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Greatest inventors of all time — Yourlist

|RankingsGreatest inventors of all time

Greatest inventors of all time

a Yourlist ranking · the crowd decides the order

The people who built the modern world.

What counts: Seeded with approximate figures where shown — the crowd's votes decide the order.

Thomas Edison▲ Rising
Era: 1800s
added by IJRin 2 rankings
36
Nikola Tesla▲ Rising
Era: 1900s
added by IJRin 3 rankings
30
Leonardo da Vinci▲ Rising
Era: 1500s
added by IJRin 3 rankings
27
Johannes Gutenberg▲ Rising
Era: 1400s
added by IJR
19
Alexander Graham Bell▲ Rising
Era: 1800s
added by IJR
13
The Wright Brothers▲ Rising
Era: 1900s
added by IJR
13
Benjamin Franklin
Era: 1700s
added by IJRin 2 rankings
-4
Hedy Lamarr▼ Falling
Era: 1900s
added by IJR
-10
James Watt▼ Falling
Era: 1700s
added by IJR
-24
Tim Berners-Lee▼ Falling
Era: 1900s
added by IJR
-28

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TTariq Rossi18h
Exactly the kind of argument the internet was built for.
WWill Chen18h
The crowd is sleeping on the bottom half of this list.
BBruno Johnson1d
This order is closer to right than any editor would've gotten.
JJames RossiJul 27, 2026
Voted — and the gap between #1 and #2 should be bigger.