Historical Inventors: A To Z:Resource to research famous inventors, including timelines and sections on women, African American, Native American, Chinese and Hispanic groups.
National Inventors Hall of Fame:Celebrates inventors, and has indexes of inventors with brief biographies, and an index of inventions so you can find out who is credited with which invention.
19th Century African-American Inventors: Short articles on black inventors from Suite101.com.
Blacks in Technology, Past and Present: Profiles of seven African American inventors.
Elias Howe: Credited with inventing the first practical sewing machine. This biography is from Scientific American Online.
Elias Howe: Profile of the inventor of the sewing machine; born in Spencer, Massachusetts.
Ernst F. W. Alexanderson: Profile of the Swedish-born inventor of the High-Frequency Alternator Radio.
Fact Monster; Inventions and Discoveries: List of inventions from A to Z with dates, inventors, and links to the biographies of some of these inventors.
Famous Black Inventors: Profiles of selected African-American inventors of the 20th century.
George Edward Alcorn, Jr.: Physicist and inventor. Provides brief biography, patent list, curriculum vitae and illustrations.
Great and Famous Inventors: Elementary school students introduce some of the men and women whose creations changed the 20th century.
Henry Ford - Ignorant Genius: Offers a biography and history.
Historical Figures in Telecommunications: Brief biographical sketches of about a dozen people who have been important in the history of the development of telecommunications.
Innovative Lives: Short profiles of men and women who are changing life today. From the Smithsonian.
InventorNet: A Thinkquest project which tells about the inventors of the telephone, light bulb, CD, curling iron, microwave and paper.
James Nasmith: Profile, career, and background history on the sport's inventor. From the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
Robert Noyce: Brief biography of the co-inventor, with Jack Kilby, of the integrated circuit.
The Black Inventor Online Museum: A look at the great and often unrecognized pioneers in the field of invention and innovation.
The Great Idea Finder: Provides invention facts, inventor profiles, innovation timeline, history articles, and trivia quiz.
The Invention Dimension: Inventor of the Week Archives: Browsable and searchable collection of short, yet scholarly biographies geared toward students.