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Inventors Killed by Their Own Inventions

This is a list of inventors whose deaths were in some manner caused by or related to a product, process, procedure or other innovation that they invented or designed. The inventor as well as the invention will be listed.
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Fred Duesenberg (Duesenberg Automobile)
Fred Duesenberg (Duesenberg Automobile)
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William Nelson (GE Prototype Bike)
William Nelson (GE Prototype Bike)
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Sylvester H. Roper (Steam-Powered Bicycle)
Sylvester H. Roper (Steam-Powered Bicycle)
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Francis Edgar Stanley (Stanley Steamer Automobile)
Francis Edgar Stanley (Stanley Steamer Automobile)
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Ismail Ibn Hammad Al-Jawhari (Flying Using 2 Wooden Wings and Rope)
Ismail Ibn Hammad Al-Jawhari (Flying Using 2 Wooden Wings and Rope)
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Jean-Francois Pilatre De Rozier (Roziere Balloon)
Jean-Francois Pilatre De Rozier (Roziere Balloon)
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Otto Lilienthal (Hang Glider)
Otto Lilienthal (Hang Glider)
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Franz Reichelt (Coat Parachute)
Franz Reichelt (Coat Parachute)
9
Aurel Vlaicu (Vlaicu II Airplane)
Aurel Vlaicu (Vlaicu II Airplane)
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Henry Smolinski (AVE Mizar Flying Car)
Henry Smolinski (AVE Mizar Flying Car)
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Michael Dacre (Flying Taxi Device)
Michael Dacre (Flying Taxi Device)
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William Bullock (Rotary Printing Press)
William Bullock (Rotary Printing Press)
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Horace Lawson Hunley (CSS Hunley Combat Submarine)
Horace Lawson Hunley (CSS Hunley Combat Submarine)
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Thomas Andrews (RMS Titanic)
Thomas Andrews (RMS Titanic)
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Thomas Midgley, Jr. (Rope & Pulley Device)
Thomas Midgley, Jr. (Rope & Pulley Device)
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Alexander Bogdanov (Blood Transfusion)
Alexander Bogdanov (Blood Transfusion)
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Marie Curie (Aplastic Anemia Due to Ionizing Radiation Exposure)
Marie Curie (Aplastic Anemia Due to Ionizing Radiation Exposure)
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Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. & Louis Slotin (Atom Bomb Radiation Exposure)
Harry K. Daghlian, Jr. & Louis Slotin (Atom Bomb Radiation Exposure)
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Sabin Arnold Von Sochocky (Radium-Based Luminescent Paint)
Sabin Arnold Von Sochocky (Radium-Based Luminescent Paint)
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Karel Soucek (Shock-Absorbent Barrel)
Karel Soucek (Shock-Absorbent Barrel)
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Li Si (The Five Pains Execution Method)
Li Si (The Five Pains Execution Method)
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James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (Scottish Maiden Execution)
James Douglas, 4th Earl of Morton (Scottish Maiden Execution)
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Valerian Abakovsky (Aerowagon)
Valerian Abakovsky (Aerowagon)
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George Jackson Churchward CBE (GWR Castle Locomotive)
George Jackson Churchward CBE (GWR Castle Locomotive)
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Max Valier (Alcohol-Fuelled Rocket Engine)
Max Valier (Alcohol-Fuelled Rocket Engine)
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Jim Fixx (Popularized the Sport of Running)
Jim Fixx (Popularized the Sport of Running)
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Perillos of Athens (Brazen Bull)
Perillos of Athens (Brazen Bull)
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