Download Excel File List of African-American Inventors And Scientists

SNo,Name,Life,Occupation,Inventions/Accomplishments1,"Amos, Harold",19182003,Microbiologist,First African-American department chair at Harvard Medical School2,"Alcorn, George Edward, Jr.",1940,Physicist,Invented a method of fabricating an imaging X-ray spectrometer,,,Inventor,3,"Andrews, James J.",19301998,Mathematician,"Put forth the AndrewsCurtis conjecture in group theory with Morton L. Curtis, still unsolved"4,"Bailey, L.C.",18901976,Inventor,Wind Powered Clothes Dryer.5,"Ball, Alice Augusta",18921916,Chemist,Extracted chaulmoogra oil for the treatment of Hansen's disease (leprosy).6,"Banneker, Benjamin",17311806,Mathematician,Wooden clock (1753). Assisted in survey of the original boundaries of the District of Columbia (1791). Authored almanac and ephemeris (17921797),,,Astronomer,,,,Surveyor,,,,Clockmaker,,,,Author,,,,Farmer,7,"Banyaga, Augustin",1947,Mathematician,Work on diffeomorphisms and symplectomorphisms8,Janet Bashen,1957,Inventor,"First African-American woman to receive a patent for a web-based software invention. The invention, LinkLine, is an Equal Employment Opportunity case management and tracking software.",,,Entrepreneur,,,,Professional,,,,Consultant,9,"Bath, Patricia",1942,Ophthalmologist,"First African-American female physician to receive a patent for a medical invention. Inventions relate to cataract surgery and include the Laserphaco Probe, which revolutionized the industry in the 1980s, and an ultrasound technique for treatment."10,"Beard, Andrew",18491921,Farmer,Janney coupler improvements,,,Carpenter,,,,Blacksmith,,,,Railroad worker,"Invented the car device#594,059 dated November 23, 1897",,,Businessman,"Rotary engine patent #478,271 dated July 5, 1892",,,Inventor,11,"Bell, Earl S.",1977,Inventor,"Invented Chair With Sliding Skin (2004), and the Quantitative Display Apparatus (2005)",,,Entrepreneur,,,,Architect,,,,Industrial Designer,12,"Benjamin, Miriam",18611947,Inventor,"Invented ""Gong and Signal Chair for Hotels"". Second African-American woman to receive a patent.",,,Educator,13,"Berry, Leonidas",19021995,Gastroenterologist,Gastroscope pioneer14,"Bharucha-Reid, Albert T.",19271985,Mathematician,Probability theory and Markov chain theorist,,,Statistician,15,"Black, Keith",1957,Neurosurgeon,Brain tumor surgery and research16,"Blackwell, David",19192010,Mathematician,"First proposed the Blackwell channel model used in coding theory and information theory; one of the eponyms of the RaoBlackwell theorem, which is a process that significantly improves crude statistical estimators.",,,Statistician,17,"Blair, Henry",18071860,Inventor,Second black inventor to issue a patent,,,,Invented early spark plug18,"Boahen, Kwabena",19xx,Bioengineer,Silicon retina able to process images in the same manner as a living retina19,"Boone, Sarah",18321905,Inventor,Ironing board allowing sleeves of women's garments to be ironed more easily20,"Bouchet, Edward",18521918,Physicist,First African-American to receive a Ph.D. in any subject. Received physics doctorate from Yale University in 1876.21,"Bowman, James",19232011,Physician,Pathologist and geneticist; Professor Emeritus Pritzker School of Medicine; first tenured African-American professor at the University of Chicago Division of Biological Sciences.22,"Boykin, Otis",19201982,Inventor,Artificial heart pacemaker control unit.,,,Engineer,23,"Brady, St. Elmo",18841966,Chemist,Published three scholarly abstracts in Science and also collaborated on a paper published in Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry.24,"Branson, Herman",19141995,Physicist,Protein structure research,,,Educator,25,"Brooks, Charles",1865?,Inventor,Street sweeper truck and a type of paper punch26,"Brooks, Phil",19xx,Inventor,First U.S. Patent for a disposable syringe27,Henry Brown,1832?,Inventor,Invented fire safe28,"Burr, John Albert",18xx?,Inventor,Rotary-blade lawn mower patent29,"Cardozo, P. William",19051962,Pediatrician,"Sickle cell anemia studies. In October 1937, he published ""Immunologic Studies in Sickle Cell Anemia"" in the Archives of Internal Medicine; many of the findings are still valid today."30,"Carson, Ben",1951,Pediatric Neurosurgeon,Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University,,,,First surgeon to successfully separate craniopagus twins31,"Carver, George Washington",18651943,Botanical researcher,"Discovered hundreds of uses for previously useless vegetables and fruits, principally the peanut"32,"Chappelle, Emmett",1925,Scientist and researcher,"Valuable contributions to several fields: medicine, biology, food science, and astrochemistry"33,"Clark, Mamie",19142005,Psychologist,Conducted 1940s experiments using dolls to study children's attitudes about race.34,"Clark, Kenneth",19171983,Psychologist,First Black president of the American Psychological Association35,"Crosthwait, David, Jr.",18981976,Research engineer,"Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning.",,,,Received some 40 U.S. patents relating to HVAC systems.36,"Dabiri, John",1980-,Biophysicist,Expert on jellyfish hydrodynamics and designer of a vertical-axis wind farm adapted from schooling fish.37,"Daly, Marie Maynard",19212003,Chemist,First black American woman with a Ph.D. in chemistry.38,"Dean, Mark",1957,Computer scientist,"Led the team that developed the ISA bus, and led the design team responsible for creating the first one-gigahertz computer processor chip."39,"Drew, Charles",19041950,Medical researcher,Developed improved techniques for blood storage40,"Du Chaillu, Paul",18311903,Zoologist,"Explorer who was the first modern European outsider to confirm the existence of gorillas, and later the Pygmy people of central Africa. Identified as white throughout life, but his mother was a Runionnais mulatto. Settled in America and considered it his country by adoption. The full aspects of his ancestry were not uncovered until 1979, and are still little known today.",,,Explorer,,,,Anthropologist,41,"Easley, Annie",1933,Computer scientist,"Work at the Lewis Research Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and its predecessor, the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics"42,"Ejeta, Gebisa",1950-,Geneticist,Won the World Food Prize in 2009 for his major contributions in the production of sorghum.43,"Ejigu, Kitaw",19482006,Systems engineer,Worked for NASA as a system engineer and space research scientist44,"Ellis, Skip (Clarence)",1943,Computer scientist,First African American with a Ph.D. in Computer Science,,,,Software inventor including OfficeTalk at Xerox PARC45,"Ezerioha, Bisi",1972,Automotive engineer,Drag racing engineer and driver46,"Ferguson, Lloyd Noel",19182011,Chemist,"Chemistry doctorate, first received (1943, University of California, Berkeley)",,,Educator,47,"Fryer, Roland G., Jr.",1977,Economist,Inequality studies,,,Social scientist,,,,Statistician,48,"Gates, Sylvester James",1950,Theoretical physicist,"Work on supersymmetry, supergravity, and superstring theory"49,"Goode, Sarah E.",18551905,Inventor,Cabinet bed invention,,,,First African-American woman to receive a patent in the United States50,"Gilbert, Juan E.",1969,Computer scientist,Awarded the first Presidential Endowed Chair at Clemson University in honor of his accomplishments51,"Graves, Joseph L.",1955,Evolutionary biologist,52,"Greenaugh, Kevin",1956,Nuclear engineer,53,"Griffin, Bessie Blount",19142009,Physical therapist,Amputee self-feeding device,,,Inventor,54,"Hall, Lloyd",18941971,Chemist,55,"Haile, Sossina M.",1966-,Engineer,Work on fuel cells56,"Haile-Selassie, Yohannes",1961-,Paleoanthropologist,"Codiscoverer of the Australopithecus garhi and Ardipithecus kadabba species, as well as the Ardi and Kadanuumuu remains. One of the world's foremost authorities on early hominins. Immigrant from Ethiopia."57,"Harris, James A.",19322000,,Co-discovered Rutherfordium (element 104) and Hafnium (element 105) at Lawrence Livermore Laboratory58,"Hawkins, Walter Lincoln",19111992,Scientist,Inventor at Bell Laboratories59,"Hodge, John E.",19141996,Chemist,60,"Holley, Kerrie",1954,Research computer scientist at IBM,"Co-creator of Service-Oriented Modeling and Architecture, SOMA and the Service Integration Maturity Model (SIMM)"61,"Jarvis, Erich",19xx,Neurobiologist,Duke University neuroscience bird songs studies.62,"Johnson, Isaac",18xx?,Inventor,"Held patent for improvements to the bicycle frame, specifically so it could be taken apart for compact storage."63,"Johnson, Lonnie",1949,Mechanical engineerNuclear engineer,Invented Super Soaker while researching thermal energy transfer engines; worked with NASA. Holder of over 80 patents,,,Inventor,64,"Jones, Frederick McKinley",18931961,Inventor,Invented refrigerated truck systems65,"Julian, Percy",18991975,Chemist,First to synthesize the natural product physostigmine; earned 130 chemical patents; lauded for humanitarian achievements.66,"Just, Ernest",18831941,Woods Hole Marine Biology Institute Biologist,Provided basic and initial descriptions of the structurefunctionproperty relationship of the plasma membrane of biological cells.67,"Kittles, Rick",1967,Geneticist,Work in tracing the ancestry of African Americans via DNA testing68,"Kountz, Samuel L.",19301981,Transplant surgeon,"Organ transplantation pioneer, particularly renal transplant research and surgery.",,,Researcher,Author or co-author of 172 articles in scientific publications.69,"Latimer, Lewis",18481928,Inventor,Worked as a draftsman for both Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. He became a member of Edison's Pioneers and served as an expert witness in many light bulb litigation lawsuits.,,,Draftsman,,,,Expert witness,70,"Lawson, Jerry",19402011,Computer engineer,"Designer of Fairchild Channel F, the first programmable ROM cartridge-based video game console"71,"Lee, Raphael",1949,Surgeon,"Paul and Aileen Russell Professor, Pritzker School of Medicine; MacArthur Fellow, Searle Scholar, Founder and Chairman, Avocet Polymer Technologies, Inc.; Founder and Chairman, Renacyte BioMolecular Technologies, Inc; Discovered use of surfactant copolymers as molecular chaperones to augment endogenous injury repair mechanisms of living cells. Holder of many patents covering scar treatment therapies, tissue engineered ligaments, brain trauma therapies, protective garments.",,,Biomedical engineer,72,"Lynk, Beebe Steven",18721948,Chemist,Teacher at West Tennessee University73,"Matzeliger, Jan",18521889,Inventor,Shoe assembly Machine74,"McBay, Henry",19141995,Chemist,His discoveries allowed chemists around the world to create inexpensive peroxide compounds75,"McCoy, Elijah",18441929,Inventor,Invented a version of the automatic lubricator for steam engines.76,"McLurkin, James",1972,Roboticist,77,"McWhorter, John",1965,Linguist,Specializes in the study of creole language formation78,"Montgomery, Benjamin",18191877,Inventor,Designed a steam operated propeller to provide propulsion to boats in shallow water79,"Morgan, Garrett",18771963,Inventor,Invented early version of the gas mask80,"Nmezi, Murphy",1955,Physician/Biostatistician,Advances in Path Analysis and Structural Equation Modeling81,"Nriagu, Jerome",1944,Geochemist,Studies toxic metals in the environment. Originator of the lead poisoning thesis of the decline of the Roman Empire82,"Ogbu, John Uzo",19392003,Anthropologist,Ethnic studies in education and economics83,"Olukotun, Kunle",19xx,Computer scientist,Early advocate and researcher of multi-core processors84,"Oyekan, Soni",1946,Chemical engineer,85,"Poindexter, Hildrus",19011987,Bacteriologist,Work on the epidemiology of tropical diseases including malaria,,,Epidemiologist,86,"Petters, Arlie",1964,Physicist,Work on the mathematical physics of gravitational lensing87,"Quarterman, Lloyd Albert",19181982,Scientist,"Manhattan Project, worked with Albert Einstein and Enrico Fermi",,,Fluoride Chemist,88,"Renfroe, Earl",19072000,Orthodontist,89,"Rillieux, Norbert",18061894,Engineer,Inventor of the multiple-effect evaporator,,,Inventor,90,"Robinson, Larry",1957,Environmental chemist,Investigated possible role of arsenic in the death of Zachary Taylor. Interim president of Florida A&M University.91,"Russell, Jesse",1948,Engineer,Wireless communications engineer,,,Inventor,92,"Sammons, Walter",18901973,Inventor,Patent for hot comb93,"Sowell, Thomas",1930,Economist,"Economist, social theorist and political philosopher",,,Social scientist,94,"Steele, Claude",1946,Psychologist,Stereotype threat studies,,,Social scientist,95,"Stiff, Lee",1941,Mathematician,President of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics from 2000 to 200296,"Snyder, Window",1976,Computer engineer,"Security engineer at Microsoft, Mozilla, and Apple"97,"Temple, Lewis",18001854,"Inventor, Blacksmith, abolitionist",Inventor of the toggling whaling harpoon head.98,"Thomas, Vivien",19101985,Surgical technician,Blue baby syndrome treatment in the 1940s99,"Turner, Charles Henry",18671923,Zoologist,"First person to prove that insects can hear and can distinguish pitch, that cockroaches can learn by trial and error, and that honeybees can see color. First African-American to receive a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago."100,"Tyree, Bernadette",19xx,Biochemist,Program Director at National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases101,"Tyson, Neil deGrasse",1958,Astronomer,Researcher and popular educator in astronomy and the sciences102,"Walker, Arthur B. C., Jr.",19362001,Astronomer,Developed normal incidence multilayer XUV telescopes to photograph the solar corona103,"Walker, C. J.",18671919,Inventor,Created black cosmetic products.104,"Washington, Warren M.",1936,Atmospheric scientist,Former chair of the National Science Board105,"West, James E.",1931,Acoustician,Co-developed the foil electret microphone,,,Inventor,106,"Wilkins, J. Ernest, Jr.",19232011,Mathematician,"Entered University of Chicago at age 13, PhD at 19, worked on the Manhattan Project, wrote over 100 scientific papers, helped recruit minorities into the sciences.",,,Engineer,,,,Nuclear scientist,107,"Williams, Daniel",18561931,Surgerian,Performed the first successful open-heart surgery in the United States108,"Williams, Scott W.",1943,Mathematician,109,"Williams, Walter E.",1936,Economist,,,,Social scientist,110,"Woods, Granville",18561910,Inventor,Invented the Synchronous Multiplex Railway Telegraph111,"Wright, Jane C.",19192013,Cancer Research and Surgeon,Noted for her contributions to chemotherapy and for pioneering the use of the drug methotrexate to treat breast cancer and skin cancer112,"Wright, Louis T.",18911952,Surgeon,Led team that first used Aureomycin as a treatment on humans113,"Young, Roger Arliner",18991964,Zoologist,First African-American woman to receive a doctorate degree in zoology,,,,For other more formats kindly visit : www.downloadexcelfiles.com,,,,,,,,Original source : en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_African_American_inventors_and_scientists,,,,