996
- John Knudsen Northrop , airplane 2003
- Robert Noyce , Integrated Circuit / IC 1983
O
- Hans von Ohain , jet engine 2003
- Bernard M. Oliver , Pulse Code Modulation 2004
- Ken Olsen , Magnetic Core Storage 1990
- Miguel Ondetti , Captopril 2007
- Elisha Otis , elevator brake 1988
- Nicolaus Otto , gasoline engine 1981
- Michael Joseph Owens , bottle making machine 2007
P
- Charles Grafton Page Induction Coil at High Voltage 2006
- William Painter , Bottle Stopper 2006
- David Pall , Filter Technology 2008
- Julio Palmaz , Stent 2006
- Louis W. Parker , television 1988
- Bradford Parkinson , Global Positioning System (GPS) 2004
- John T. Parsons , Numerical Control (NC) 1993
- Louis Pasteur , pasteurization 1978
- Kumar N. Patel , Carbon Dioxide Laser 2012
- Les Paul , electric guitar 2005
- Gerald Pearson , Solar Cell 2009
- Lester Pelton , Wasserwheel 2006
- Henry F. Phillips , Phillips screw 2011
- Thomas R. Pickering , Bicycle 2007
- John R. Pierce , Communications Satellite 2003
- Gregory Pincus , Birth Control Pills 2006
- Charles J. Plank , Catalytic Cracking 1979
- Roy Plunkett , Teflon 1985
- Valdemar Poulsen , magnetic wire-tone device 2011
- George Pullman , Pullman Car 2006
- Mihajlo Pupin , charging coil 2011
R.
- Jacob Rabinow , text recognition 2005
- Grote Reber , Radio Telescope 2013
- Louis Renault , drum brake 2007
- Jesse W. Reno , Escalator 2007
- Kenneth Richardson , Fluconazole 2008
- Norbert Rillieux , refined sugar 2004
- Robert H. Rines , High Resolution Radar and Sonar 1994
- James Ritty , Cash Register 2011
- John August Roebling , suspension bridge 2004
- John Raphael Rogers , automated typesetting 2007
- Heinrich Rohrer , scanning tunneling microscope 1994
- Lubomyr Romankiw , magnetic tape read heads at IBM 2012
- Harold Rosen , Spin Stabilized Communications Satellite 2003
- Edward J. Rosinski , catalytic cracking 1979
- Benjamin Rubin , Inpfnadel 1992
S.
- Wallace Clement Sabine , Raumakustik 2011
- Aran Safir , Iris Recognition Algorithm 2013
- Lewis Hastings Sarett , Cortisone 1980
- Steven Sasson , digital camera 2011
- Joseph Saxton , Measuring Instruments 2006
- Arthur Schawlow , Laser 1996
- Klaus Schmiegel , Prozac 1999
- Peter C. Schultz , optical fiber 1993
- Glenn T. Seaborg , Plutonium Isolation 2005
- Charles Seeberger , Elevator 2007
- Robert J. Seiwald , Isothiocyanat 1995
- William Sellers , Mechanical Engineering 2007
- Waldo Semon , PVC 1995
- Gerhard M. Sessler , microphone 1999
- Claude Shannon , Pulse Code Modulation 2004
- John C. Sheehan , Penicillin 1995
- Patsy O'Connell Sherman , Scotchgard 2001
- William Bradford Shockley , transistor 1974
- Christopher Sholes , typewriter 2001
- Frederick Ellsworth Sickels , Steam Engine Valve 2007
- Igor Sikorsky , helicopter 1987
- Bernard Silver , optically scanned barcode 2011
- Spencer Silver , Post-it 2010
- Samuel Slater , Cotton Mills 2007
- Games Slayter , fiberglass
- H. Gene Slottow , plasma screen 2013
- George E. Smith , CCD 2006
- Samuel Smith , Scotchgard 2001
- James M. Spangler , electric vacuum cleaner 2006
- Percy Spencer , Magnetron 1999
- Elmer Ambrose Sperry , gyrocompass 1991
- Frank J. Sprague , electric car 2006
- Rangaswamy Srinivasan , LASIK eye surgery 2002
- William Stanley Junior, AC 1995
- Gary Starkweather , Laser Printer 2012
- Charles Steinmetz , Alternating Current 1977
- Leo Sternbach , Benzodiazepine 2005
- John Stevens , steamship
- Louis Stevens , Magnetic Storage 2008
- George Stibitz , Computer 1983
- S. Donald Stookey , Glaskeramik 2010
- Herbert M. Strong , synthetic diamond 2010
- Almon Brown Strowger , Rotary Dial 2006
- Eugene Sullivan , borosilicate glass
- Gideon Sundback , Zipper 2006
- Ambrose Swasey , Telescope 2006
- Leó Szilárd , nuclear reactor 1996
T
- Donalee L. Tabern , Pentothal 1986
- Charles Sumner Tainter , Sound Record, 2006
- Esther Takeuchi , Lithium / Silver-Vanadium-Oxide-Battery 2011
- Gordon Teal , Semiconductor Manufacturing 2009
- Mária Telkes , Solar heat storage 2012
- Eli Terry , Watches, 2007
- Nikola Tesla , induction motor 1975
- John H. Thomas , Fiberglass 2006
- David Thompson , Magnetic Heads 2012
- Elihu Thomson , arc lamp 2006
- Louis Comfort Tiffany , colored glass 2007
- Henry Timken , Ball Bearing 1998
- Max Tishler , synthetic vitamins 1982
- Charles Townes , Laser 1976
- Charlie Tyson , Catalytic Cracking 1999
U
- William E. Upjohn , Pills 2006
V
- Theophilus Van Kannel , revolving door 2007
- Andrew Viterbi , Communication with Frequency Spread 2013
- Ernest Volwiler , Pentothal 1986
W.
- Carl Auer von Welsbach , Improvement of gas lighting 2011
- Selman Abraham Waksman , Streptomycin 2005
- To Wang , Magnetic Core Storage 1988
- Frank Wanlass , CMOS 2009
- Lewis Waterman , Fountain Pen 2006
- Thomas A. Watson , Improvement Phone 2011
- Robert H. Wentorf , Diamond Synthesis 2010
- James Edward Maceo West , microphone 1999
- George Westinghouse , AC Engineering 1989
- Edward Weston , portable voltmeter 2006
- Squire Whipple , trusses for iron bridges 2007
- Richard Whitcomb , Supersonic Flight Wing 2003
- Rollin H. White , Steam Generators for Gearboxes 2011
- Willis Whitfield , Cleanroom 2014
- Eli Whitney , Cotton Fiber Machine 1974
- Frank Whittle , Jet Engine 2003
- Otto Wichterle , soft contact lens 2007
- Bob Widlar , Analog IC, 2009
- Stephen Wilcox , steam generator, 1997
- Robert R. Williams , Vitamin Synthesis 1991
- Sam B. Williams , Contributions to Jet Engine 2003
- Robert Willson , Plasma Display 2013
- Field H. Winslow , Polymeric Cable Sheaths 2010
- Alexander Winton , Contributions to Cars, Bikes, Diesel Engines 2006
- Norman Joseph Woodland , first optically scanned barcode in 2011
- Granville Woods , Railroad Telegraph 2006
- Steve Wozniak , PC (Apple), 2000
- Orville Wright , airplane 1975
- Wilbur Wright , airplane 1975
- James J. Wynne , LASIK eye surgery 2002
Y
- Linus Yale , cylinder lock, 2006
Z
- Alejandro Zaffaroni , Drug Delivery Systems 2012
- Frank J. Zamboni , ice resurfacing machine 2007
- Ferdinand von Zeppelin , Airships 2006
- Vladimir Zworykin , cathode ray tube 1977
Prize winners from 2015
2015
George Alcorn (X-ray spectrometer), John Burke (artificial skin), Mary-Dell Chilton (transgenic plants), Edith Clarke (calculator with graphics), Marion Donovan (waterproof diapers), Charles Drew (surgical needles), Jaap hairsen (Bluetooth), Thomas Jennings (dry cleaning), Kristina Johnson (polarization control technology), Paul MacCready ( Gossamer Condor ), Shuji Nakamura (blue LED), Stanford Ovshinsky (nickel-metal hydride battery), Gary Sharp (polarization control technology) , Ioannis Yannas (artificial skin)
2016
Jonathan Albert (electronic ink), J. Roger Angel (astronomical telescopes), Roger Bacon (chemist) (high performance carbon fiber), Bantval Baliga ( bipolar transistor with insulated gate electrode ), Per-Ingvar Brånemark (dental implants), Barrett Comiskey (electronic Ink), Joseph Jacobson (electronic ink), Sheldon Kaplan ( auto-injector ), Victor Lawrence (signal processing in telecommunications), Radia Perlman (network routing, bridging), John Silliker (microbiological safety of food and testing), William J. Sparks (Butyl rubber), Harriet Strong (hydraulic engineering), Ivan Sutherland (computer graphics)
2017
Iver Anderson (lead-free soldering), Don Arney (Bambi Bucket for fire fighting from the air), Carolyn Bertozzi (bioorthogonal chemistry), Harend Gandhi (catalysts), Earle Dickson (bandages, band-aide), Harold Froehlich (deep-sea submarine Alvin), Eli Harari (EEPROM), Howard Head (tennis racket, skis), Beatrice Hicks (device for gas density measurement), Allene Jeanes (dextran, xanthan gum), Marshall Jones (industrial laser), F. Thomas Leighton (Tom Leighton, Content Delivery Network ), Daniel Lewin (Content Delivery Network), Frances Ligler (portable optical biosensors)
2018
Leonard Adleman ( RSA cryptosystem ), Marvin Caruthers (chemical synthesis of DNA ), Stan Honey (Sports Broadcast Graphic Enhancements), Warren S. Johnson (Temperature Control), Howard S. Jones, Jr. (Conformal Antennas), Sumita Mitra ( Nano-Composite Materials for Dentistry, Nanocomposite Dental Materials), Arogyaswami Paulraj ( MIMO Wireless Technology), Mary Engle Pennington (Food Preservation and Storage), Jacqueline Quinn (Emulsified Zero-Valent Iron), Ronald Rivest (RSA cryptosystem), Adi Shamir ( RSA cryptosystem), Joseph C. Shivers, Jr. ( Elastan , LYCRA Fiber / Spandex), Ching Wan Tang ( Organic Light Emitting Diode , OLED), Paul Terasaki ( Tissue Typing for Organ Transplants; Terasaki Tray), Steven Van Slyke (Organic Light Emitting Diode , OLED )
2019
Chieko Asakawa (Home Page Reader), Jeff Kodosky , James Truchard (Virtual Instrumentation), Rebecca Richards-Kortum ( Inexpensive Medical Devices ), Edmund O. Schweitzer III (Digital Protective Relay), Dennis Ritchie , Ken Thompson ( UNIX ), David Walt ( Microwell Arrays), Bill Warner (Digital Nonlinear Editing System), John E. Baer , Karl H. Beyer Jr., Frederick Novello , James Sprague ( thiazide diuretics ), S. Duncan Black , Alonzo G. Decker (portable electric screwdrivers), Andrew J. Higgins ( LCVP ), Joseph Lee ( kneading machine ), Joseph Muhler , William Nebergall ( tin fluoride - toothpaste )
2020
R. Rox Anderson (lasers in dermatology), Sylvia Blankenship and Edward Sisler ( 1-methylcyclopropene ), Dana Bookbinder , Ming-Jun Li and Pushkar Tandon (flexible optical fibers), Lisa Lindahl , Hinda Miller and Polly Smith (sports bra ), James McEwen (automatic hemostasis ), Mick Mountz , Peter Wurman and Raffaello D'Andrea (logistics robots), Margaret Wu (synthetic lubricants), James Abercrombie and Harry Cameron ( blowout preventers ), Stewart Adams and John Nicholson ( ibuprofen ), Evelyn Berezin (business computer), Edward W. Bullard ( helmet ), James Floyd Smith (parachute), Frank Zybach ( center pivot irrigation )