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Published so far: Alexander Graham Bell , Alfred Nobel , Guglielmo Marconi , Henry Ford , James Watt , Johannes Gutenberg , Timothy John Berners-Lee , Leonardo da Vinci , Nikola Tesla , Steve Jobs , Thomas Edison . They were born between 1400 and 1955. Within the site's categories they sit under Scientists & Inventors , Musicians & Artists , Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders .

Published biographies of inventors. A person listed here carries this profession as their main role or as one of their additional roles — people with several roles appear under each profession they practised.

Associated countries: United Kingdom , United States , Canada , Sweden , France , Italy , Germany , Switzerland , Croatia .

Portrait photograph of Alexander Graham Bell, an older man with white hair and a full white beard, in a dark suit

Alexander Graham Bell Inventor · 1847–1922 Scientists & Inventors

Portrait photograph of Alfred Nobel before 1896, a bearded man in a dark suit with a bow tie

Alfred Nobel Inventor · 1833–1896 Scientists & Inventors

Portrait photograph of Guglielmo Marconi in 1908, a young man with dark hair and a moustache, facing left

Guglielmo Marconi Inventor · 1874–1937 Scientists & Inventors

Portrait photograph of Henry Ford around 1919, a man with grey hair and a moustache, in a dark suit

Henry Ford Inventor · 1863–1947 Scientists & Inventors

Portrait painting of James Watt, a man with grey hair in 18th-century dress, seated and holding a drawing

James Watt Inventor · 1736–1819 Scientists & Inventors

17th-century engraved portrait of Johannes Gutenberg, a bearded man in a fur-trimmed cap, an imagined likeness

Johannes Gutenberg Inventor · 1400–1468 Scientists & Inventors

Portrait photograph of Tim Berners-Lee in 2005, a man with short dark hair and glasses, smiling at a podcast interview

Timothy John Berners-Lee Inventor · b. 1955 Scientists & Inventors

Presumed self-portrait of Leonardo da Vinci, red chalk drawing, Royal Library, Turin

Leonardo da Vinci Inventor · 1452–1519 Musicians & Artists

Portrait of Nikola Tesla, around 1890, photographed by Napoleon Sarony

Nikola Tesla Inventor · 1856–1943 Scientists & Inventors

Steve Jobs with the original Macintosh computer in January 1984

Steve Jobs Entrepreneur · 1955–2011 Entrepreneurs & Business Leaders

Thomas Edison, three-quarter length portrait, seated, facing front, circa 1922

Thomas Edison Inventor · 1847–1931 Scientists & Inventors

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