Inventors
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1918-2013 Alfred Carlton Gilbert - originated the famous Erector Set, a construction toy similar to Meccano
1899-1995 László József Bíró: inventor of the biro!    
1876-1958 Charles Franklin Kettering: multiple patent-holder and inventor of the electric starter for cars    
1863-1936 Frank Hornby - inventor of Meccano, Bayko and other toys - and also politician
1880-1960 Otto Frederick Rohwedder, inventor of the first machine that sliced bread    
1847-1931 Thomas Edison: one of the greatest inventors of all time
 
1838-1907 William Henry Perkin - discovered/created the first commercial synthetic organic dye    
1832-1891 Otto Nikolaus - inventor of the first viable internal combustion engine
1818-1883 Linda Pinkham's "vegetable compound" - and a marketing revolution
1800-1860 Charles Goodyear and the vulcanisation of rubber  
1779-1853 Sarah "Tabitha" Babbitt: a Shaker and supposed inventor of the circular saw and other things  
1718 Allan Ramsay and the invention of the lending library
????-1468 Johannes Gutenberg and the development of printing