Famous Canadian Inventors
 

* Alexander Graham Bell, (1847-1922), Invented the telephone in Canada, developed it in US. (Canadian/American/Scot)
* Joseph-Armand Bombardier - invented the snowmobile
* J. Brown - invented the washing machine
* Thomas Carroll - first self-propelled combine harvester
* Mathew Evans - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb
* Charles Fenerty - pulp to paper process
* Reginald Fessenden, (1866-1932), inventor the Radiotelephone and sonar-produced 1st radio broadcast
* Sir Sandford Fleming, (1827-1915), inventor of the system of standard time zones in use today
* Wilbur R. Franks - invented the "anti-black-out-suit" (the G-suit)
* James Gosling, (born 1956), invented Java computer language
* Larry Hanson - co-inventor of green plastic garbage bag
* Sam Jacks - inventor of ringette

* Rasmus Lerdorf - invented PHP computer language used on Internet
* Elijah McCoy, (born 1844), Black inventor, automatic machinery lubricator, lawn sprinkler, the "real McCoy"
* Samuel McKeen - invented the Odometer
* P.L. Robertson invented the Robertson screw
* Gideon Sundback - invented the zipper
* Lewis Urry - invented the long-lasting alkaline battery
* Harry Wasyluk - co-inventor of green plastic garbage bag
* Henry Woodward - co-inventor of the first electric light bulb

Famous Canadian Scientists

Allen, John F .: Physicist (co-discovered superfluidity)
Altman, Sidney : (1989 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry)
Anderson, John R.: (received the 1995 American Psychological Association Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award)
Avery, Oswald : Physician, Bacteriologist (discovered that DNA carries genetic information)
Banting, Frederick : (1923 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine, co-discovered insulin)
Brockhouse, Bertram : (1994 Nobel Prize winner in Physics)
Best, Charles : (co-discovered insulin)
Coxeter, H.S.M .: Mathematician
Fields, J.C .: Mathematician (founded the Fields Medal)
Fleming, Sanford : Engineer (inventor of standard time zones)
Giauque, William Francis : (1949 Nobel Prize Winner in Chemistry)
Gosling, James : Computer Programmer (inventor of Java)
Herzberg, Gerhard : (1971 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry)
Hubel, David : (1981 Nobel Prize winner in Medicine)
Kernighan, Brian : Author, Programmer ("The C Programming Language", co-invented AWK)
Logan, Sir William : Geologist (founded the Geological Survey of Canada)
Marcus, Rudolph : (1992 Nobel Prize winner in Chemisty)
Osler, Sir William : Physician
Penfield, Wilder : Neurosurgeon (discovered electrical stimulation of the brain)
Polanyi, John : (1986 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry)
Schawlow, Arthur : (1981 Nobel Prize winner in Physics for lasers)
Scholes, Myron : (1997 Nobel Prize winner in Economics)
Smith, Michael : (1993 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry)
Suzuki, David : Geneticist, Broadcaster ("The Nature of Things")
Taube, Henry : (1983 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry)
Taylor, Richard : (1990 Nobel Prize winner in Physics)
Vickrey, William : (1996 Nobel Prize winner in Economics)
Wilson, Tuzo: Geophysicist (plate tectonics)