He also invented his own shuffle tap dance move, and clogged on an amplified piece of plywood while he played and sang. Age: Dec. at 63 (1937-2001) Birthplace: New York City, USA, New York Also ranks #12 on The Greatest Banjo Players of All Time Also ranks #13 on The Best Banjo...
Methodist. One of the founders of Craver & Steele, farm equipment manufacturers; invented the first successful twelve-foot binder for cutting and binding small grain; later, he was an oil producer based in Oklahoma. Died, of heart trouble, in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Okla., May 12, 1925 (age...
She served as the president of the toy manufacturer Mattel Inc., and is best remembered for having invented the Barbie doll, although the doll's design was created by missile engineer-turned-toy designer Jack Ryan. Age: Dec. at 85 (1916-2002) Birthplace: Denver, Colorado Sinbad Talk show...
Sir Maurice Vincent Wilkes (26 June 1913 – 29 November 2010) was a British computer scientist who designed and helped build the Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC), one of the earliest stored program computers and invented microprogramming, a method for using stored-program logic...