Thomas Edison is credited with inventing the first practical light bulb in 1879.

Alexander Graham Bell is credited with inventing the first practical telephone in 1876.

James Watt is credited with inventing the first practical steam engine in 1769.

Karl Benz is credited with inventing the first practical automobile in 1885.

The Wright Brothers are credited with inventing the first practical airplane in 1903.

Charles Babbage is credited with inventing the first mechanical computer, the Analytical Engine, in the 19th century.

Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web in 1989.

John Bardeen, Walter Brattain, and William Shockley are credited with inventing the transistor in 1947.

Jack Kilby is credited with inventing the integrated circuit in 1958.

Ted Hoff is credited with inventing the microprocessor in 1971.

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak are credited with inventing the first personal computer, the Apple I, in 1976.

Douglas Engelbart is credited with inventing the first graphical user interface (GUI) in the 1960s.

Tim Berners-Lee is credited with inventing the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin are credited with inventing the first search engine, Google, in 1998.

Mark Zuckerberg is credited with inventing the first social networking site, Facebook, in 2004.