Inventors Without Patents
Kamal Al Mansour (1959- )
Kamal Al Mansour is an African American artist and inventor who graduated from University of California Los Angeles in 1981...
Ayana E. Johnson (1980- )
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson is a marine biologist, environmental strategist, and policy expert. Born on August 23, 1980 to a teacher...
Hildreth “Hal” Walker, Jr. (1933- )
NASA scientist Hildreth “Hal” Walker, Jr. is most known for leading the team that used a laser to measure the...
Frederick Douglas Patterson (1871-1932)
Frederick Douglas Patterson was the first African American to build motorized cars. His father, Charles Rich Patterson, a former enslaved...
Ellen Eglin (1849- ?)
In the late 1800s, Ellen Eglin revolutionized the chore of laundry with the invention of the clothes wringer and, in...
Lewis Temple (1800-1854)
The invention of the fluted or barbed harpoon, which revolutionized the whaling industry, was the brainchild of Lewis Temple, an...
George Crum (1824-1914)
George Speck, later known as George Crum and long thought to be the inventor of the potato chip, was born...
Charles Chappelle (1872-1941)
Charles Ward Chappelle was an American engineer and businessman best known for his award-winning long-distance airplane in 1911 and his tenure as president of...
Gloria Twine Chisum (1930- )
An experimental psychologist, Gloria Twine Chisum, is primarily known for developing protective eyewear for pilots in extreme conditions. Chisum was born in...
