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Pages in category "Inventors from Ohio" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Charles Martin Hall (inventor, engineer) (Thompson) Samuel Dana Horton (monetary theorist) Charles Kettering (inventor, engineer) (Loudonville) Thomas Kuhn (philosopher of science) (Cincinnati) Arthur Laffer (supply-side economist) (Youngstown) Harry March (football historian, doctor) (New Franklin/Canton)
Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).
Carruthers was born on October 1, 1939, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to George and Sophia Carruthers. [5] [6] Carruthers was the eldest of four children. His father was a civil engineer with the Army Corps of Engineers and his mother was a homemaker. When Carruthers was young the family lived in the Evanston neighborhood before moving to Milford, Ohio. [7]
Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader.His most notable inventions were a type of three-way traffic light, [1] and a protective 'smoke hood' [2] notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue.
Ohio has produced a slew of famous people from each of its 88 counties.
Ohio State University has produced its share of famous graduates in 154 years. Some are famous for their contributions to American history.
Granville Tailer Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910) was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. [1] He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. [2]