Eli Whitney
Eli Whitney Jr. was an American inventor, widely known for inventing the cotton gin in 1793, one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution that shaped the economy of the Antebellum South.
8 December 1765
Born on the same birth day (8 December): Berry van Aerle • Chrisette Michele • Corey Taylor • David Harewood • Floyd Tillman • George Rogers (American football) • Johannes Aavik • Khaw Boon Wan • Mark Bugden • Mary, Queen of Scots • Niklas Luhmann • Queen Jeonghui • Wang Anshi
Born in the same month (December 1765): Johann Friedrich Pfaff