Hall of Fame

Important Personality in the Field of Electronics

1.

Invented the Leibniz wheel

calculating machine in 1672
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

mechanical

2. Discovered
the
difference
conductors and insulators in 1729
Stephen Gray

between

3. Discovered Galvanic action in 1780

Luigi Galvani
4. Invented the electric dry cell in 1800
Alessandro Volta
5. Discovered infrared radiation in 1800
William Herschel
6. Discovered ultraviolet radiation in 1801
J W Jitter
7. Invented Optophone in 1817
E E Fournier d Albe
8. Discovered electromagnetism and invented
galvanometer in 1820
Hans Christian Oersted
9. Discovered thermoelectricity in 1821
T J Seebeck
10. Developed Fourier analysis in 1828
Jean-Baptiste- Joseph Fourier
11. Formulated Ohms law 1826
George S. Ohm
12. Discovered electromagnetic induction in 1831
Michael Faraday
13. Invented the transformer in 1831
Michael Faraday
14. Invented the first computer with memory,
control, arithmetic unit and I/O in 1833
Charles Babbage

15. Formulated the law of electrolysis in 1834

Michael Faraday
16. Invented telegraphy in 1837
Samuel Morse
17. Invented the electric motor in 1837
Thomas Davenport
18. Invented the magnetohydrodynamic battery
in 1839
Michael Faraday
19. Discovered the photovoltaic effect in 1839
Edmond Becquerel
20. Invented the fuel cell in 1839
William Grove
21. Invented thermography in 1840
John Herschel
22. Invented
the
differential
measurer in 1843
Charles Wheatstone

resistance

23. Invented facsimile reproduction in 1843

Alexander Bain
24. Formulated KCL and KVL in 1845
Gustav Kirchhoff
25. Invented submarine cable insulation in 1847
Werner Siemens
26. Discovered magnetostriction in 1847
James Prescot Joule
27. Developed Boolean algebra in 1848
George Boole
28. Invented thermistor in 1850
Michael Faraday

29. Invented diaphragm type microphone in 1860

J P Reis
30. Invented the lead acid cell in 1860
Plante

43. Discovered Heaviside Kennelly layer in the

upper atmosphere in 1901
Oliver Heaviside and Arthur Kennelly
44. Formulated the quantum theory in 1900
Max Planck

31. Discovered the radio wave propagation in

1865
James Clerk Maxwell

45. Invented synchronous induction motor in 1902

Ernst Danielson

32. Invented the Leclanche cell in 1868

George Leclanche

46. Invented vacuum tube diode in 1904

John Ambrose Fleming

33. Invented the phonograph or gramophone in

1877
Thomas Alva Edison

47. Formulated the theory of relativity in 1905

Albert Einstein

34. Invented the carbon granule microphone

transmitter using multiple loose contact in
1878
Henry Hunnings
35. Invented the electrocardiograph in 1887
Augustus Desire Waller
36. Invented the induction motor in 1888
Nikola Tesla

48. Conducted the first documented radio

broadcasting of speech and music in 1906
Reginald Fessenden
49. Invented the VT triode in 1906
Lee De Forest
50. Invented goniometer in 1907
Alessandro Artom
51. Invented electric organ in 1908
Thadius Cahill

37. Invented the Strowger Automatic Telephone

Exchange in 1889
Almon Brown Strowger

52. Discovered superconductivity in 1911

Kamerlingh Onnes

38. The first to study the possibility of waves

traveling in hollow pipes or waveguides in 1893
Joseph John Thomson

53. Developed single side band communication in

1915
J R Carson

39. Discovered X-rays in 1895

Wilhelm Roentgen

54. Discovered Shot effect in 1918

W Schottky

40. Patented wireless telegraphy in 1896

Guglielmo Marconi

55. Invented iconoscope in 1923

Vladimir Zworykin

41. Discovered electron in 1897

Joseph John Thomson

56. Discovered ionosphere layer in 1925

Edward Appleton

42. Invented Nickel-iron cell in 1900

Thomas Alva Edison

57. Invented Tetrode in 1926

H J Round

58. Discovered the effect of negative feedback

on amplifiers in 1927
H S Black
59. Invented pentode in 1928
Tellegen and Hoist
60. Conceptualized MOSFET in 1930
Julius Lilienfield
61. Discovered neutron in 1932
James Chadwick
62. Invented Frequency Modulation in 1933
E H Armstrong
63. Invented Ignitron in 1933
Westinghouse Co.
64. Conceptualized FET in 1935
Oskar Heil
65. Invented xerography in 1937
Chester Carlson
66. Invented cybernetics in 1940
Norbert Weiner
67. Developed ENIAC in 1943
Moore School
68. Developed EDVAC in 1947
University of Pennsylvania
69. Developed SEAC in 1948
National Bureau of Standards
70. Developed UNIVAC in 1947
Eckert and Mauchly

74. Invented floppy disks in 1950

Yoshire Nakamats
75. Invented pin diode in 1950
J I Nishizawa
76. Invented Digital Voltmeter in 1952
Andy Kay
77. Invented the tunnel diode in 1958
Leo Esaki
78. Invented LED in 1960
Allen and Gibbons
79. Invented ink jet printing process in 1963
R G Sweet
80. Invented DIP IC in 1964
Bryant Rogers
81. Invented computer mouse in 1965
Douglas Engelbart
82. Invented fiber optics communication in 1966
Kao and Hockham
83. Invented IMPATT diode in 1964
John and deLoach
84. Invented TRAPATT diode in 1967
Prager, Chang, and Weisbrod
85. Invented BARITT diode in 1968
G T Wright
86. Invented IC in 1958
Jack Kilby

71. Invented the point-contact transistor in 1948

Bardeen, Brattain, and Shockley

87. Invented the IC Aluminum metallization in

1968
Robert Noyce

72. Invented holography in 1948

Dennis Gabor

88. Invented the internet in 1969

ARPANET

73. Developed EDSAC in 1948

M V Wilkes

89. Invented the UNIX operating system in 1970

Bell Labs, University of California

90. Invented the CCD in 1970

W S Boyle and G E Smith
91. Invented the video games in 1972
Magnavox
92. Invented the I2L integrated circuit in 1972
Hart and Slob
93. Invented CATT in 1974
Yu, Cady, and Tantrapon
94. Invented bar codes in 1974
Ad Hoc Committee of Grocery Industry
95. Invented VHS recorder in 1975
JVC
96. Invented Laser printer in 1975
IBM
97. Invented Betamax Video Recorder in 1975
Sony
98. Invented pocket TV receiver in 1977
Sinclair Radionics
99. Invented compact disc laser optical recording
system in 1978
Philips
100.
Invented fiber optic submarine cable
in 1981
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