Inventors & Business

Inventor of the modern agricultural tractor

The 'father of emergency medicine' and inventor of the 'Mobile Coronary Care Unit' & later the portable defribilator

Physician and collector of natural history items, whose bequeath to the nation provided the foundation for the British Museum

Co-founder of the Martin-Baker Aircraft company and later inventor of the ejector seat in 1945

Inventor of 'Milk of Magnesia' and artificial fertiliser

Born in Scotland, he is considered one of the inventors of the pneumatic tyre and set up his business in Northern Ireland

AT Stewart moved to America and opened the first department store in the world, the Marble Palace, in New York

Inventor of the first streetcar to run on rails in the United States

The UK's first vertical take off and landing plane developed by Short Brothers. Received NI's first Engineering Heritage Award in 2012

Once the largest shipbuilder in the world and known for its most famous creation - RMS Titanic

Ireland's oldest whiskey

One of the most iconic cars in film ever (Back to the Future) and built in Belfast