| A | B |
| Samuel Morse | Received the patent for the telegraph |
| Thomas Edison | The most famous (and productive) American inventor |
| Charles Goodyear | Discovered the process to vulcanize tires |
| P.T. Barnum | Brough Jumbo the Elephant and the singer Jenny Lind to the U.S. |
| Guglielmo Marconi | Invented the wireless telegraph; He's the "Father of Wireless"! |
| Henry Ford | The first to mass produce the car |
| Jonas Salk | Invented the first successful polio vaccine |
| Willis Carrier | Developed the first modern air conditioner |
| Leo Baekeland | Invented what eventually became known as plastic |
| Philo Farnsworth | The American inventor of the T.V. |
| George Eastman | Invented film, the modern camera, and the Kodak Company |
| Joseph Henry | The "REAL" inventor of the telegraph / Invented the electric motor |
| Buffalo Bill | Produced the "Wild West Shows" |
| Wright Brothers | The first to successfully fly an airplane |
| Alexander Graham Bell | Invented the telephone |