Male Inventors
Albert Richardson
Invented a Wooden Butter Churn.
Andre Reboucas
Invented an Early-version Torpedo.
Andrew Beard
Created the “Jenny Coupler.”
Benjamin Banneker
Astronomy who Developed an Almanac.
Benjamin Bradley
Created a Steam Engine for Warships.
Benjamin Montgomery
Developed a Special Steamboat Propeller.
Benjamin Thornton
Created an Answering Machine Device.
Charles Brooks
Developed the Street-sweeper.
Charles Drew
Pioneer of the Modern Blood Bank
Daniel Hale Williams
Pioneer of Open Heart Surgery
Daniel McCree
Created a Portable Home Fire Escape.
David Crosthwait
Designed Innovative Heating Installations.
David Fisher
Creating the “Joiner’s Clamp.”
Edward Lewis
Invented a Spring Gun.
Elijah McCoy
Inventor of the Automatic Lubricator
Ernest Just
Pioneer in Marine Biology and Zoology.
Fred Jones
Developed Refrigeration System for Trucks
Garrett Morgan
Inventor of a Traffic Signal and Gas Mask
George Alcorn
Semiconductor and Aerospace Innovator.
George Carruthers
Measuring and Detected Ultraviolet Lights.
George Crum
Invented the Potato Chip
George Grant
Created an Improved Golf Tee.
George Murray
Created a Cotton-chopping Device.
George Washington Carver
Invented Thousand of Uses for the Peanut
Granville Woods
Telegraph and Railway Device Developer.
Henry Blair
Invented a Seed Planter and Corn Harvester.
Henry Brown
Created a Strongbox for Personal Valuables.
Henry Faulkner
Created a Ventilated Shoe to Minimize Blisters.
Jack Johnson
Boxing Champion Invented a Wrench.
James Forten
Revolutionized the Sail-making Business.
James West
Created the Affordable Electret Microphone.
Jan Matzeliger
Invented an Automated Shoe Lasting Device
John Love
Invented Early Pencil Sharpener.
John Parker
Created a Screw for a Tobacco Press.
Joseph Dickinson
Developed Improved and Innovative Reed Organs.
Joseph Hawkins
Improved Gridiron Metal Oven Racks.
Joseph Lee
Created a Bread Making Machine.
Lewis Latimer
Invented an Improved Light Bulb
Lewis Temple
Created the “Temple’s Iron” Harpoon.
Lloyd Hall
Revolutionized the World of Food Preservation.
Lloyd Ray
Created the Dust Pan.
Lonnie Johnson
Invented the “Super Soaker” toy.
Mark Dean
Created innovative Computer Devices.
Matthew Cherry
Created a Tricycle and a Streetcar Fender.
Meredith Gourdine
Created an Allergen-filtration Device.
Norbert Rillieux
Created Sugar-refining Evaporation Pan System.
Otis Boykin
Invented Resistors for Pacemakers.
Percy Julian
Pioneer in the Field of Synthetic Chemistry
Philip Downing
Created a Street Postal Mailbox.
Philip Emeagwali
Created Processes to Innovate Internet Apps.
Richard Spikes
Invented an Automatic Gear Shift.
Robert Pelham
Invented Tallying Machine for the Census.
Shelby Davidson
Created Adding Machine Add-ons.
Thomas Elkins
Created a Refrigerated Apparatus.
Thomas Jennings
Developed a “Dry-cleaning” process.
Thomas Mensah
Pioneered the Field of Fiber Optics.
Thomas Stewart
Invented a Version of the Mop.
William Purvis
Invented a Fountain Pen.
Willis Johnson
Invented the Egg-beater.