Nowadays, we have all the products and amenities to live in comfort and safety. Thanks to the works of great men and women who invented or discovered materials and processes in the past. Below is a list of scientists, engineers, and businessmen from all over the world who contributed to modern life with their inventions and discoveries. (This is a developing story. Please come back for updates.)
| Name of Inventor | Nationality | Invention |
| Ernst Karl Abbe | German | Refractometer |
| Joseph Aspdin | British | Portland Cement |
| Jerónimo de Ayanz | Spanish | Steam-operated machine (1606), First air conditioning system |
| Charles Babbage | British | Digital Computer |
| Alexander Graham Bell | American | Telephone |
| Joseph-Armand Bombardier | Canadian | Snowmobile |
| Josephine Cochrane | American | Dishwasher using water pressure |
| James Dyson | British | Vacuum Cleaner, Hair dryer |
| Thomas Edison | American | Phonograph, Electricity, Light Bulb, Others |
| Alexander Fleming | British | Penicillin |
| Benjamin Franklin | American | Lightning rod, Iron furnace stove, Bifocal glasses, Odometer |
| Henry Ford | American | Assembly line manufacturing |
| Johannes Gutenberg | German | Printing press machine |
| Herman Hollerith | American | Tabulating machine |
| Steve Jobs | American | Apple personal computer, IPhone, Ipad |
| Nancy Johnson | American | Ice cream machine |
| Margaret Knight | American | Square-bottom paper bag making machine |
| Hedy Lamarr | American | Radio guidance system |
| William Lear | American | Aircraft navigational equipment |
| Tim Berners-Lee | American | World Wide Web |
| Ada Lovelace | British | Computer algorithm |
| Louis Lumière | French | Cinematography |
| Guglielmo Marconi | Italian | Radio |
| Samuel Morse | American | Single-wire telegraph system called Morse Code |
| James Naismith | Canadian | Basketball |
| Thomas Newcomen | British | Newcomen steam engine |
| Dennis Papin | British | Pressure Cooker |
| Louis Pasteur | French | Vaccination and pasteurization |
| Josef Ressel | Czeck-German | Ship Propeller |
| Wilhelm Röntgen | German | X-Ray Technology |
| Thomas Savery | British | First steam engine |
| Nikola Tesla | American | Alternating Current (AC), Induction motor, Coil |
| James Watt | British | Watt Steam Engine |
| Eli Whitney | American | Cotton Gin |
