CUE Research · Study 17
National Inventors Hall of Fame
The inventors honoured by the National Inventors Hall of Fame since 1973.
The question: Do the people behind the most important inventions share numbers, signs or birthdays?
What stands out
No clear differences. Across every group of 50 or more and every measure, the numbers are within what chance produces.
Worth watching, not enough to claim
- Birth month
All inductees: Feb appears 63 times against about 43.4 expected (1.45×).
All inductees: every birth quarter is within normal variation of random birthdays from the same years.
All inductees Expected, random birthdays 1743–1978 Clear difference Worth watching
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| # | Name | Born | Detail | Life Path | Sun | Chinese |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. B. Dick | 1856-04-16 | 4 | Aries | Dragon | |
| 2 | Adi Shamir | 1952-07-06 | 3 | Cancer | Dragon | |
| 3 | Akira Endō | 1933-11-14 | 5 | Scorpio | Rooster | |
| 4 | Albert Kingsbury | 1863-12-23 | 8 | Capricorn | Pig | |
| 5 | Alec Jeffreys | 1950-01-09 | 7 | Capricorn | Ox | |
| 6 | Alejandro Zaffaroni | 1923-02-27 | 8 | Pisces | Pig | |
| 7 | Alexander Graham Bell | 1847-03-03 | 8 | Pisces | Goat | |
| 9 | Alexander Miles | 1838-05-18 | 7 | Taurus | Dog | |
| 10 | Alexander Winton | 1860-06-20 | 5 | Cancer | Monkey | |
| 13 | Alfred Lee Loomis | 1887-11-04 | 3 | Scorpio | Pig | |
| 14 | Alfred Nobel | 1833-10-21 | 1 | Libra | Snake | |
| 15 | Alfred Y. Cho | 1937-07-10 | 28/1 | Cancer | Ox | |
| 16 | Ali Javan | 1926-12-26 | 11 | Capricorn | Tiger | |
| 17 | Allene Jeanes | 1906-07-19 | 33/6 | Cancer | Horse | |
| 18 | Almon Brown Strowger | 1839-02-11 | 7 | Aquarius | Dog | |
| 19 | Alois Langer | 1945-02-24 | 9 | Pisces | Rooster | |
| 20 | Alonzo G. Decker | 1884-01-16 | 11 | Capricorn | Goat | |
| 21 | Alpheus Babcock | 1785-09-11 | 5 | Virgo | Snake | |
| 22 | Amar Bose | 1929-11-02 | 7 | Scorpio | Snake | |
| 23 | Ambrose Swasey | 1846-12-19 | 5 | Sagittarius | Horse | |
| 24 | Amos E. Joel, Jr. | 1918-03-12 | 7 | Pisces | Horse | |
| 25 | An Wang | 1920-02-07 | 3 | Aquarius | Goat | |
| 26 | Andrew Alford | 1904-08-05 | 9 | Leo | Dragon | |
| 27 | Andrew Higgins | 1886-08-28 | 5 | Virgo | Dog | |
| 28 | Andrew J. Moyer | 1899-11-30 | 5 | Sagittarius | Pig | |
| 30 | Andrew Smith Hallidie | 1836-03-16 | 28/1 | Pisces | Monkey | |
| 31 | Andrew Viterbi | 1935-03-09 | 3 | Pisces | Pig | |
| 32 | Angela Hartley Brodie | 1934-09-28 | 9 | Libra | Dog | |
| 33 | Aran Safir | 1926-03-29 | 5 | Aries | Tiger | |
| 34 | Arnold Beckman | 1900-04-10 | 6 | Aries | Rat | |
| 35 | Arogyaswami Paulraj | 1944-04-14 | 9 | Aries | Monkey | |
| 36 | Arthur Ashkin | 1922-09-02 | 7 | Virgo | Dog | |
| 37 | Arthur Fry | 1931-08-19 | 5 | Leo | Goat | |
| 38 | Arthur Leonard Schawlow | 1921-05-05 | 5 | Taurus | Rooster | |
| 39 | Arthur Nobile | 1920-05-06 | 5 | Taurus | Monkey | |
| 40 | Ashok Gadgil | 1950-11-15 | 5 | Scorpio | Tiger | |
| 41 | Auguste Lumière | 1862-10-19 | 28/1 | Libra | Dog | |
| 42 | Augustine Sackett | 1841-03-24 | 5 | Aries | Ox | |
| 43 | B. Jayant Baliga | 1948-04-28 | 9 | Taurus | Rat | |
| 44 | Barbara Liskov | 1939-11-07 | 4 | Scorpio | Cat | |
| 45 | Barrett Comiskey | 1975-09-18 | 4 | Virgo | Cat | |
| 46 | Baruch Samuel Blumberg | 1925-07-28 | 7 | Leo | Ox | |
| 47 | Beatrice Hicks | 1919-01-02 | 5 | Capricorn | Horse | |
| 48 | Benjamin Durfee | 1897-09-18 | 7 | Virgo | Rooster | |
| 49 | Benjamin Holt | 1849-01-01 | 6 | Capricorn | Monkey | |
| 50 | Benjamin Rubin | 1917-09-27 | 9 | Libra | Snake | |
| 51 | Bernard M. Oliver | 1916-05-17 | 3 | Taurus | Dragon | |
| 52 | Bernard Silver | 1924-09-21 | 28/1 | Virgo | Rat | |
| 53 | Beulah Louise Henry | 1887-09-28 | 7 | Libra | Pig | |
| 54 | Bill Bowerman | 1911-02-19 | 6 | Pisces | Pig | |
| 55 | Bill Lear | 1902-06-26 | 8 | Cancer | Tiger | |
| 56 | Birdsill Holly | 1820-11-08 | 3 | Scorpio | Dragon | |
| 57 | Bob Kahn | 1938-12-23 | 11 | Capricorn | Tiger | |
| 58 | Bob Widlar | 1937-11-30 | 7 | Sagittarius | Ox | |
| 59 | Bradford Parkinson | 1935-02-16 | 9 | Aquarius | Pig | |
| 60 | Bryan B. Molloy | 1939-03-30 | 28/1 | Aries | Cat | |
| 61 | C. Donald Bateman | 1932-03-08 | 8 | Pisces | Monkey | |
| 62 | C. Kumar N. Patel | 1938-07-02 | 3 | Cancer | Tiger | |
| 63 | Calvin Souther Fuller | 1902-05-25 | 6 | Gemini | Tiger | |
| 64 | Carl Auer von Welsbach | 1858-09-01 | 5 | Virgo | Horse | |
| 65 | Carl Benz | 1844-11-25 | 8 | Sagittarius | Dragon | |
| 66 | Carl Bosch | 1874-08-27 | 1 | Virgo | Dog | |
| 67 | Carl Djerassi | 1923-10-29 | 9 | Scorpio | Pig | |
| 68 | Carleton Ellis | 1876-09-20 | 33/6 | Virgo | Rat | |
| 69 | Carolyn Bertozzi | 1966-10-10 | 6 | Libra | Horse | |
| 70 | Carver Mead | 1934-05-01 | 5 | Taurus | Dog | |
| 71 | Charles Drew | 1904-06-03 | 5 | Gemini | Dragon | |
| 72 | Charles F. Brannock | 1903-05-16 | 7 | Taurus | Cat | |
| 73 | Charles F. Kettering | 1876-08-29 | 5 | Virgo | Rat | |
| 74 | Charles Francis Brush | 1849-03-17 | 33/6 | Pisces | Rooster | |
| 75 | Charles Francis Jenkins | 1867-08-22 | 7 | Leo | Cat | |
| 76 | Charles Ginsburg | 1920-07-27 | 28/1 | Leo | Monkey | |
| 77 | Charles Goodyear | 1800-12-29 | 5 | Capricorn | Monkey | |
| 78 | Charles Grafton Page | 1812-01-25 | 11 | Aquarius | Goat | |
| 79 | Charles Hard Townes | 1915-07-28 | 33/6 | Leo | Cat | |
| 80 | Charles Herbert Best | 1899-02-27 | 11 | Pisces | Pig | |
| 81 | Charles J. Plank | 1915-11-08 | 8 | Scorpio | Cat | |
| 82 | Charles Kaman | 1919-06-15 | 5 | Gemini | Goat | |
| 83 | Charles Kelman | 1930-05-23 | 5 | Gemini | Horse | |
| 84 | Charles Martin Hall | 1863-12-06 | 9 | Sagittarius | Pig | |
| 85 | Charles Proteus Steinmetz | 1865-04-09 | 33 | Aries | Ox | |
| 86 | Charles Seeberger | 1857-05-14 | 4 | Taurus | Snake | |
| 87 | Charles Stark Draper | 1901-10-02 | 5 | Libra | Ox | |
| 88 | Charles Sumner Tainter | 1854-04-25 | 11 | Taurus | Tiger | |
| 90 | Charon Robin Ganellin | 1934-01-25 | 7 | Aquarius | Rooster | |
| 91 | Chester Carlson | 1906-02-08 | 8 | Aquarius | Horse | |
| 93 | Ching Wan Tang | 1947-07-23 | 33/6 | Leo | Pig | |
| 94 | Christopher Latham Sholes | 1819-02-14 | 8 | Aquarius | Cat | |
| 95 | Chuck Hull | 1939-05-12 | 3 | Taurus | Cat | |
| 97 | Clarence Birdseye | 1886-12-09 | 8 | Sagittarius | Dog | |
| 99 | Claude Shannon | 1916-04-30 | 6 | Taurus | Dragon | |
| 100 | Cyrus McCormick | 1809-02-15 | 8 | Aquarius | Snake | |
| 101 | Dale Kleist | 1909-01-17 | 28/1 | Capricorn | Monkey | |
| 102 | Daniel Lewin | 1970-05-14 | 9 | Taurus | Dog | |
| 103 | Daryl Chapin | 1906-07-21 | 8 | Cancer | Horse | |
| 104 | David Crosthwait | 1898-05-27 | 4 | Gemini | Dog | |
| 105 | David Cushman | 1939-11-15 | 3 | Scorpio | Cat | |
| 106 | David Pall | 1914-04-02 | 3 | Aries | Tiger | |
| 108 | David Thompson | 1940-12-17 | 7 | Sagittarius | Dragon | |
| 109 | Dawon Kahng | 1931-05-04 | 5 | Taurus | Goat | |
| 110 | Dean Kamen | 1951-04-05 | 7 | Aries | Cat | |
| 111 | Dennis Gabor | 1900-06-05 | 3 | Gemini | Rat | |
| 112 | Dennis M. Ritchie | 1941-09-09 | 33 | Virgo | Snake | |
| 114 | Donald Bitzer | 1934-01-01 | 1 | Capricorn | Rooster | |
| 115 | Donald Davies | 1924-06-07 | 11 | Gemini | Rat | |
| 116 | Donald Holmes | 1910-09-29 | 4 | Libra | Dog | |
| 117 | Donald Keck | 1941-01-02 | 9 | Capricorn | Dragon | |
| 118 | Donald L. Campbell | 1904-08-05 | 9 | Leo | Dragon | |
| 119 | Donalee L. Tabern | 1900-01-27 | 11 | Aquarius | Pig | |
| 120 | Douglas Engelbart | 1925-01-30 | 3 | Aquarius | Ox | |
| 121 | Dov Frohman | 1939-03-28 | 8 | Aries | Cat | |
| 122 | Drew Weissman | 1959-09-07 | 4 | Virgo | Pig | |
| 123 | Eadweard Muybridge | 1830-04-09 | 7 | Aries | Tiger | |
| 124 | Earle Dickson | 1892-10-10 | 22/4 | Libra | Dragon | |
| 125 | Eckley Brinton Coxe | 1839-06-04 | 4 | Gemini | Pig | |
| 126 | Edith Clarke | 1883-02-10 | 5 | Aquarius | Goat | |
| 127 | Edith M. Flanigen | 1929-01-28 | 5 | Aquarius | Dragon | |
| 128 | Edmund Germer | 1901-08-24 | 7 | Virgo | Ox | |
| 131 | Edward Goodrich Acheson | 1856-03-09 | 5 | Pisces | Dragon | |
| 132 | Edward J. Rosinski | 1921-08-12 | 6 | Leo | Rooster | |
| 133 | Edward Weston | 1850-05-09 | 28/1 | Taurus | Dog | |
| 134 | Edwin Albert Link | 1904-07-26 | 11 | Leo | Dragon | |
| 135 | Edwin Binney | 1886-11-24 | 4 | Sagittarius | Dog | |
| 136 | Edwin H. Land | 1909-05-07 | 4 | Taurus | Rooster | |
| 137 | Edwin Howard Armstrong | 1890-12-18 | 3 | Sagittarius | Tiger | |
| 138 | Eger V. Murphree | 1898-11-03 | 4 | Scorpio | Dog | |
| 139 | Eli Harari | 1945-06-10 | 8 | Gemini | Rooster | |
| 140 | Eli Terry | 1772-04-13 | 7 | Aries | Dragon | |
| 141 | Eli Whitney | 1765-12-08 | 3 | Sagittarius | Rooster | |
| 142 | Eli Whitney Blake | 1795-01-27 | 5 | Aquarius | Cat | |
| 143 | Elias Howe | 1819-07-09 | 8 | Cancer | Cat | |
| 144 | Elihu Thomson | 1853-03-29 | 4 | Aries | Ox | |
| 145 | Elijah McCoy | 1844-05-02 | 6 | Taurus | Dragon | |
| 146 | Elisha Gray | 1835-08-02 | 9 | Leo | Goat | |
| 147 | Elisha Otis | 1811-08-03 | 22 | Leo | Goat | |
| 148 | Elizabeth Lee Hazen | 1885-08-24 | 9 | Virgo | Rooster | |
| 149 | Elmer Ambrose Sperry | 1860-10-12 | 1 | Libra | Monkey | |
| 150 | Emile Berliner | 1851-05-20 | 22/4 | Taurus | Pig | |
| 151 | Émile Gagnan | 1900-12-11 | 6 | Sagittarius | Rat | |
| 152 | Emmanuelle Charpentier | 1968-12-11 | 11 | Sagittarius | Monkey | |
| 153 | Emmett Chappelle | 1925-10-25 | 7 | Scorpio | Ox | |
| 154 | Enrico Fermi | 1901-09-29 | 4 | Libra | Ox | |
| 155 | Erastus Brigham Bigelow | 1814-04-02 | 11 | Aries | Dog | |
| 156 | Eric Fossum | 1957-10-17 | 4 | Libra | Rooster | |
| 157 | Erna Schneider Hoover | 1926-06-19 | 7 | Gemini | Tiger | |
| 158 | Ernest H. Volwiler | 1893-08-22 | 6 | Leo | Snake | |
| 159 | Ernest Lawrence | 1901-08-08 | 9 | Leo | Ox | |
| 160 | Ernst Alexanderson | 1878-01-25 | 5 | Aquarius | Ox | |
| 161 | Esther Takeuchi | 1953-09-08 | 8 | Virgo | Snake | |
| 162 | Eugene Houdry | 1892-04-18 | 33/6 | Aries | Dragon | |
| 163 | Eugene Sullivan | 1872-01-23 | 6 | Aquarius | Goat | |
| 164 | Evelyn Berezin | 1925-04-12 | 6 | Aries | Ox | |
| 166 | Federico Faggin | 1941-12-01 | 1 | Sagittarius | Snake | |
| 167 | Felix Hoffmann | 1868-01-21 | 9 | Aquarius | Cat | |
| 168 | Ferdinand von Zeppelin | 1838-07-08 | 8 | Cancer | Dog | |
| 169 | Field Howard Winslow | 1916-06-10 | 6 | Gemini | Dragon | |
| 170 | Forrest Bird | 1921-06-09 | 28/1 | Gemini | Rooster | |
| 171 | Frances Arnold | 1956-07-25 | 8 | Leo | Monkey | |
| 172 | Frances Ligler | 1951-06-11 | 33/6 | Gemini | Cat | |
| 173 | Francis Hamilton | 1898-05-31 | 8 | Gemini | Dog | |
| 174 | Francis P. Bundy | 1910-09-01 | 3 | Virgo | Dog | |
| 176 | Frank B. Colton | 1923-03-03 | 3 | Pisces | Pig | |
| 178 | Frank J. Sprague | 1857-07-25 | 8 | Leo | Snake | |
| 179 | Frank Wanlass | 1933-05-17 | 11 | Taurus | Rooster | |
| 180 | Frank Whittle | 1907-06-01 | 6 | Gemini | Goat | |
| 181 | Frank Zamboni | 1901-01-16 | 1 | Capricorn | Rat | |
| 182 | Frederic Eugene Ives | 1856-02-17 | 3 | Aquarius | Dragon | |
| 183 | Frederick Banting | 1891-11-14 | 8 | Scorpio | Cat | |
| 184 | Frederick Ellsworth Sickels | 1819-09-20 | 3 | Virgo | Cat | |
| 185 | Frederick Gardner Cottrell | 1877-01-10 | 7 | Capricorn | Rat | |
| 186 | Frederick McKinley Jones | 1893-05-17 | 7 | Taurus | Snake | |
| 187 | Fritz Haber | 1868-12-09 | 8 | Sagittarius | Dragon | |
| 188 | Gail Borden | 1801-11-09 | 3 | Scorpio | Rooster | |
| 189 | Games Slayter | 1896-12-09 | 9 | Sagittarius | Monkey | |
| 190 | Garrett Brown | 1942-04-06 | 8 | Aries | Horse | |
| 191 | Garrett Morgan | 1877-03-04 | 3 | Pisces | Ox | |
| 192 | Gary D. Sharp | 1962-09-25 | 7 | Libra | Tiger | |
| 193 | Gary K. Michelson | 1949-01-14 | 11 | Capricorn | Rat | |
| 194 | Gary Starkweather | 1938-01-09 | 4 | Capricorn | Ox | |
| 196 | George Ashley Campbell | 1870-11-27 | 9 | Sagittarius | Horse | |
| 197 | George Crompton | 1829-03-23 | 28/1 | Aries | Ox | |
| 198 | George de Mestral | 1907-06-19 | 33/6 | Gemini | Goat | |
| 199 | George Devol | 1912-02-20 | 8 | Pisces | Rat | |
| 200 | George E. Smith | 1930-05-10 | 1 | Taurus | Horse | |
| 201 | George Eastman | 1854-07-12 | 28/1 | Cancer | Tiger | |
| 202 | George Edward Alcorn Jr. | 1940-03-22 | 3 | Aries | Dragon | |
| 203 | George H. Heilmeier | 1936-05-22 | 1 | Gemini | Rat | |
| 204 | George Henry Corliss | 1817-06-02 | 7 | Gemini | Ox | |
| 205 | George Herman Babcock | 1832-06-17 | 28/1 | Gemini | Dragon | |
| 206 | George Hulett | 1846-09-26 | 9 | Libra | Horse | |
| 207 | George Judson | 1918-01-07 | 9 | Capricorn | Snake | |
| 208 | George Pullman | 1831-03-03 | 1 | Pisces | Cat | |
| 209 | George Robert Carruthers | 1939-10-01 | 6 | Libra | Cat | |
| 210 | George Stibitz | 1904-04-20 | 11 | Taurus | Dragon | |
| 211 | George Washington Carver | 1864-01-01 | 3 | Capricorn | Pig | |
| 212 | George Westinghouse | 1846-10-06 | 8 | Libra | Horse | |
| 213 | Georges Claude | 1870-09-24 | 4 | Libra | Horse | |
| 215 | Gerd Binnig | 1947-07-20 | 3 | Cancer | Pig | |
| 216 | Gerhard M. Sessler | 1931-02-15 | 22/4 | Aquarius | Horse | |
| 217 | Gertrude B. Elion | 1918-01-23 | 7 | Aquarius | Snake | |
| 218 | Gideon Sundback | 1880-04-24 | 9 | Taurus | Dragon | |
| 219 | Glenn Curtiss | 1878-05-21 | 5 | Gemini | Tiger | |
| 220 | Glenn Theodore Seaborg | 1912-04-19 | 9 | Taurus | Rat | |
| 222 | Gordon Gould | 1920-07-17 | 9 | Cancer | Monkey | |
| 223 | Gordon Kidd Teal | 1907-01-10 | 1 | Capricorn | Horse | |
| 224 | Gordon Moore | 1929-01-03 | 7 | Capricorn | Dragon | |
| 225 | Gottlieb Daimler | 1834-03-17 | 9 | Pisces | Horse | |
| 226 | Graham J. Durant | 1934-03-14 | 7 | Pisces | Dog | |
| 227 | Granville Tailer Woods | 1856-04-23 | 11 | Taurus | Dragon | |
| 228 | Gregory Goodwin Pincus | 1903-04-09 | 8 | Aries | Cat | |
| 229 | Grote Reber | 1911-12-22 | 1 | Capricorn | Pig | |
| 230 | Guglielmo Marconi | 1874-04-25 | 4 | Taurus | Dog | |
| 232 | Hannibal Goodwin | 1822-04-21 | 11 | Taurus | Horse | |
| 233 | Hans von Ohain | 1911-12-14 | 11 | Sagittarius | Pig | |
| 235 | Haren S. Gandhi | 1941-05-02 | 22 | Taurus | Snake | |
| 237 | Harold Eugene Edgerton | 1903-04-06 | 5 | Aries | Cat | |
| 238 | Harold McMaster | 1916-07-20 | 8 | Cancer | Dragon | |
| 239 | Harold Rosen | 1926-03-20 | 5 | Pisces | Tiger | |
| 240 | Harold Stephen Black | 1898-04-14 | 8 | Aries | Dog | |
| 241 | Harriet Williams Russell Strong | 1844-07-23 | 11 | Leo | Dragon | |
| 242 | Harry Coover | 1917-03-06 | 9 | Pisces | Snake | |
| 243 | Harvey Samuel Firestone | 1868-12-20 | 28/1 | Sagittarius | Dragon | |
| 244 | Hedy Lamarr | 1914-11-09 | 8 | Scorpio | Tiger | |
| 245 | Heinrich Rohrer | 1933-06-06 | 28/1 | Gemini | Rooster | |
| 246 | Helen Blanchard | 1840-10-25 | 3 | Scorpio | Rat | |
| 247 | Helen Murray Free | 1923-02-20 | 1 | Pisces | Pig | |
| 248 | Henry Bessemer | 1813-01-19 | 6 | Capricorn | Monkey | |
| 249 | Henry F. Phillips | 1889-06-04 | 9 | Gemini | Ox | |
| 250 | Henry Ford | 1863-07-30 | 28/1 | Leo | Pig | |
| 251 | Henry M. Leland | 1843-02-16 | 7 | Aquarius | Cat | |
| 252 | Henry Timken | 1832-08-16 | 11 | Leo | Dragon | |
| 253 | Herbert Boyer | 1936-07-10 | 9 | Cancer | Rat | |
| 254 | Herbert Henry Dow | 1866-02-26 | 4 | Pisces | Tiger | |
| 255 | Herbert M. Strong | 1908-09-30 | 3 | Libra | Monkey | |
| 256 | Herman Affel | 1893-08-04 | 33 | Leo | Snake | |
| 257 | Herman Hollerith | 1860-02-29 | 28/1 | Pisces | Monkey | |
| 258 | Hinda Miller | 1950-04-18 | 28/1 | Aries | Tiger | |
| 259 | Hiram Stevens Maxim | 1840-02-05 | 11 | Aquarius | Rat | |
| 260 | Homer Z. Martin | 1910-11-20 | 6 | Scorpio | Dog | |
| 263 | Howard S. Jones | 1921-08-18 | 3 | Leo | Rooster | |
| 264 | Igor Sikorsky | 1889-06-06 | 11 | Gemini | Ox | |
| 265 | Ioannis V. Yannas | 1935-04-14 | 9 | Aries | Pig | |
| 266 | Irving Langmuir | 1881-01-31 | 5 | Aquarius | Snake | |
| 267 | Irving Millman | 1923-05-23 | 7 | Gemini | Pig | |
| 268 | Irwin Lachman | 1930-08-02 | 5 | Leo | Horse | |
| 269 | Irwin M. Jacobs | 1933-10-18 | 8 | Libra | Rooster | |
| 270 | Ivan A. Getting | 1912-01-18 | 5 | Capricorn | Pig | |
| 271 | Ivan Sutherland | 1938-05-16 | 33/6 | Taurus | Tiger | |
| 272 | Iver Anderson | 1953-10-07 | 8 | Libra | Snake | |
| 273 | J. Paul Hogan | 1919-08-07 | 8 | Leo | Goat | |
| 274 | J. Presper Eckert | 1919-04-06 | 3 | Aries | Goat | |
| 275 | Jaap Haartsen | 1963-02-13 | 7 | Aquarius | Cat | |
| 276 | Jack Kilby | 1923-11-08 | 7 | Scorpio | Pig | |
| 277 | Jack Northrop | 1895-11-10 | 8 | Scorpio | Goat | |
| 278 | Jacob Rabinow | 1910-01-08 | 11 | Capricorn | Rooster | |
| 279 | Jacqueline Quinn | 1967-07-19 | 4 | Cancer | Goat | |
| 280 | Jacques Cousteau | 1910-06-11 | 28/1 | Gemini | Dog | |
| 281 | Jacques E. Brandenberger | 1872-10-19 | 11 | Libra | Monkey | |
| 282 | James Abercrombie | 1891-07-07 | 33 | Cancer | Cat | |
| 283 | James Bertram Collip | 1892-11-20 | 33/6 | Scorpio | Dragon | |
| 284 | James Bogardus | 1800-03-14 | 8 | Pisces | Monkey | |
| 285 | James Buchanan Eads | 1820-05-23 | 3 | Gemini | Dragon | |
| 286 | James Fergason | 1934-01-12 | 3 | Capricorn | Rooster | |
| 287 | James Floyd Smith | 1884-10-17 | 3 | Libra | Monkey | |
| 288 | James Franklin Hyde | 1903-03-11 | 9 | Pisces | Cat | |
| 289 | James Hillier | 1915-08-22 | 1 | Leo | Cat | |
| 290 | James J. Wynne | 1943-03-19 | 3 | Pisces | Goat | |
| 292 | James Murray Spangler | 1848-11-20 | 7 | Scorpio | Monkey | |
| 293 | James Ritty | 1836-10-29 | 3 | Scorpio | Monkey | |
| 294 | James Truchard | 1943-06-25 | 3 | Cancer | Goat | |
| 295 | James West | 1931-02-10 | 8 | Aquarius | Horse | |
| 297 | Jay Wright Forrester | 1918-07-14 | 4 | Cancer | Horse | |
| 298 | JD Albert | 1975-04-18 | 8 | Aries | Cat | |
| 299 | Jean Hoerni | 1924-09-26 | 33/6 | Libra | Rat | |
| 300 | Jennifer Doudna | 1964-02-19 | 5 | Pisces | Dragon | |
| 301 | Jesse W. Reno | 1861-08-04 | 28/1 | Leo | Rooster | |
| 302 | John Augustus Roebling | 1806-06-12 | 6 | Gemini | Tiger | |
| 303 | John Bardeen | 1908-05-23 | 28/1 | Gemini | Monkey | |
| 304 | John Birden | 1918-11-23 | 8 | Sagittarius | Horse | |
| 305 | John Boyd Dunlop | 1840-02-05 | 11 | Aquarius | Rat | |
| 306 | John Browning | 1855-01-23 | 7 | Aquarius | Tiger | |
| 307 | John C. Sheehan | 1915-09-23 | 3 | Libra | Cat | |
| 308 | John Charnley | 1911-08-29 | 4 | Virgo | Pig | |
| 309 | John Colin Emmett | 1939-04-27 | 8 | Taurus | Cat | |
| 310 | John Daugman | 1954-02-17 | 11 | Aquarius | Horse | |
| 311 | John Deere | 1804-02-07 | 22 | Aquarius | Pig | |
| 312 | John E. Franz | 1929-12-21 | 9 | Sagittarius | Snake | |
| 313 | John Ericsson | 1803-07-31 | 5 | Leo | Pig | |
| 314 | John Ethan Baer | 1917-04-25 | 11 | Taurus | Snake | |
| 315 | John F. Burke | 1922-06-22 | 6 | Cancer | Dog | |
| 316 | John Fitch | 1743-01-21 | 1 | Aquarius | Dog | |
| 317 | John H. Silliker | 1922-06-20 | 22/4 | Gemini | Dog | |
| 318 | John Harvey Kellogg | 1852-02-26 | 8 | Pisces | Rat | |
| 319 | John Hays Hammond Jr. | 1888-04-13 | 33/6 | Aries | Rat | |
| 320 | John Heysham Gibbon | 1903-09-29 | 33/6 | Libra | Cat | |
| 322 | John Lynott | 1921-08-25 | 28/1 | Virgo | Rooster | |
| 323 | John Mauchly | 1907-08-30 | 28/1 | Virgo | Goat | |
| 324 | John Nicholson | 1925-05-30 | 7 | Gemini | Ox | |
| 325 | John Philip Holland | 1840-02-29 | 8 | Pisces | Rat | |
| 326 | John R. Pierce | 1910-03-27 | 5 | Aries | Dog | |
| 327 | John Raphael Rogers | 1856-12-11 | 7 | Sagittarius | Dragon | |
| 329 | John Stevens | 1749-06-26 | 8 | Cancer | Snake | |
| 330 | John T. Parsons | 1913-10-11 | 8 | Libra | Ox | |
| 331 | John Wesley Hyatt | 1837-11-28 | 4 | Sagittarius | Rooster | |
| 332 | Joseph C. Muhler | 1923-12-22 | 4 | Capricorn | Pig | |
| 333 | Joseph Glidden | 1813-01-18 | 5 | Capricorn | Monkey | |
| 334 | Joseph H. Burckhalter | 1912-10-09 | 5 | Libra | Rat | |
| 335 | Joseph Lechleider | 1933-02-22 | 4 | Pisces | Rooster | |
| 337 | Joseph M. Jacobson | 1965-06-28 | 1 | Cancer | Snake | |
| 338 | Joseph Saxton | 1799-03-22 | 6 | Aries | Goat | |
| 339 | Joseph Shivers | 1920-11-29 | 7 | Sagittarius | Monkey | |
| 340 | Josephine Cochrane | 1839-03-08 | 5 | Pisces | Pig | |
| 341 | Joshua Lionel Cowen | 1877-08-25 | 11 | Virgo | Ox | |
| 342 | Judah Folkman | 1933-02-24 | 6 | Pisces | Rooster | |
| 343 | Julio Palmaz | 1945-12-13 | 8 | Sagittarius | Rooster | |
| 344 | Julius Arthur Nieuwland | 1878-02-14 | 4 | Aquarius | Tiger | |
| 345 | Karl Henry Beyer, Jr. | 1914-06-19 | 4 | Gemini | Tiger | |
| 346 | Kary Mullis | 1944-12-28 | 4 | Capricorn | Monkey | |
| 347 | Katalin Karikó | 1955-01-17 | 11 | Capricorn | Horse | |
| 348 | Katharine Burr Blodgett | 1898-01-10 | 28/1 | Capricorn | Rooster | |
| 349 | Kelly Johnson | 1910-02-27 | 22/4 | Pisces | Dog | |
| 350 | Ken Manchester | 1925-03-22 | 6 | Aries | Ox | |
| 351 | Ken Olsen | 1926-02-20 | 22/4 | Pisces | Tiger | |
| 352 | Ken Richardson | 1939-11-26 | 5 | Sagittarius | Cat | |
| 353 | Ken Thompson | 1943-02-04 | 5 | Aquarius | Horse | |
| 354 | Kenneth C. Jordan | 1921-07-24 | 8 | Leo | Rooster | |
| 355 | King Camp Gillette | 1855-01-05 | 7 | Capricorn | Tiger | |
| 356 | Klaus Schmiegel | 1939-06-28 | 11 | Cancer | Cat | |
| 358 | L. L. Langstroth | 1810-12-25 | 11 | Capricorn | Horse | |
| 359 | Lanny Smoot | 1955-12-13 | 9 | Sagittarius | Goat | |
| 360 | Larry Hornbeck | 1943-09-17 | 7 | Virgo | Goat | |
| 361 | László Bíró | 1899-09-29 | 11 | Libra | Pig | |
| 362 | Lee de Forest | 1873-08-26 | 8 | Virgo | Rooster | |
| 363 | Leo Baekeland | 1863-11-14 | 7 | Scorpio | Pig | |
| 364 | Leo Sternbach | 1908-05-07 | 3 | Taurus | Monkey | |
| 365 | Leó Szilárd | 1898-02-11 | 3 | Aquarius | Dog | |
| 366 | Leonard Adleman | 1945-12-31 | 8 | Capricorn | Rooster | |
| 367 | Leonard Flom | 1927-10-02 | 22 | Libra | Cat | |
| 368 | Leonard Greene | 1918-06-08 | 33 | Gemini | Horse | |
| 369 | Leopold Godowsky Jr. | 1900-05-27 | 6 | Gemini | Rat | |
| 370 | Leopold Mannes | 1899-12-26 | 11 | Capricorn | Pig | |
| 371 | Leroy Grumman | 1895-01-04 | 28/1 | Capricorn | Horse | |
| 372 | Leroy Hood | 1938-10-10 | 5 | Libra | Tiger | |
| 373 | Les Paul | 1915-06-09 | 4 | Gemini | Cat | |
| 374 | Lester Allan Pelton | 1829-09-05 | 7 | Virgo | Ox | |
| 375 | Lewis Hastings Sarett | 1917-12-22 | 7 | Capricorn | Snake | |
| 376 | Lewis Howard Latimer | 1848-09-04 | 7 | Virgo | Monkey | |
| 377 | Lewis Miller | 1829-12-13 | 9 | Sagittarius | Ox | |
| 379 | Linus Yale | 1821-04-04 | 11 | Aries | Snake | |
| 381 | Lloyd Conover | 1923-06-13 | 7 | Gemini | Pig | |
| 382 | Lloyd Espenschied | 1889-04-27 | 3 | Taurus | Ox | |
| 383 | Lloyd Hall | 1894-06-20 | 3 | Gemini | Horse | |
| 384 | Lonnie Johnson | 1949-10-06 | 3 | Libra | Ox | |
| 385 | Louis Comfort Tiffany | 1848-02-18 | 5 | Aquarius | Monkey | |
| 386 | Louis Keller | 1923-05-09 | 11 | Taurus | Pig | |
| 387 | Louis Lumière | 1864-10-05 | 7 | Libra | Rat | |
| 388 | Louis Moyroud | 1914-02-16 | 6 | Aquarius | Tiger | |
| 389 | Louis Pasteur | 1822-12-27 | 7 | Capricorn | Horse | |
| 390 | Louis Renault | 1877-02-12 | 28/1 | Aquarius | Rat | |
| 391 | Louis Stevens | 1925-04-25 | 28/1 | Taurus | Ox | |
| 392 | Louis W. Parker | 1906-01-01 | 9 | Capricorn | Snake | |
| 393 | Lubomyr Romankiw | 1931-04-17 | 8 | Aries | Goat | |
| 394 | Luc Montagnier | 1932-08-18 | 5 | Leo | Monkey | |
| 395 | Luis von Ahn | 1978-08-19 | 7 | Leo | Horse | |
| 396 | Luis Walter Alvarez | 1911-06-13 | 22/4 | Gemini | Pig | |
| 397 | Luther Burbank | 1849-03-07 | 5 | Pisces | Rooster | |
| 398 | Lynn Conway | 1938-01-02 | 6 | Capricorn | Ox | |
| 399 | M. Stephen Heilman | 1933-12-25 | 8 | Capricorn | Rooster | |
| 400 | Malcom McLean | 1913-11-14 | 3 | Scorpio | Ox | |
| 401 | Marcian Hoff | 1937-10-28 | 4 | Scorpio | Ox | |
| 402 | Margaret E. Knight | 1838-02-14 | 9 | Aquarius | Dog | |
| 403 | Margaret M. Wu | 1950-06-28 | 4 | Cancer | Tiger | |
| 404 | Mária Telkes | 1900-12-12 | 7 | Sagittarius | Rat | |
| 406 | Marion Donovan | 1917-10-15 | 7 | Libra | Snake | |
| 407 | Marjorie Joyner | 1896-10-24 | 4 | Scorpio | Monkey | |
| 408 | Mark Dean | 1957-03-02 | 9 | Pisces | Rooster | |
| 409 | Marshall Jones | 1941-08-01 | 6 | Leo | Snake | |
| 410 | Martha Coston | 1826-12-12 | 5 | Sagittarius | Dog | |
| 411 | Martin “John” M. Atalla | 1924-08-04 | 28/1 | Leo | Rat | |
| 412 | Martin Edward Hellman | 1945-10-02 | 22 | Libra | Rooster | |
| 413 | Marvin Camras | 1916-01-01 | 1 | Capricorn | Cat | |
| 414 | Marvin H. Caruthers | 1940-02-11 | 9 | Aquarius | Dragon | |
| 415 | Mary Anderson | 1866-02-19 | 33/6 | Pisces | Tiger | |
| 416 | Mary Dixon Kies | 1752-03-21 | 3 | Aries | Monkey | |
| 417 | Mary Engle Pennington | 1872-10-08 | 9 | Libra | Monkey | |
| 418 | Mary-Dell Chilton | 1939-02-02 | 8 | Aquarius | Tiger | |
| 419 | Matthias W. Baldwin | 1795-12-10 | 8 | Sagittarius | Cat | |
| 420 | Maurice Hilleman | 1919-08-30 | 4 | Virgo | Goat | |
| 421 | Max Tishler | 1906-10-30 | 11 | Scorpio | Horse | |
| 422 | Maxime Faget | 1921-08-26 | 11 | Virgo | Rooster | |
| 423 | Michael Joseph Owens | 1859-01-01 | 7 | Capricorn | Horse | |
| 424 | Michel Mirowski | 1924-10-14 | 22/4 | Libra | Rat | |
| 426 | Miguel Ondetti | 1930-05-14 | 5 | Taurus | Horse | |
| 428 | Mildred Dresselhaus | 1930-11-11 | 8 | Scorpio | Horse | |
| 429 | Milton Bradley | 1836-11-08 | 1 | Scorpio | Monkey | |
| 430 | Morton Mower | 1933-01-31 | 3 | Aquarius | Rooster | |
| 431 | Moses G. Farmer | 1820-02-09 | 22 | Aquarius | Cat | |
| 432 | Nelia Mazula | 1978-10-03 | 11 | Libra | Horse | |
| 433 | Nick Holonyak | 1928-11-03 | 7 | Scorpio | Dragon | |
| 435 | Nikola Tesla | 1856-07-10 | 28/1 | Cancer | Dragon | |
| 436 | Nils Bohlin | 1920-07-17 | 9 | Cancer | Monkey | |
| 437 | Norbert Rillieux | 1806-03-17 | 8 | Pisces | Tiger | |
| 438 | Norman Joseph Woodland | 1921-09-06 | 28/1 | Virgo | Rooster | |
| 439 | Ole Evinrude | 1877-04-19 | 1 | Aries | Ox | |
| 440 | Oliver Evans | 1755-09-13 | 4 | Virgo | Pig | |
| 441 | Oliver Lodge | 1851-06-12 | 6 | Gemini | Pig | |
| 442 | Orville Wright | 1871-08-19 | 8 | Leo | Goat | |
| 443 | Otis Boykin | 1920-08-29 | 4 | Virgo | Monkey | |
| 445 | Otto Wichterle | 1913-10-27 | 6 | Scorpio | Ox | |
| 446 | Patricia Bath | 1942-11-04 | 4 | Scorpio | Horse | |
| 447 | Patsy O'Connell Sherman | 1930-09-15 | 28/1 | Virgo | Horse | |
| 448 | Paul Baran | 1926-04-29 | 33/6 | Taurus | Tiger | |
| 449 | Paul Kollsman | 1900-02-22 | 7 | Pisces | Rat | |
| 450 | Paul Lauterbur | 1929-05-06 | 5 | Taurus | Snake | |
| 452 | Paul Terasaki | 1929-09-10 | 4 | Virgo | Snake | |
| 453 | Per-Ingvar Brånemark | 1929-05-03 | 11 | Taurus | Snake | |
| 454 | Percy Lavon Julian | 1899-04-11 | 6 | Aries | Pig | |
| 455 | Percy Spencer | 1894-07-09 | 11 | Cancer | Horse | |
| 456 | Peter C. Schultz | 1942-12-03 | 22 | Sagittarius | Horse | |
| 457 | Peter Carl Goldmark | 1906-12-02 | 3 | Sagittarius | Horse | |
| 458 | Peter Cooper | 1791-02-12 | 5 | Aquarius | Pig | |
| 459 | Peter Cooper Hewitt | 1861-11-13 | 4 | Scorpio | Rooster | |
| 460 | Peter Mansfield | 1933-10-09 | 8 | Libra | Rooster | |
| 461 | Philip Drinker | 1894-12-12 | 28/1 | Sagittarius | Horse | |
| 462 | Philippe Horvath | 1970-04-17 | 11 | Aries | Dog | |
| 463 | Philo Farnsworth | 1906-08-19 | 7 | Leo | Horse | |
| 464 | Polly Smith | 1949-11-10 | 8 | Scorpio | Ox | |
| 465 | R. Rox Anderson | 1950-10-30 | 1 | Scorpio | Tiger | |
| 466 | Rachel Fuller Brown | 1898-11-23 | 6 | Sagittarius | Dog | |
| 467 | Radia Perlman | 1951-12-18 | 28/1 | Sagittarius | Cat | |
| 468 | Raffaello D'Andrea | 1967-08-13 | 8 | Leo | Goat | |
| 469 | Ralph H. Baer | 1922-03-08 | 7 | Pisces | Dog | |
| 470 | Ralph Merkle | 1952-02-02 | 3 | Aquarius | Dragon | |
| 471 | Rangaswamy Srinivasan | 1929-02-28 | 33/6 | Pisces | Snake | |
| 472 | Ray Dolby | 1933-01-18 | 8 | Capricorn | Monkey | |
| 473 | Ray McIntire | 1918-08-24 | 33/6 | Virgo | Horse | |
| 474 | Raymond Kurzweil | 1948-02-12 | 9 | Aquarius | Rat | |
| 475 | Raymond Vahan Damadian | 1936-03-16 | 11 | Pisces | Rat | |
| 476 | Rebecca R. Richards-Kortum | 1964-04-14 | 11 | Aries | Dragon | |
| 477 | Reginald Fessenden | 1866-10-06 | 28/1 | Libra | Tiger | |
| 478 | Rene Alphonse Higonnet | 1902-04-05 | 3 | Aries | Tiger | |
| 479 | Richard DiMarchi | 1952-12-05 | 7 | Sagittarius | Dragon | |
| 480 | Richard Gurley Drew | 1899-06-22 | 1 | Cancer | Pig | |
| 481 | Richard March Hoe | 1812-09-12 | 6 | Virgo | Monkey | |
| 482 | Richard T. Whitcomb | 1921-02-21 | 9 | Pisces | Rooster | |
| 483 | Robert Adler | 1913-12-04 | 3 | Sagittarius | Ox | |
| 484 | Robert Banks | 1921-11-24 | 3 | Sagittarius | Rooster | |
| 485 | Robert D. Maurer | 1924-07-20 | 7 | Cancer | Rat | |
| 487 | Robert Gallo | 1937-03-23 | 28/1 | Aries | Ox | |
| 488 | Robert Gundlach | 1926-09-07 | 7 | Virgo | Tiger | |
| 489 | Robert H. Dennard | 1932-09-05 | 11 | Virgo | Monkey | |
| 490 | Robert H. Goddard | 1882-10-05 | 7 | Libra | Horse | |
| 491 | Robert H. Rines | 1922-08-30 | 7 | Virgo | Dog | |
| 492 | Robert H. Wentorf, Jr. | 1926-05-28 | 33/6 | Gemini | Tiger | |
| 493 | Robert H. Willson | 1936-11-14 | 8 | Scorpio | Rat | |
| 494 | Robert Ledley | 1926-06-28 | 7 | Cancer | Tiger | |
| 496 | Robert Metcalfe | 1946-04-07 | 4 | Aries | Dog | |
| 497 | Robert Moog | 1934-05-23 | 9 | Gemini | Dog | |
| 498 | Robert N. Hall | 1919-12-25 | 3 | Capricorn | Goat | |
| 499 | Robert Noyce | 1927-12-12 | 7 | Sagittarius | Cat | |
| 500 | Robert R. Williams | 1886-02-16 | 5 | Aquarius | Dog | |
| 501 | Robert S. Langer, Jr. | 1948-08-29 | 5 | Virgo | Rat | |
| 502 | Robert Seiwald | 1925-03-26 | 28/1 | Aries | Ox | |
| 503 | Robert W. Bower | 1936-06-12 | 28/1 | Gemini | Rat | |
| 504 | Robert W. Gore | 1937-04-15 | 3 | Aries | Ox | |
| 505 | Rodney Bagley | 1934-10-02 | 11 | Libra | Dog | |
| 506 | Rodolphe Barrangou | 1975-09-15 | 1 | Virgo | Cat | |
| 507 | Roger Angel | 1941-02-07 | 6 | Aquarius | Snake | |
| 508 | Roger Bacon | 1926-04-16 | 11 | Aries | Tiger | |
| 509 | Roger L. Easton | 1921-04-30 | 11 | Taurus | Rooster | |
| 510 | Roger Y. Tsien | 1952-02-01 | 11 | Aquarius | Dragon | |
| 511 | Rollin Henry White | 1872-07-11 | 9 | Cancer | Monkey | |
| 512 | Ron Rivest | 1947-05-06 | 5 | Taurus | Pig | |
| 513 | Ronald M. Lewis | 1936-02-18 | 3 | Aquarius | Rat | |
| 514 | Rory A. Cooper | 1959-11-09 | 8 | Scorpio | Pig | |
| 515 | Ross Freeman | 1948-07-26 | 1 | Leo | Rat | |
| 516 | Roy J. Plunkett | 1910-06-26 | 7 | Cancer | Dog | |
| 517 | Rudolf Diesel | 1858-03-18 | 7 | Pisces | Horse | |
| 518 | Ruth R. Benerito | 1916-01-12 | 3 | Capricorn | Cat | |
| 519 | S. Donald Stookey | 1915-05-23 | 8 | Gemini | Cat | |
| 520 | Sam B. Williams | 1921-05-07 | 7 | Taurus | Rooster | |
| 521 | Samuel Colt | 1814-07-22 | 7 | Cancer | Dog | |
| 522 | Samuel E. Blum | 1920-08-28 | 3 | Virgo | Monkey | |
| 523 | Samuel Finley Breese Morse | 1791-04-27 | 4 | Taurus | Pig | |
| 524 | Samuel Leeds Allen | 1841-05-05 | 6 | Taurus | Ox | |
| 525 | Samuel Slater | 1768-06-09 | 1 | Gemini | Rat | |
| 526 | Samuel Smith | 1927-09-13 | 5 | Virgo | Cat | |
| 527 | Samuel W. Alderson | 1914-10-21 | 1 | Libra | Tiger | |
| 528 | Selman Abraham Waksman | 1888-07-22 | 9 | Leo | Rat | |
| 529 | Semi Joseph Begun | 1905-12-02 | 11 | Sagittarius | Snake | |
| 530 | Seth Boyden | 1788-11-17 | 7 | Scorpio | Monkey | |
| 531 | Seymour Cray | 1925-09-28 | 9 | Libra | Ox | |
| 532 | Sheldon Kaplan | 1939-06-06 | 7 | Gemini | Cat | |
| 533 | Shuji Nakamura | 1954-05-22 | 1 | Gemini | Horse | |
| 534 | Simon Ingersoll | 1818-03-03 | 6 | Pisces | Tiger | |
| 535 | Spencer Silver | 1941-02-06 | 5 | Aquarius | Snake | |
| 536 | Squire Whipple | 1804-09-16 | 11 | Virgo | Rat | |
| 537 | Stan Honey | 1955-04-08 | 5 | Aries | Goat | |
| 538 | Stanford R. Ovshinsky | 1922-11-24 | 4 | Sagittarius | Dog | |
| 539 | Stanley Macomber | 1887-11-26 | 7 | Sagittarius | Pig | |
| 540 | Stanley Mazor | 1941-10-22 | 11 | Libra | Snake | |
| 541 | Stanley Norman Cohen | 1935-02-17 | 28/1 | Aquarius | Pig | |
| 542 | Stephanie L. Kwolek | 1923-07-31 | 8 | Leo | Pig | |
| 543 | Stephen Wilcox | 1830-02-12 | 8 | Aquarius | Tiger | |
| 544 | Steve Jobs | 1955-02-24 | 28/1 | Pisces | Goat | |
| 545 | Steve Wozniak | 1950-08-11 | 7 | Leo | Tiger | |
| 546 | Steven Sasson | 1950-07-04 | 8 | Cancer | Tiger | |
| 547 | Steven Van Slyke | 1956-07-19 | 11 | Cancer | Monkey | |
| 548 | Stewart Adams | 1923-04-16 | 8 | Aries | Pig | |
| 550 | Sylvia Blankenship | 1954-09-10 | 11 | Virgo | Horse | |
| 551 | Theodore Maiman | 1927-07-11 | 1 | Cancer | Cat | |
| 552 | Theodore von Kármán | 1881-05-11 | 7 | Taurus | Snake | |
| 554 | Thomas A. Watson | 1854-01-18 | 28/1 | Capricorn | Ox | |
| 555 | Thomas Armat | 1866-10-25 | 11 | Scorpio | Tiger | |
| 556 | Thomas Blanchard | 1788-06-24 | 9 | Cancer | Monkey | |
| 557 | Thomas E. Murray | 1860-10-21 | 1 | Libra | Monkey | |
| 558 | Thomas Edison | 1847-02-11 | 33/6 | Aquarius | Horse | |
| 559 | Thomas J. Fogarty | 1934-02-25 | 8 | Pisces | Dog | |
| 561 | Thomas Midgley | 1889-05-18 | 4 | Taurus | Ox | |
| 563 | Tracy Hall | 1919-10-20 | 5 | Libra | Goat | |
| 564 | Valdemar Poulsen | 1869-11-23 | 4 | Sagittarius | Snake | |
| 565 | Vannevar Bush | 1890-03-11 | 5 | Pisces | Tiger | |
| 566 | Victor B. Lawrence | 1945-05-10 | 7 | Taurus | Rooster | |
| 567 | Vincent L. Lanza | 1922-03-26 | 7 | Aries | Dog | |
| 568 | Vint Cerf | 1943-06-23 | 28/1 | Cancer | Goat | |
| 569 | Virginia Norwood | 1927-01-08 | 28/1 | Capricorn | Tiger | |
| 571 | Waldo Semon | 1898-09-10 | 9 | Virgo | Dog | |
| 572 | Wallace Carothers | 1896-04-27 | 1 | Taurus | Monkey | |
| 573 | Wallace Clement Sabine | 1868-06-13 | 33/6 | Gemini | Dragon | |
| 574 | Wallace H. Coulter | 1913-02-17 | 6 | Aquarius | Ox | |
| 575 | Walt Disney | 1901-12-05 | 1 | Sagittarius | Ox | |
| 576 | Walter Houser Brattain | 1902-02-10 | 6 | Aquarius | Tiger | |
| 577 | Walter Hunt | 1796-07-29 | 5 | Leo | Dragon | |
| 578 | Walter Lincoln Hawkins | 1911-03-21 | 9 | Aries | Pig | |
| 579 | Walther Hermann Nernst | 1864-06-25 | 5 | Cancer | Rat | |
| 581 | Warren Seymour Johnson | 1847-11-06 | 1 | Scorpio | Goat | |
| 582 | Welton I. Taylor | 1919-11-12 | 7 | Scorpio | Goat | |
| 583 | Whitfield Diffie | 1944-06-05 | 11 | Gemini | Monkey | |
| 584 | Wilbur Wright | 1867-04-16 | 33/6 | Aries | Cat | |
| 585 | Wilhelm Maybach | 1846-02-09 | 3 | Aquarius | Horse | |
| 586 | Willard Boyle | 1924-08-19 | 7 | Leo | Rat | |
| 587 | Willard Harrison Bennett | 1903-06-13 | 5 | Gemini | Cat | |
| 588 | Willem Einthoven | 1860-05-21 | 5 | Gemini | Monkey | |
| 589 | Willem Johan Kolff | 1911-02-14 | 1 | Aquarius | Pig | |
| 590 | William David Coolidge | 1873-10-23 | 7 | Scorpio | Rooster | |
| 591 | William E. Upjohn | 1853-06-15 | 11 | Gemini | Ox | |
| 592 | William Edward Hanford | 1908-12-09 | 3 | Sagittarius | Monkey | |
| 593 | William Goddard | 1913-07-10 | 22/4 | Cancer | Ox | |
| 594 | William Harrison Nebergall | 1914-12-12 | 3 | Sagittarius | Tiger | |
| 596 | William Justin Kroll | 1889-11-24 | 7 | Sagittarius | Ox | |
| 597 | William Merriam Burton | 1865-11-17 | 3 | Scorpio | Ox | |
| 598 | William P. Murphy Jr. | 1923-11-11 | 1 | Scorpio | Pig | |
| 599 | William Painter | 1838-11-20 | 33/6 | Scorpio | Dog | |
| 600 | William Redington Hewlett | 1913-05-20 | 3 | Taurus | Ox | |
| 601 | William Sellers | 1824-09-19 | 7 | Virgo | Monkey | |
| 603 | William Shockley | 1910-02-13 | 8 | Aquarius | Dog | |
| 604 | William Stanley | 1858-11-28 | 7 | Sagittarius | Horse | |
| 605 | Willis Carrier | 1876-11-26 | 5 | Sagittarius | Rat | |
| 606 | Willis Whitfield | 1919-12-06 | 11 | Sagittarius | Goat | |
| 607 | Wilson Greatbatch | 1919-09-06 | 8 | Virgo | Goat | |
| 608 | Yvonne Brill | 1924-12-30 | 22/4 | Capricorn | Rat | |
| 609 | Zénobe Gramme | 1826-04-04 | 7 | Aries | Dog |
Context What explains it
Inductees span more than two centuries, from Edison and the Wright brothers to modern engineers, so each baseline uses the group’s own birth years.
Source The data
- National Inventors Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2026-09-28. View source
- Every inductee Wikidata records as honoured by the National Inventors Hall of Fame (since 1973), from Edison and the Wright brothers to modern engineers.
- Verification: 562 of 609 included. A person is included when Wikidata records one birth date at day precision.
- Expected values: every day of the years each group was born in, weighted by how many people were born in each year, run through CUE’s engine. Weighting matters for Chinese signs and Life Paths, which depend on the year.
- A difference is called clear only in groups of 50 or more and at least three standard errors from expected. Because each study tests about a hundred values, a clear difference needs 3.5 standard errors; 2.5 to 3.5 is only “worth watching”.
Left out: 47 people whose exact birth date could not be confirmed
- #8 Alexander Lyman Holley: Sources give more than one date
- #11 Alfred Einhorn: Sources give more than one date
- #12 Alfred Free: Only the year or month is recorded
- #29 Andrew Jackson Beard: Only the year or month is recorded
- #89 Charles W. Tyson: Only the year or month is recorded
- #92 Chieko Asakawa: Only the year or month is recorded
- #96 Clair Lake: Only the year or month is recorded
- #98 Clarence Kemp: Only the year or month is recorded
- #107 David R. Walt: Only the year or month is recorded
- #113 Don Arney: Only the year or month is recorded
- #129 Edmund Schweitzer: Only the year or month is recorded
- #130 Edward A. Calahan: Only the year or month is recorded
- #165 F. Thomson Leighton: Only the year or month is recorded
- #175 François Hennebique: Sources give more than one date
- #177 Frank Cepollina: Only the year or month is recorded
- #195 George Antheil: Sources give more than one date
- #214 Gerald Pearson: Sources give more than one date
- #221 Godfrey Hounsfield: Sources give more than one date
- #231 H. Gene Slottow: Only the year or month is recorded
- #234 Harald F. Hess: Only the year or month is recorded
- #236 Harold E. Froehlich: Only the year or month is recorded
- #261 Howard H. Aiken: Sources give more than one date
- #262 Howard Head: Only the year or month is recorded
- #291 James McEwen: Only the year or month is recorded
- #296 Jan Ernst Matzeliger: Sources give more than one date
- #321 John Landis Mason: Only the year or month is recorded
- #328 John Ritty: Only the year or month is recorded
- #336 Joseph Lee: Only the year or month is recorded
- #357 Kristina M. Johnson: Only the year or month is recorded
- #378 Lewis Waterman: Sources give more than one date
- #380 Lisa Lindahl: Only the year or month is recorded
- #405 Marian Croak: Only the year or month is recorded
- #425 Mick Mountz: Only the year or month is recorded
- #427 Mihajlo Pupin: Sources give more than one date
- #434 Nicolaus Otto: Sources give more than one date
- #444 Ottmar Mergenthaler: Sources give more than one date
- #451 Paul MacCready: Sources give more than one date
- #486 Robert Fulton: Sources give more than one date
- #495 Robert M. Thomas: Only the year or month is recorded
- #549 Sumita Mitra: Only the year or month is recorded
- #553 Theophilus Van Kannel: Only the year or month is recorded
- #560 Thomas L. Jennings: Only the year or month is recorded
- #562 Thomas Seavey Hall: Only the year or month is recorded
- #570 Vladimir K. Zworykin: Sources give more than one date
- #580 Warren Marrison: Only the year or month is recorded
- #595 William J. Sparks: Sources give more than one date
- #602 William Seward Burroughs I: Sources give more than one date
Reproduce it: the raw data snapshots and build scripts are in CUE’s code repository (scripts/data and scripts/build-*-study.mts).
Further reading
- National Inventors Hall of Fame