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This is a list of German inventors and discoverers. The following list comprises people from Germany or German-speaking Europe, and also people of predominantly German heritage, in alphabetical order of the surname.
German inventions and discoveries are ideas, objects, processes or techniques invented, innovated or discovered, partially or entirely, by Germans. Often, things discovered for the first time are also called inventions and in many cases, there is no clear line between the two. German-born Albert Einstein, world-famous physicist
German inventors (10 C, 2 P) M. Morphine (15 P) ... Pages in category "German inventions" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 213 total.
19th-century German inventors (150 P) 20th-century German inventors (204 P) 21st-century German inventors (11 P) G. Johannes Gutenberg (1 C, 12 P) S. Werner von ...
Augustus Siebe (1788–1872), Germany/UK – Inventor of the standard diving dress Sir William Siemens (1823–1883), Germany – regenerative furnace Werner von Siemens (1816–1892), Germany – electric elevator , Electromote (= first trolleybus ), an early Dynamo
Johannes Gutenberg (1396-1468), was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg invented the printing press, which later spread across the world.
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (English: / ˈ d iː z əl ˌ-s əl /, [1] German: ⓘ; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German [note 1] inventor and mechanical engineer who invented the Diesel engine, which burns Diesel fuel; both are named after him.
Carl (or Karl) Friedrich Benz (German: [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈbɛnts] ⓘ; born Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant; 25 November 1844 – 4 April 1929) was a German engine designer and automotive engineer. His Benz Patent-Motorwagen from 1885 is considered the first practical modern automobile and first car put into series production. [1]