List of Famous Scientists and Their Discoveries

Famous Scientists	Life Period	Inventions
Archimedes	287-212 BC	Archimedean principle, famous theory of buoyancy and many mathematical and mechanical discoveries.
Heinrich Hertz	1857-1894	Electromagnetic theory of light and electromagnetic waves.
Andre Marie Ampere	1775-1836	Unit of measurement to measure electric current
Amedeo Avogadro	1776-1856	Avogadro's Law, that is, "equal volumes of different gases, pressure and temperature being equal, contain the same number of molecules".
Neils Hendrik David Bohr	1885-1962	Bohr Model of Atom
Johannes Gutenberg	398-1468	Letterpress printing press also known as mechanical printing press.
Albert Einstein	1879-1955	Theory of Relativity, photoelectric effect and lots more
Rudolf Diesel	1858-1913	Combustion engine.
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen	1845-1923	X-ray
Karl Friedrich von Drais	1785-1851	Bicycle
Peter Henlein	1479-1542	Pocket Watch
Ferdinand Verbiest	1623-1688	Verbiest invented the first ever car.
Graham Bell	1847-1922	Graham Bell invented the first practical telephone.
Philipp Reis	1834-1874	Reis is known for the early invention of telephone
John Logie Baird	1888-1946	John Logie Baird invented the television.
Werner von Siemens	1816-1892	Dynamo
Hans von Ohain	1911-1998	Jet engine
Artur Fischer	1919	Fischertechnik
Felix Hoffmann	1868-1946	Aspirin
Hugo Junkers	1859-1935	Civilian avion
Otto Lilienthal	1848-1896	Gliding flights
Melitta Bentz	1873-1950	Coffee Filter
Konrad Zuse	1910-1995	First 'working' computer. You can read more on the original idea of computers and also about Charles Babbage who invented the computer.
Gottlieb Daimler	1834-1900	Automobile and internal combustion machine
Robert Koch	1843-1910	Isolation of Bacillus anthracis, tuberculosis bacteria and Vibrio cholerae. Also known for his Koch's postulates.
Karlheinz Brandenburg	1954	MP3 Technology
Heinrich Gobel	1818-1893	Incandescent light bulb
Samuel Hahnemann	1755-1843	Creation of alternative medicine practice called Homeopathy
Heinrich Focke	1890-1979	Helicopter
Levi Strauss	1829-1902	Jeans
Otto Hahn	1879-1968	Nuclear fission and known as the 'father of nuclear chemistry'.
Julius Lothar Meyer	1830-1895	First person to draw the periodic table of chemical elements
Emil Berliner	1851-1929	Record Player
Rudolf Hell	1901-2002	Formulated technology for Scanner and Fax
Fritz Pfleumer	1881-1945	Audio tape
Thomas Edison	1847-1931	Electric light bulb.
Elias Howe	1819-1867	Sewing machine
Laszlo Jozsef Bíro	1899-1985	Ballpoint pen
Garrett Augustus Morgan	1877-1963	Traffic signal, respiratory protective mask (gas mask), hair straightening preparation.
Samuel F. B. Morse	1791-1872	Telegraph invention
Percy Spencer	1894-1970	Microwave oven
Orville Wright, Wilbur Wright	1871-1948, 1867-1912	Airplane invention
Benjamin Franklin	1706-1790	One of the founding fathers of America, Franklin is attributed to have invented electricity
Michael Faraday	1791-1867	Faraday the discovered electromagnetic induction, laws of electrolysis, found the fundamental relations between between light and magnetism as well as discovered a new compound of carbon and two new chlorides of carbon.
Nikola Tesla	1856-1943	He was a pioneer in the field of high-tension electricity. He invented the Tesla induction motor, the Tesla coil, a system for wireless communication as well as system that will help conduct electricity without wires.
William Henry Perkin	1838-1907	He was the first English chemist to produce a synthetic dye, mauve.

This was a short list of famous scientists and their inventions. You can find more information in the article list of famous scientists in history, about great people whose inventions have taken the world by storm. I hope you have found it interesting to read this article on well-known scientists and their discoveries.