of an Inventor or Scientist

These are some interesting
scientists and inventors:
Roy Chapman Andrews
January 26, 1884-March 11, 1960 
zoologist, explorer and museum director
B AND
Mary Anning
May 21, 1799-March 9, 1847 
British paleontologist
B ANN
Archimedes
?-B.C. 212 
Greek mathematician
B ARC
Isaac Asimov
January 2, 1920-April 6, 1992 
American biochemist and science fiction writer
B ASI
Ralph Baer
March 8, 1922 – December 6, 2014
The Father of Video Games
Inventor and developer
B Bae
Benjamin Banneker
November 9, 1731-October 25, 1806 
American mathematician and astronomer 
B BAN
William Bartram
Feb. 9, 1739-July 22, 1823 
American naturalist
B BAR
Alexander Graham Bell
March 3, 1847-August 2, 1922 
American inventor of telephone
B BEL
Wilson Bentley
Feb. 9, 1865-December 23, 1931 
American meteorologist and farmer
B BEN
Edwin Binney
American art collector 
B BIN
Elizabeth Blackwell
Feb. 3, 1821-May 31, 1910 
American physician
B BLA
Louis Bleriot
August 2, 1872- 1936
French aviation pioneer
B BLE
Ettore Boiardi (Hector Boyardee)
October 22, 1897 – June 21, 1985
Italian-born chef famous for his food brand Chef Boyardee
B Boi
Louis Braille
January 4, 1809-1852 
French teacher of the blind
B BRA
David Brower
July 1, 1912-November 5, 2000 
American conservationist
B BRO
Barnum Brown
Feb. 12, 1873-1963 
American paleontologist and curator
B BRO
Luther Burbank
March 7, 1849-April 11, 1926 
American horticulturist
B BUR
Robert Cade
September 26, 1927 – November 27, 2007
Inventor of Gatorade
B Cad
Asa Candler
1851-1929
American beverage industry executive
B CAN
George Washington Carver
1864-January 5, 1943 
American botanist
B CAR
Rachel Carson
May 27, 1907-April 14, 1964 
American marine biologist and environmentalist
B CAR
Eugenie Clark
May 4, 1922- 
American oceanographer
B CLA
Jacqueline Cochran
?-August 9, 1980 
American aviator and cosmetics industry executive
B COC
Ben Cohen
1951- 
American ice cream company executive
B COH
Jacques Cousteau
June 11, 1910-June 6, 1997 
French oceanographer
B COU
Marie Curie
November 7, 1867-July 4, 1934 
Polish chemist
B CUR
Charles Darwin
Feb. 12, 1809-April 19, 1882 
English naturalist
B DAR
John Deere
?-1868 
agricultural machinery executive
B DEE
Walt Disney
December 5, 1901-December 15, 1966 
American animator and motion picture executive
B DIS
Sylvia Earle
August 30, 1935- 
American marine botanist
B EAR
Thomas Alva Edison
Feb. 11, 1847-October 18, 1931 
American inventor
B EDI
Albert Einstein
March 14, 1879-April 18, 1955 
German-American physicist
B EIN
Paul Erdos
1913-1996
Hungarian mathematician
B ERD
Michael Faraday
Sep. 22, 1791-August 25, 1867 
British chemist and physicist
B FAR
Fannie Farmer
Mar. 23, 1857-January 15, 1915 
American cookbook author and school administrator
B FAR
Alexander Fleming
August 6, 1881-March 11, 1955 
British bacteriologist
B FLE
Henry Ford
July 30, 1863-April 7, 1947 
American automobile executive
B FOR
Dian Fossey
January 16, 1932-December 27, 1985 
American primatologist
B FOS
Benjamin Franklin
January 17, 1706-April 17, 1790 
American statesman and scientist
B FRA
Bill Gates
October 28, 1955-
Microsoft founder and computer developer
B Gat
Lillian Gilbreath
May 24, 1878 – January 2, 1972
Industrial engineer who invented the electric mixer and other kitchen appliances
The first woman inducted into the National Academy of Engineering.
B Gil
Jane Goodall
1934-
British zoologist who studies wild chimpanzees
B GOO
Stephen Hawking
Jan. 8, 1942- 
British physicist
B HAW
Jim Henson
Sep. 24, 1936-May 16, 1990 
American puppeteer and creator of Sesame Street
B HEN
Milton Hershey
Sep. 13, 1857-October 13, 1945 
American founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company
B HER
Bindi Irwin
July 24, 1998
daughter of Australian wildlife conservationist Steve Irwin
and tv star
B IRW
Steve Jobs
1955-2011
inventor/founder of Apple computers
B JOB
Casey Jones
1863-1900 
American locomotive engineer
B JON
W.K. Kellogg
1860-1951
US cereal manufacturer and philanthropist
B KEL
Margaret Knight
February 14, 1838-October 12, 1914 
American inventor
B KNI
Ray Kroc
October 5, 1902-January 14, 1984 
Founder of McDonald’s restaurant
B KRO
Stephanie Kwolek
July 31, 1923 – June 18, 2014
American chemist who developed Kevlar, known at the bullet-proof fabric
B Kwo
Dorothea Lange
May 25, 1895-October 11, 1965 
American photographer
B LAN
Henrietta Leavitt
1868-1921
astronomer
B LEA
Leonardo da Vinci
April 15, 1452-May 2, 1519 
Italian artist and scientist
B LEO
Theodore Maiman
July 11, 1927 – May 5, 2007
Inventor of the laser
B Mai
Dr. Gideon Mantell
February 3, 1790-November 10, 1852 
English physician and geologist
B MAN
Guglielmo Marconi
April 25, 1874-July 20, 1937 
Italian electrical engineer and inventor
B MAR
Gregor Mendel
1822-1884
genetics scientist
B MEN
Maria Mitchell
August 1, 1818-June 28, 1889 
American astronomer
B MIT
Samuel Morse
1791-1872
inventor 
B MOR
John Muir
April 21, 1838-December 24, 1914 
American naturalist
B MUI
Elisha Otis
August 3, 1811 – April 8, 1861
Elevator inventor and developer
B Oti
Les Paul
June 9, 1915 – August 12, 2009
Guitar developer and pioneer of Rock and Roll
B Pau
Roger Tory Peterson
1908-1996
American environmentalist who loved birds
B PET
Susan LaFlesche Picotte
June 17, 1865-Sep. 15, 1915 
Native American physician
B PIC
Daniel Pratt
1799-1873 
architect and manufacturing executive
B PRA
Carl Sagan
November 9, 1934 – December 20, 1996
Astronomer
B Sag
Levi Strauss
Feb. 26, 1829-Sep. 26, 1902 
American clothing industry executive
B STR
Nikola Tesla
10 July 1856 – 7 January 1943
Electrical engineer known as the “Mad Scientist”
B Tes
Vivien Thomas
August 29, 1910 – November 26, 1985
African-American heart surgeon
B Tho
Clyde Tombaugh
Feb. 4, 1906-January 17, 1997 
American astronomer
B TOM
Wernher Von Braun
1912-1977
German-American rocket scientist
who lived and researched in Huntsville, AL
B VON
Booker T. Washington
April 5, 1856-November 14, 1915 
American educator
B WAS
Eli Whitney
December 8, 1765-January 8, 1825 
American inventor
B WHI
William Carlos Williams
1883-1963
American poet and physician
B WIL
William Wrigley, Jr.
1861-1932
US businessman and baseball team owner
B WRI
Orville Wright
August 19, 1871-January 30, 1948 
American aviation pioneer

Wilbur Wright
1867-1912 
American aviation pioneer
B WRI
Chuck Yeager
Feb. 13, 1923- 
American test pilot and air force general
B YEA