The Top Ten Black Inventors
Charles Drew
Charles Drew was born on June 3, 1904 in Washington, D…
Daniel Hale Williams
Daniel Hale Williams was born on January 18, 1856 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania…
Elijah McCoy
Although the name Elijah McCoy may be unknown to most people,the enormity of his ingenuity and the quality of his inventions have created a level of distinction which bears his name…
Fred Jones
Fred McKinley Jones is certainly one of the most important Black inventors ever based on the sheer number of inventions he formulated as well as their diversity…
Garrett Morgan
Garrett Morgan is one of those rare people who are able to come up with an extraordinary inventionswhich have a tremendous impact on society - and then follows that up with even more!
Garrett Morgan was born on March 4, 1877 in Paris, Kentucky the seventh of 11 children born to Sydney and Elizabeth Morgan…
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was born in 1860 in Diamond Grove, Missouri and despite early difficulties would rise to become one of the most celebrated and respected scientists in United States history…
Jan Matzeliger
Sometimes the greatest inventionsare those which simplify necessary tasks…
Lewis Latimer
Lewis Latimer is considered one of the 10 most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of inventions created and patents secured but also for the magnitude of importance for his most famous discovery…
Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana, the daughter of Owen and Minerva Breedlove…
Percy Julian
Percy Julian was born on April 11, 1899 in Birmingham, Alabama, one of six children…
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Albert Richardson
Albert Richardson was one of those rare inventors who not only created numerous devices, but created devices that were completely unrelated to one another…
Andre Reboucas
Andre Reboucas was born in 1838 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil…
Andrew Beard
Andrew Jackson Beard hailed from Eastlake, Alabama, a small town outside of Birmingham…
Benjamin Banneker
Benjamin Banneker was born in 1731 just outside of Baltimore, Maryland, the son of a slave…
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Benjamin Bradley
Benjamin Bradley was born around 1830 as a slave in Maryland…
Benjamin Montgomery
Benjamin Montgomery was born into slavery in 1819 in Loudon County, Virginia…
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Benjamin Thornton
In 1935, Benjamin Thornton created a device that could be attached to a telephone and could be set to record a voice message from a caller…
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Charles Brooks
Charles Brooks designed the street sweeper and patented it on March 17, 1896…
Charles Drew
Charles Drew was born on June 3, 1904 in Washington, D…
Daniel Hale Williams
Daniel Hale Williams was born on January 18, 1856 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania…
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Daniel McCree
Daniel McCree recognized the safety benefits enjoyed by hotels, apartment buildings and office buildings and decided to extend that safety to homeowners…
David Crosthwait
David Crosthwait was born in Nashville, Tennessee and moved to Kansas City, Missouri where he attended high school…
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David Fisher
David Fisher responded to the needs of furniture workers by trying to make their work easier, safer and more productive…
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Edward Lewis
Edward Lewis had a problem with people trespassing on his property, especially poachers…
Elijah McCoy
Although the name Elijah McCoy may be unknown to most people,the enormity of his ingenuity and the quality of his inventions have created a level of distinction which bears his name…
Ernest Just
Ernest Just was born on August 14, 1883 in Charleston, South Carolina…
Fred Jones
Fred McKinley Jones is certainly one of the most important Black inventors ever based on the sheer number of inventions he formulated as well as their diversity…
Garrett Morgan
Garrett Morgan is one of those rare people who are able to come up with an extraordinary inventionswhich have a tremendous impact on society - and then follows that up with even more!
Garrett Morgan was born on March 4, 1877 in Paris, Kentucky the seventh of 11 children born to Sydney and Elizabeth Morgan…
George Alcorn
Pioneer in the fields of aerospace and semiconductor devices…
George Carruthers
Often, greatness is determined by the times in which one finds oneself…
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver was born in 1860 in Diamond Grove, Missouri and despite early difficulties would rise to become one of the most celebrated and respected scientists in United States history…
George Crum
George Crum was born as George Speck in 1822 in Saratoga Lake, New York, the son of a Huron Native-American mother and an African-American father who worked as a jockey…
George Grant
George F. Grant knew what most of us have come to recognize - the average golfer is a hacker, destroying grass courses and terrorizing other golfers, homeowners and passersby with wild, dangerous drives…
George Murray
George Murray was, without a doubt, one of the most remarkable citizens of his time…
Granville Woods
The magnitude of an inventors work can often be defined by the esteem in which he is held by fellow inventors…
Henry Blair
Henry Blair was the second Black inventor issued a patent by the United States Patent Office…
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Henry Brown
Henry Brown was an inventor who saw a need for a convenient and secure way to store money, valuables and important papers…
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Henry Faulkner
In 1890, Henry Faulkner decided to work on a problem that caused suffering in people everyday - foot problems caused by lack of ventilation inside of shoes…
Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson is one of the most interesting inventors ever, not simply because of his invention but more so because of his celebrated and controversial life…
James Forten
James Forten was born in 1766 as a free Black man in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania…
James West
James Edward West was born on February 10, 1931 in Prince Edward County, Virginia…
Jan Matzeliger
Sometimes the greatest inventionsare those which simplify necessary tasks…
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John Love
Many patents are developed in response to the frustration involved in having to perform a repetitive task in order to complete a more important one…
John Parker
John P. Parker was born in 1827 in Norfolk, Virginia…
Joseph Dickinson
Joseph Dickinson was born in Canada in 1955 and moved to Michigan in 1870…
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Joseph Hawkins
Joseph Hawkins developed what are now known as metal oven racks to aid in home cooking…
Joseph Lee
Joseph Lee was born in 1849 and lived most of his life in Boston, Massachusetts…
Lewis Latimer
Lewis Latimer is considered one of the 10 most important Black inventors of all time, not only for the sheer number of inventions created and patents secured but also for the magnitude of importance for his most famous discovery…
Lewis Temple
Lewis Temple was born in 1800 as a slave in Richmond, Virginia…
Lloyd Hall
Lloyd Hall was born on June 20, 1894 in Elgin, Illinois…
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Lloyd Ray
Before Lloyd Ray patented his invention, anyone cleaning a room or a hall simply swept dirt, dust or trash out of a door onto the ground outside or used a piece of paper in order to collect it…
Lonnie Johnson
You don't have to be a rocket scientist to come up with a great idea, but it certainly doesn't hurt…
Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C. J. Walker was born on December 23, 1867 in Delta, Louisiana, the daughter of Owen and Minerva Breedlove…
Mark Dean
Born in Jefferson City, Tennessee on March 2, 1957, Mark Dean found that success ran in his bloodlines…
Marjorie Joyner
Marjorie Stewart Joyner was born in Monterey, Virginia on October 24, 1896, the granddaughter of a slave and a slave-owner…
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Matthew Cherry
Matthew Cherry developed two devices that would one day evolve into very useful items for transportation…
Meredith Gourdine
Meredith Charles "Flash" Gourdine was born on September 26, 1929 in Newark, New Jersey…
Miriam Benjamin
Miriam E. Benjamin was a school teacher living in Washington D…
Norbert Rillieux
Safety, efficiency and profitability - these are the major reasons for the success of an invention…
Otis Boykin
Otis F. Boykin was born on August 29, 1920 in Dallas, Texas…
Patricia Bath
When Patricia Era Bath was born on November 4, 1942, she could have succumbed to the pressures and stresses associated with growing up in Harlem, New York…
Percy Julian
Percy Julian was born on April 11, 1899 in Birmingham, Alabama, one of six children…
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Philip Downing
In 1891, anyone interested in mailing a letter would have to make the long trip to the post office…
Philip Emeagwali
The early life of Philip Emeagwali seemed destined for poverty in his native land of Nigeria…
Richard Spikes
Inventors often toil for their entire lifetimes creating devices which have beneficial effects on society for years - yet that inventor might gain recognition only after he or she has passed away…
Robert Pelham
Robert Pelham was born in January of 1859 in Petersburg, Virginia…
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Sarah Boone
Sarah Boone received a patent on April 26, 1892 for a device which would help to neatly iron clothing…
Sarah Goode
Sarah E. Goode was the owner of a furniture store in Chicago, Illinois…
Shelby Davidson
While Shelby Davidson could not viewed as a prolific inventor, he is significant in that he served as a great example of education, determination and perseverance…
Thomas Elkins
Thomas Elkins designed a device that helped with the task of preserving perishable foods by way of refrigeration…
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Thomas Jennings
Thomas Jennings stands in history as a noteworthy figure for being the first Black person to ever receive a patent, but his life should serve as an example of what was, and what could have been, for Black people in the earliest years of the United States…
Thomas Mensah
Thomas Mensah was born in Kumasi, Ghana in 1950…
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Thomas Stewart
Many inventions were born from necessity and others for convenience…
Valerie Thomas
As a child, Valerie Thomas became fascinated with the mysteries of technology, tinkering with electronics with her father and reading books on electronics written for adolescent boys…
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William Purvis
William Purvis realized how much of an inconvenience it was to have to carry around a bottle of ink whenever you needed to sign a contract or fill out legal papers…
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Willis Johnson
On February 5, 1884, Willis Johnson patented a device made up of a handle attached to a series of spring-like whisk wires used to help mix ingredients…
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