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Top 10 famous inventors and their inventions.
40 Famous Inventors Who Made Their Mark on History
Madam C.J. Walker
Madam C.J. Walker, who was born Sarah Breedlove in 1867, invented a hair care treatment for Black women.
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She traveled around the country demonstrating the “Walker Method,” which involved a pomade that Walker formulated, a brushing technique, and heated combs. She was inspired to invent the revolutionary hair care treatment because of her own experience with a condition that caused hair loss.
Related: How Madam C.J. Walker Invented Her Hair Car Products
Thomas Edison
Arguably one of the most famous inventors of all time, Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the first commercially viable incandescent lightbulb.
But this was just one of his many inventions. He’s also the inventor of the Universal Stock Printer, which was used to synchronize stock tickers’ transactions, the quadruplex telegraph, and the phonograph, among others. During his lifetime, he was granted more than 1,000 U.S.
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