Nikola Tesla
1856–1943
Serbian-American pioneer of alternating current.
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) was an inventor, born in Nikola Tesla Memorial Center, Croatia and died in New Yorker Hotel, United States.
- Known as
- Inventor
- Category
- Scientists & Inventors
- Born
- 1856, Nikola Tesla Memorial Center, Croatia
- Died
- 1943, New Yorker Hotel, United States
Connections
- Thomas Edison: rivals Nikola Tesla
Alive at the same time as Nikola Tesla
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- Sigmund Freud 1856–1939, neurologist
- Milton Hershey 1857–1945, chocolate maker
- Max Planck 1858–1947, physicist
- Edvard Munch 1863–1944, painter
- Henry Ford 1863–1947, auto tycoon
- Marie Curie 1867–1934, scientist
- Orville Wright 1871–1948, aviation pioneer
- Albert Einstein 1879–1955, physicist
Portrait: Napoleon Sarony, Public domain.
