List of English inventors and designers

This is a list of English inventors and designers.

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Roma Agrawal, structural engineer who contributed to the design of The Shard building in London
Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) invented the spinning frame (also known as the water frame)
Joseph Aspdin (1788–1855), Portland cement

Roger Bacon (1214–1292), magnifying glass
Edward Barber (1969– ), London 2012 Olympic Torch
Julia Barfield (1952– ), architect who contributed to the design of the London Eye and the i360 observation tower in Brighton, England
Trevor Baylis (1937–2018), wind-up radio
Tim Berners-Lee (1955– ), World Wide Web

Margaret Calvert (1936– ), graphic designer who designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom
Edmund Cartwright (1743–1823) invented the power loom
George Cayley (1773–1854), man-carrying glider, tension spoke wheels, hot air engine, continuous track "universal railway" vehicle propulsion system
Imran Chaudhri (1973– ) invented the user interface and interactions of the iPhone, also worked on the Mac, iPod, iPad, Apple TV and Apple Watch
John Clark (1785-1853) invented the first automated poetry generator, The Eureka, and patented a method to waterproof fabric for air beds and air cushions in 1813.
Terence Conran (1931–2020), Design Museum founder
Samuel Crompton (1753–1827) invented the spinning mule

Rick Dickinson (c. 1957–2018), designer of early computers, the touch-sensitive keyboard, as well as the rubber keyboard of the ZX Spectrum
Sir James Dyson (b. 1947) invented the bagless vacuum cleaner

Michael Faraday (1791–1867), electric transformer
John Ambrose Fleming (1848–1945), vacuum diode
Tommy Flowers (1905–1998), Colossus computer, an early electronic computer
Samson Fox (1838–1903) invented the corrugated boiler flue
William Friese-Greene (1855–1921), cinematography

James Hargreaves (c. 1720–1778) invented the spinning jenny
Sir John Harington (d. 1612) invented the first modern flushing toilet
John Harrison (1693–1776), marine chronometer
Rowland Hill (1795–1879), postage stamp
Frank Hornby (1863–1936), Meccano

Jonathan Ive (1967– ), Chief Design Officer of Apple Inc. and designer of many of Apple's products, including the MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, Mac mini, iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad, iPad Mini, Apple Watch and iOS

Tom Karen (1926–2022), industrial designer who designed cars, bicycles, and radios in the 1970s
Jock Kinneir (1917–1994), graphic designer who designed many of the road signs used throughout the United Kingdom

George William Manby (1765–1854), fire extinguisher
David Marks, architect who contributed to the design of the London Eye and the i360 observation tower in Brighton, England