Lonnie Johnson (inventor)

Lonnie George Johnson is an American inventor, aerospace engineer, and entrepreneur, best known for inventing the bestselling Super Soaker water gun in 1989. He was formerly employed at the U.S. Air Force and NASA, where he worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

6 October 1949

Born on the same birth date (6 October 1949): Les Moonves • Nicolas Peyrac • Penny Junor • Thomas McClary (musician)

Born on the same birth day (6 October): Bob May (golfer) • Clive Rees • Daniel Brière • David Howard (director) • Elisabeth Shue • Humberto Sousa Medeiros • John Broadwood • Knut Storberget • Mark Field • Mark Schwarzer • Meghnad Saha • Miyuki Matsuda • Oil Can Boyd • Reon King • Settimia Caccini • Wenceslaus III of Bohemia

Born in the same month (October 1949): Annie Leibovitz • Armand Assante • Arsène Wenger • Barclay Shaw • Bill Hudson (singer) • Katha Pollitt • Kevin Sullivan (wrestler) • Krešimir Ćosić (politician) • Lance Cairns • Leon Rippy • Les Moonves • Patrick Nève • Ralph Goodale • Rod Temperton • Réjean Houle • Sheila Gilmore • Steve Rogers (baseball) • Stiv Bators • Walter Hyatt