| 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. |
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