20th-century women inventors

Polish-French physicist and chemist (1867–1934)

Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)

German Jewish mathematician (1882–1935)

Russian ballet dancer (1881–1931)

queen consort of Italy (1900-1946) and Servant of God; mother of Umberto II of Italy

English engineer, mathematician and inventor (1854-1923)

Romanian biologist and physician (1897–1988)

Archduchess of Austria (1864–1945)

Indian meteorologist

Soviet biochemist, physiologist and humanist (1875-1968)

German entrepreneur and inventor of the coffee filter (1873–1950)

French athlete and aviator (1875-1963)

Israeli biochemist

Filipina pediatrician

Argentine sculptor (1866–1936)

Spanish teacher, doctor, gynecologist, inventor, scientist, and write

Indian architect

Filipino chemist (1893-1945)

German biochemist (1908–2003)

Russian chemist

Romanian engineer, professor and politician

British aeronautical engineer

teacher, writer, and inventor (1895–1976

German gynaecologist (1921–2020)

German chemist (1915–1998)

German exhibition parachute jumper and inventor of first collapsable parachute (1868–1935)

Australian visionary, inventor and artist (1878-1957)

Swedish inventor

English mechanical engineer and inventor (1889–1964)

Greek painter, singer, inventor and opera singer (1885-1949)

English socialite and aviation patron and enthusiast (1864–1927)

English audio engineer who patented the truncated-tip sapphire stylus in 1945 for playing gramophone records

Swedish engineer, inventor

French ophthalmologist and painter

Latvian chemist of Polish heritage (1922-1995)

German fashion designer

German-British gastroenterologist (1923-1998)

Austrian-American psychiatrist

French inventor of the blind walking stick

British inventor (1921-2016)