| 发明人 | fā míng rén | inventor |  |
| 发明家 | fā míng jiā | inventor | |
| 发明者 | fā míng zhě | inventor | |
| 爱迪生 | Aì dí shēng | Edison (name) / Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman | |
| 仓颉 | Cāng Jié | Cang Jie, legendary scribe of the Yellow Emperor and inventor of Chinese writing / (computing) Cangjie input method | |
| 杜康 | Dù Kāng | Du Kang, legendary inventor of wine | |
| 蔡伦 | Cài Lún | Cai Lun (-121), the inventor of the papermaking process | |
| 毕升 | Bì Shēng | Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type | |
| 王永民 | Wáng Yǒng mín | Wang Yongmin (1943-), inventor of the five stroke input method 五筆輸入法|五笔输入法[wu3 bi3 shu1 ru4 fa3] | |
| 胡克 | Hú kè | Hook or Hooke (name) / Robert Hooke (1635-1703), brilliant English experimental scientist and inventor | |
| 齐柏林 | Qí bó lín | Zeppelin (name) / Graf Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838-1917), inventor of the Zeppelin dirigible airship | |
| 加特林 | Jiā tè lín | Gatling (name) / Richard J. Gatling (1818-1903), inventor of the Gatling gun | |
| 伊斯曼 | Yī sī màn | Eastman (name) / George Eastman (1854-1932), US inventor and founder of Kodak 柯達|柯达[Ke1 da2] / Max F. Eastman (1883-1969), US socialist writer, subsequently severe critic of USSR | |
| 古登堡 | Gǔ dēng bǎo | Gutenberg (name) / Johannes Gutenberg (c. 1400-1468), inventor in Europe of the printing press / Beno Gutenberg (1889-1960), German-born US seismologist, coinventor of the Richter magnitude scale | |
| 埃拉托塞尼斯 | Aī lā tuō sè ní sī | Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276-c. 195 BC), ancient Greek mathematician and inventor | |
| 本杰明·富兰克林 | | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat | |
| 燧人 | Suì rén | Suiren, legendary inventor of fire | |
| 燧人氏 | Suì rén shì | Suirenshi, legendary inventor of fire | |
| 革兰氏 | Gé lán shì | Mr Gram / Dr. Hans Christian Jaochim Gram (1953-1938), Danish doctor and inventor of the Gram stain 革蘭氏染色法|革兰氏染色法 | |
| 马克沁 | Mǎ kè qìn | Sir Hiram Maxim (1840-1916), American British inventor of the Maxim machine gun | |
| 林语堂 | lín yǔ táng | Lin Yutang (1895-1976), Chinese writer, linguist and inventor | |
| 本杰明・富兰克林 | Běn jié míng · Fù lán kè lín | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat | |
| 乔治・布尔 | Qiáo zhì · Bù ěr | George Boole (1815-1864), English mathematician, philosopher and logician, author of The Laws of Thought and the inventor of Boolean logic | |
| 本杰明·富兰克林 | Běn jié míng · Fù lán kè lín | Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790), American writer, scientist, inventor, politician and diplomat | |
| 乔治·布尔 | Qiáo zhì · Bù ěr | George Boole (1815-1864), English mathematician, philosopher and logician, author of The Laws of Thought and inventor of Boolean algebra | |
| 纳皮尔 | Nà pí ěr | Napier (name) / John Napier (1550-1617), Scottish mathematician, inventor of logarithms / Napier, city in New Zealand | |
| 毕昇 | Bì Shēng | Bi Sheng (990-1051), inventor of movable type | |
