George Eastman invented the Kodak camera, helping make photography accessible to the public. His company remains one of the largest in the industry.

• Inventor
  (1854–1932)

Isaac Merritt Singer, of Singer Manufacturing Company, invented an affordable sewing machine for use in the home and manufactured it with partner Edward Clark.

• Inventor
  (1811–1875)

George Washington Carver was a prominent African-American scientist and inventor. Carver is best known for the many uses he devised for the peanut.

• Scientist, Inventor, Chemist, Botanist
  (c. 1864–1943)

Naturalist, inventor and businessman Clarence Birdseye pioneered the process of flash freezing in the United States. His company was bought by General Foods.

• Inventor, Scientist
  (1886–1956)

Peter Cooper was an American industrialist and inventor, best known for designing and building the first steam locomotive in the United States.

• Business Leader, Philanthropist
  (1791–1883)

Inventor Nikola Tesla contributed to the development of an alternating-current electrical system that's widely used today and discovered the rotating magnetic field (the basis of most AC machinery).

• Engineer, Inventor
  (c. 1856–1943)

Lewis Howard Latimer was an inventor and draftsman best known for his contributions to the patenting of the light bulb and the telephone.

• Inventor, Engineer
  (c. 1848–c. 1928)

Danish silversmith Georg Jensen was one of the first people to use steel for cutlery and recognize modern silverware as profitable.

• (1866–1935)