Joseph-Armand Bombardier was born in Valcourt, Quebec, in 1907, and dabbled in mechanics at an early age. By the time […]

Marcus Libby Urann was born in 1873. Before he would become known as “Mr. Cranberry,” he was captain of the

Artur Fischer was born in Tumlingen, Germany. He was the sun of the village tailor. Fischer’s mother, Pauline, ironed collars

Freelan Oscar Stanley, and his twin Francis Edgar Stanley, were born on June 1, 1849, in Kingfield, Maine. Although the

Lanny S. Smoot was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Brooklyn Technical High School. Smoot became fascinated with invention

Erno Rubik was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1944, during World War II. Rubik’s father was a flight engineer at

Michael Sokolski was born in 1926, near Rovno, Poland.  His mother was killed and their home was bombed during the

In 1917, Earle Dickson married Josephine Frances Knight, and quickly noticed that she was prone to nicking her fingers in

Rudolf Stefan Jan Weigl was born in 1883 in Prerau, which at the time was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire,

John Sylvan attended Colby College in Maine in the late 1970s, and his roommate Peter Dragone would go on to