The following list includes African-American scientists and inventors who contributed to the advancement of science and technology in the United States, including George Washington Carver, Thomas Jennings, Rebecca Cole, and more.
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Archibald Alphonso Alexander, design and construction engineerBenjamin Banneker, American intellectual and scientistPatricia Bath, American inventorEdward Bouchet, physicist, chemistBenjamin Bradley, inventorHerman Russell Branson, physicistGeorge Washington Carver, American agricultural chemistEmmett W. Chappelle, biochemistJewel Plummer Cobb, biologist, physiologistRebecca Cole, physicianDavid Crosthwait, Jr., engineer, inventorMark Dean, American inventorMartin Robinson Delany, American Black leader, physicianCharles Richard Drew, physicianClarence L. Elder, engineer and inventorPhilip Emeagwali, computer scientist, mathematicianEvan Forde, oceanographerLloyd Hall, chemistSamuel Elmer Imes, chemist, physicistMae Jemison, astronaut, physicianThomas L. Jennings, inventorFrederick McKinley Jones, inventorPercy Lavon Julian, chemistErnest Everest Just, biologist, educatorLewis Howard Latimer, inventorHenry Cecil Ransom McBay, chemistElijah McCoy, inventorGarrett Augustus Morgan, inventorMaurice F. Rabb, Jr., ophthalmologistNorbert Rillieux, inventorVirgil Garnett Trice, Jr., chemical engineerCharles Henry Turner, entomologistSarah Breedlove “Madame C.J.” Walker, inventor, entrepreneur, philanthropistDaniel Hale Williams, physicianGranville Woods, inventorRoger Arliner Young, zoologist
