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Nikola Tesla 1856–1943Technology & InventionSerbian-American inventor who developed alternating current electrical systems and numerous electrical innovations.
Robert Noyce 1927–1990Technology & InventionCo-inventor of the integrated circuit and co-founder of Intel, earning him the title Mayor of Silicon Valley.
Robert H. Goddard 1882–1945Technology & InventionBuilt and launched the first liquid-fueled rocket and patented foundational rocket propulsion methods.
William Shockley 1910–1989Technology & InventionCo-inventor of the transistor at Bell Labs, earning the Nobel Prize and launching the semiconductor age.
Jack Kilby 1923–2005Technology & InventionCo-inventor of the integrated circuit, a foundational innovation that made modern electronics possible.
Walter Brattain 1902–1987Technology & InventionThe experimentalist whose hands built the first working transistor, at Bell Labs in December 1947.Chester Carlson 1906–1968Technology & InventionPhysicist who invented xerography, the technology behind the modern photocopier.
John Atanasoff 1903–1995Technology & InventionPhysicist who built the first electronic digital computer, the Atanasoff-Berry Computer.