21st-century American inventors

The list 21st-century American inventors includes Sergey Brin, Quinn Cummings, Elizabeth Holmes, Lori Greiner and Hank Green. The list consists of 328 members.

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1.

Jamie Lee Curtis

American actress and author (born 1958)

Overview: Jamie Lee Curtis (born November 22, 1958) is an American actress, author, producer, director, and activist. She made her film acting debut in 1978 as Laurie Strode in John Carpenter's horror film Halloween ...

Date of birth: 22 November 1958

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Christopher Guest (Married)

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Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement recipients 95T

Curtis family (acting) 6T

Jamie Lee Curtis 27T
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Steve Wozniak

Co-founder of Apple Inc.

Overview: Stephen Gary Wozniak (born August 11, 1950), also known by his nickname "Woz", is an American electronics engineer, programmer, philanthropist, and technology entrepreneur. In 1976, he co-founded Apple ...

Date of birth: 11 August 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: American

Occupation: Computer Programmer

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 9" (175 cm)

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Apple Fellows 10T

People who were expelled from school 32T

People with traumatic brain injuries 101T
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Sergey Brin

American billionaire businessman (born 1973)

Overview: Sergey Mikhailovich Brin (Russian: Сергей Михайлович Брин; born August 21, 1973) is an American business magnate, computer scientist, and internet entrepreneur, who co-founded Google with Larry Page. Brin ...

Date of birth: 21 August 1973

Age: 51

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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World Economic Forum Young Global Leaders 9T

Alphabet Inc. people 12T

People from Adelphi, Maryland 10T
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Quinn Cummings

American writer, inventor and former child actress

Overview: Quinn Cummings is an American former child child actress. She played Lucy McFadden in Neil Simon's The Goodbye Girl and had a recurring role as Annie Cooper on the television series Family. Since quitting ...

Date of birth: 13 August 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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American women podcasters 153T

21st-century American businesswomen 293T

American women bloggers 421T
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Elizabeth Holmes

American, Criminal

Overview: Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American businesswoman who founded and was the CEO of Theranos, a now-defunct health technology company. Theranos soared in valuation after the company ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1984

Age: 40

Nationality: American

Occupation: Criminal

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

Partner: Billy Evans (Married)

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American women inventors 132T

21st-century American businesswomen 677T

People convicted for health fraud 23T
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Lori Greiner

American businesswoman and TV personality.

Overview: Lori Greiner is an American television personality, inventor, and entrepreneur. She is an investor on the reality TV show Shark Tank and its spin-off Beyond the Tank. She has been known as the "Queen of ...

Date of birth: 9 December 1969

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

Partner: Dan Greiner (Married)

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20th-century American inventors 1,114T

QVC people 16T

American women chief executives 579T
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Sara Blakely

businesswoman

Overview: Sara Treleaven Blakely (born February 27, 1971) is an American businesswoman, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. She is the founder of Spanx, an American intimate apparel company with pants and leggings ...

Date of birth: 27 February 1971

Age: 53

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Female

Partner: Jesse Itzler (Married)

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20th-century American businesswomen 393T

21st-century philanthropists 248T

21st-century American businesswomen 293T
8.

Jeri Ellsworth

American entrepreneur and computer chip designer

Overview: Jeri Janet Ellsworth (born August 14, 1974) is an American entrepreneur, computer chip designer and inventor. She gained fame in 2004 for creating a complete Commodore 64 emulator system on a chip housed ...

Date of birth: 14 August 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Inventor

Gender: Female

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People from Yamhill, Oregon 8T

21st-century women engineers 484T

21st-century American women 15,381T
9.

Hank Green

American vlogger and entrepreneur (born 1980)

Overview: William Henry "Hank" Green II (born May 5, 1980) is an American video blogger, internet producer, musician, author, entrepreneur, and CEO. He is known for producing the YouTube channel Vlogbrothers ...

Date of birth: 5 May 1980

Age: 44

Nationality: American

Occupation: Personality

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 1" (185 cm)

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Educational and science YouTubers 27T

YouTube podcasters 18T

American men podcasters 368T
10.

Herbert Fisk Johnson III

American businessman

Overview: Herbert Fisk Johnson III (born May 19, 1958), known as Fisk, is an American businessman. He is the fifth generation of his family to lead S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc of Racine, Wisconsin, as chairman and ...

Date of birth: 19 May 1957

Age: 67

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

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Businesspeople from Racine, Wisconsin 27T

Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management alumni 46T

Cornell University College of Engineering alumni 224T
11.

Dennis Mendiola

American businessman

Overview: Dennis Beltran Mendiola (born September 1, 1967, New York City) is an engineer, investment banker and entrepreneur who in 2000, assembled and led the team that created Chikka Text Messenger, an integration ...

Date of birth: 1 September 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

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University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science alumni 74T

PLDT people 8T

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni 664T
12.

Gurbaksh Chahal

American businessman

Overview: Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (born July 17, 1982) is an Indian-American internet entrepreneur who founded several internet advertising companies.

Date of birth: 17 July 1982

Age: 42

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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American businesspeople of Indian descent 130T

American businessmen of Indian descent 137T

American businesspeople convicted of crimes 219T
13.

Dennis Chalker

US Navy SEAL and author (born 1954)

Overview: Dennis Chalker is a retired Navy SEAL, inventor and author who has written six books about the United States Navy SEALs.

Date of birth: 28 July 1954

Age: 70

Nationality: American

Occupation: Inventor

Gender: Male

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People from Mantua, Ohio 8T

20th-century American inventors 1,114T

Military personnel from Ohio 129T
14.

Robert F. Smith (investor)

American businessman and philanthropist (born 1962)

Overview: Robert Frederick Smith (born December 1, 1962) is an American businessman, philanthropist, chemical engineer, and investor. He is the founder, chairman, and CEO of investment firm Vista Equity Partners ...

Date of birth: 1 December 1962

Age: 61

Nationality: American

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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African-American billionaires 9T

African-American engineers 76T

American venture capitalists 229T
15.

Patrick Soon-Shiong

South African billionaire physician, CEO & philanthropist (b. 1952)

Overview: Patrick Soon-Shiong (born July 29, 1952) is a South African-American surgeon, professor, inventor, and billionaire businessman. He is the inventor of the drug Abraxane, which became known for its efficacy ...

Date of birth: 29 July 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: South African

Occupation: Business

Gender: Male

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21st-century philanthropists 248T

David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA faculty 84T

Hakka scientists 23T
16.

Robert S. Langer

American scientist

Overview: Robert Samuel Langer, Jr. FREng (born August 29, 1948) is an American chemical engineer, scientist, entrepreneur, inventor and one of the twelve Institute Professors at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ...

Date of birth: 29 August 1948

Age: 76

Nationality: American

Occupation: Educator

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MIT School of Engineering alumni 716T

20th-century American inventors 1,114T

American patent holders 41T
17.

Ralph H. Baer

German-American inventor and engineer (1922–2014)

Overview: Ralph Henry Baer (born Rudolf Heinrich Baer; March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014) was a German-American inventor, game developer, and engineer.

Date of birth: 8 March 1922

Date of death: 6 December 2014

Age: 92 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Inventor

Gender: Male

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The American Library (Yinka Shonibare, 2018) people 220T

Ritchie Boys 97T

Jewish video game developers 16T
18.

Homaro Cantu

American chef

Overview: Homaro "Omar" Cantu Jr. (September 23, 1976 – April 14, 2015) was an American chef and inventor known for his use of molecular gastronomy. As a child, Cantu was fascinated with science and engineering ...

Date of birth: 23 September 1976

Date of death: 14 April 2015

Age: 38 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Chef

Gender: Male

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2015 suicides 52T

American male chefs 295T

Male chefs 309T
19.

Alan Adler

American inventor

Overview: Alan Adler is an American inventor. His inventions include aerodynamic toys under the Aerobie brand, such as footballs with fins, flying rings, and discs, as well as a famous manual coffee brewing device ...

Nationality: American

Occupation: Inventor

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20th-century American inventors 1,151T

Year of birth missing (living people) 37,022T

American inventors 2,203T
20.

Roger Holzberg

American film director

Overview: Roger Holzberg (born 1954) is an American health innovator, creative director, teacher, writer, and inventor. He is the co-founder and creative director for Reimagine Well, as well as the founder of the ...

Date of birth: 1954

Age: 70

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

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Innovators 93T

Life extensionists 71T

People from Cincinnati, Ohio 973T