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Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917).

Ferdinand Adolf August Heinrich Graf von Zeppelin (1838-1917).

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Gumpei Yokoi

Gumpei Yokoi was the creator of the Game Boy.

Hajib (Gene) Zaid

Hajib Zaid invented corrosion inhibitor industrial chemicals.

Frank Zamboni

Frank Zamboni invented the world's first self-propelled ice resurfacing machine.

Gregorio Zara

Invented the videophone, an alcohol-fueled airplane engine and several solar-powered devices.

Ferdinand Zeppelin

Ferdinand Zeppelin invented the rigid dirigible, a lighter-than-air vehicle called the zeppelin.

Konrad Zuse

Konrad Zuse was the inventor of the first freely programmable computer.

Vladimir Kosma Zworykin

Vladimir Zworykin invented the cathode-ray tube called the kinescope in 1929, a tube needed for television transmission. Zworykin also invented the iconoscope, an early television camera.

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