Occupation-Inventor
Otis Frank Boykin (1920-1982)
The inventor Otis Frank Boykin, known for inventing the wire precision resistor, was born on August 29, 1920, in Dallas,...
Henry Binga Dismond (1891-1956)
Henry Binga Dismond, a star athlete, medical device inventor, pioneering physician and poet, was born on December 27, 1891, in...
Gerald “Jerry” Anderson Lawson (1940-2011)
Computer game innovator Gerald “Jerry” Anderson Lawson was born in Brooklyn, New York on Dec. 1, 1940, and grew up...
Patricia Bath (1942-2019)
Patricia Era Bath, a prominent ophthalmologist and innovative research and laser scientist, was the first African American woman physician to...
Benjamin Bradley (1830-?)
Benjamin Bradley was the first person to develop a working model of a steam engine for a war ship. Born...
Frederick McKinley Jones (1893-1961)
Frederick McKinley Jones was a prolific early 20th century black inventor who helped to revolutionize both the cinema and refrigeration...
George Washington Murray (1853-1926)
South Carolina Congressman George Washington Murray was born near Rembert, Sumter County, South Carolina, on September 22, 1853 to enslaved...
Norbert Rillieux (1806-1894)
Two centuries ago Norbert Rillieux was born in Louisiana, the son of a wealthy French engineer and a black slave...
Granville T. Woods (1856-1910)
Granville T. Woods was a prominent inventor and electrical engineer who developed inventions that were awarded 27 patents by the...
