My father was a scientist inventor.

James Naismith (November 6, 1861 November 28, 1939) was a Canadian American sports coach and innovator.

Immanuel Nobel (24 March 1801 3 September 1872), the younger, was a Swedish engineer, architect, inventor and industrialist.

Albert Henry Munsell (January 6, 1858 June 28, 1918) was an American painter, teacher of art, and the inventor of the Munsell color system.

Laurens Hammond (January 11, 1895 July 3, 1973), was an American engineer and inventor.

Steven J. Sasson (born July 4, 1950) is an American electrical engineer and the inventor of the digital camera.

Isaac Taylor (2 May 1829 18 October 1901), son of Isaac Taylor, was a philologist, toponymist, and Anglican canon of York (from 1885).

Nils Gustaf Dalén (30 November 1869 9 December 1937) was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of the AGA company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalén light.

Nikola Tesla, electrical engineer and inventor, best known for his contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system including the AC induction motor.

Rodolphe Lindt, actually Rudolf Lindt, (July 16, 1855 February 20, 1909) was a Swiss chocolate manufacturer and inventor.

Karl Gustaf Patrik de Laval (May 9, 1845 February 2, 1913) was a Swedish engineer and inventor who made important contributions to the design of steam turbines and dairy machinery.

The inventor of the current limiting reactance coil was Vern E. Alden who filed the patent on November 20, 1917 with an issue date of September 11, 1923.

Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 August 10, 1945) was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid fueled rocket, which he successfully launched on March 16, 1926.

Wallace Hume Carothers (April 27, 1896 April 29, 1937) was an American chemist, inventor and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, credited with the invention of nylon.