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This list of African-American inventors and scientists documents many of the African Americans who have invented a multitude of items or made discoveries in the course of their lives. These have ranged from practical everyday devices to applications and scientific discoveries in diverse fields, including physics, biology, math, and medicine.
First black African to win a Nobel Prize 1964 Martin Luther King Jr. United States: Youngest African American to win a Nobel Prize, at age 35 1984 Desmond Tutu South Africa: 1993 Nelson Mandela South Africa: 2001 Kofi Annan Ghana: 2004 Wangari Maathai Kenya: First environmentalist to win the Nobel Peace Prize 2009 Barack Obama United States: 2011
Pages in category "African-American inventors" ... List of African-American inventors and scientists; A. Christopher Adams (scientist) George Edward Alcorn Jr.
Sydney Brenner (1927–2019), South African biologist, who won the 2002 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine. Allan McLeod Cormack (1924–1998), South African-born American physicist, who won the 1979 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Mulalo Doyoyo (born 1970), South African professor, engineer and inventor.
The following is a list of notable African-American women who have made contributions to the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.. An excerpt from a 1998 issue of Black Issues in Higher Education by Juliane Malveaux reads: "There are other reasons to be concerned about the paucity of African American women in science, especially as scientific occupations are among the ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American scientists. ... Pages in category "African-American scientists" The following 2 pages are in this category ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:American physicists. It includes physicists that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "African-American physicists"
Pages in category "21st-century African-American scientists" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 335 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .