List of Jewish American inventors
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This is a list of famous Jewish American inventors. For other famous Jewish Americans, see list of Jewish Americans.
See also list of Jewish Inductees of the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
- Zora Arkus-Duntov - father of the Corvette[1]
- Ralph H. Baer - games console[2]
- Emile Berliner - gramophone[3]
- Leopold Godowsky, Jr. & Leopold Mannes - Kodachrome[4]
- Sylvan Goldman - shopping cart[5]
- Edwin H. Land - polaroid[6]
- Julius Edgar Lilienfeld - pre-transistor 1920[7]
- Theodore Harold Maiman - co-inventor of laser[8]
- Michel Mirowski - inventor of implantable cardioverter defiblillator[9]
- Jacob Rabinow - scanning and sorting machines[10]
- Robert H. Rines - invention of sonogram sonor[11]
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- ^ [1] "Zora Arkus-Duntov has been put in the perspective needed to understand his later achievements as a Russian-Jewish immigrant fighting to make his mark at General Motors."
- ^ [2] "Because he was Jewish, he was kicked out of school at the age of 14. Two years later, his family moved to America...
- ^ [3] "1888: Emile Berliner, a German Jewish immigrant to the United States..."
- ^ [4] "How two nice Jewish musicians created color film"
- ^ [5] "Did you know Jewish store owner Sylvan Goldman invented the first shopping cart in 1937 by converting folding chairs and mounting them on wheels?"
- ^ [6] "Life magazine’s list of the 100 most important Americans of the 20th century includes 15 Jews:" including Land
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- ^ [10] "By his own account, he was one of the first Jewish employees..."
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