Celebrities - Inventors

	John Pemberton	Coca-Cola	1831-1888
	John Vincent Atanasoff	modern programmable computer	1903-1995
	John von Neumann	Von Neumann computer architecture	1903-1957
	Josef Ressel	ship propeller	1793-1857
	Josep-Armand Bombardier	snowmobile	1907-1964
	Joseph Aspdin	Portland cement	1788-1855
	Joseph Constantine Carpue	rhinoplastic surgery	1764-1846
	Joseph Day	the crankcase compression two stroke engine	1855-1946
	Joseph Henry	electromagnetic relay	1797-1878
	Joseph Nicephore Niépce	photography	1765-1833
	Joseph Plateau	phenakistiscope (stroboscope)	1801-1883
	Joseph Swan	Incandescent light bulb	1828-1914
	Josephine Cochrane	dishwasher	1839-1913
	Jozef Karol Hell	the water pillar	1713-1789
	Jozef Murgas	inventor of the wireless telegraph (forerunner of the radio)	1864-1929
	Juan de la Cierva	the autogyro	1895-1936
	Jun-Ichi Nishizawa	Optical communication system, SIT/SITh (Static Induction Transistor/Thyristor), Laser diode	born 1926
	Justus von Liebig	nitrogen-based fertilizer	1803-1873
	Kalman Tihanyi	co-inventor of cathode ray tube and iconoscope	1897-1947
	Karl Benz	the petrol-powered automobile	1844-1929
	Karl Drais	dandy horse (Draisine)	1785-1851
	Karl Jatho	aeroplane	1873-1933
	Karl von Reichenbach	paraffin, creosote oil, phenol	1788-1869
	Katharine B. Blodgett	nonreflective glass	1898-1979
	Kees A. Schouhamer Immink	Major contributor to development of Compact Disc	born 1946
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