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): Giuseppe Cesare Abba • Jordan Hamilton (basketball) • Joseph Lowery • Kennet Andersson • Latonia Blackman • Pascal van Assendelft • Steven Woolfe • Walter Ray Williams Jr. • Yaşar Kemal

Born in the same month (October 1949): André Rieu • Bob Siebenberg • Brian Kerwin • Carlos the Jackal • Damian Lau • Dave Lloyd (cyclist) • Gary Richrath • Hamish Stuart • Isaac Bonewits • Jessica Harper • Joe Egan (musician) • Kevin Sullivan (wrestler) • Lance Cairns • Paul Orndorff • Ralph Goodale