– first solar cell based on the outer photoelectric effect Levi Strauss (1829–1902), U.S. – blue jeans John Stringfellow (1799–1883), UK – aerial steam carriage Bjarne Stroustrup (born 1950), Denmark – C++ (programming language) Almon Strowger (1839–1902), U.S. – automatic telephone exchange Emil Strub (1858–1909), Switzerland – Strub rack railway system Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (Azophi) (903–986), Persia/Iran – timekeeping astrolabe, navigational astrolabe, surveying astrolabe René Núñez Suárez (born 1945/1946), El Salvador – "turbococina" (turbo-cooker) Kyota Sugimoto (1882–1972), Japan – Japanese language typewriter Mutsuo Sugiura (1918–1986), Japan – Esophagogastroduodenoscope Pavel Sukhoi (1895–1975), Russia – Su-series fighter aircraft Simon Sunatori (born 1959), Canada – inventor of MagneScribe and Magic Spicer Sushruta (600 BC), Vedic India – inventor of Plastic Surgery, Cataract Surgery, Rhinoplasty Theodor Svedberg (1884–1971), Sweden – Analytical ultracentrifuge Joseph Swan (1828–1914), UK – Incandescent light bulb Robert Swanson (1905–1994), Canada – invented and developed the first multi-chime air horn for use with diesel locomotives Remi Swierczek (born 1958), Poland – inventor of Music Identification System and the Mico Changer (coin hopper and dispenser used in casinos) Andrei Sychra (c.1773/76–1850), Lithuania/Russia, Czech descent – Russian seven-string guitar Walter Sylvester (1867–1944), UK – the "Sylvester", for safely removing pit props Vladimir Syromyatnikov (1933–2006), Russia – Androgynous Peripheral Attach System and other spacecraft docking mechanisms Simon Sze (born 1936), Taiwan/U.S., together with Dawon Kahng (1931–1992), South Korea – Floating-gate MOSFET Leó Szilárd (1898–1964), Hungary/U.S. – co-developed the atomic bomb, patented the nuclear reactor, catalyst of the Manhattan Project T Muhammad Salih Tahtawi (fl.1659–1660), Mughal India – seamless globe and celestial globe Gyula Takátsy (1914–1980), Hungary – first Microtiter plate Esther Takeuchi (born 1953) – holds more than 150 US-patents, the largest number for any woman in the United States Igor Tamm (1895–1971), Russia – co-developer of tokamak Ching W. Tang (born 1947), Hong Kong/U.S., together with Steven Van Slyke, U.S. – OLED Mardi bin Ali al-Tarsusi (c. 1187), Middle East – counterweight trebuchet, mangonel Gustav Tauschek (1899–1945), Austria – Drum memory Kenyon Taylor (1908–1986), U.S. – Flip-disc display Bernard Tellegen (1900–1990), Netherlands – pentode Edward Teller (1908–2003), Hungary – hydrogen bomb Eli Terry (1772–1852) Nikola Tesla (1856–1943), Serbia – induction motor, high-voltage / high-frequency power experiments, the transmission of electrical power Léon Theremin (1896–1993), Russia – theremin, interlace, burglar alarm, terpsitone, Rhythmicon (first drum machine), The Thing (listening device) Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar (1785–1870), France – Arithmometer Elihu Thomson (1853–1937), UK, U.S.