Wallace Carothers

Wallace Hume Carothers was an American chemist, inventor, and the leader of organic chemistry at DuPont, who was credited with the invention of nylon.

27 April 1896

Born on the same birth date (27 April 1896): Rogers Hornsby • William Hudson (engineer)

Born on the same birth day (27 April): Adamantios Korais • Betty Mae Tiger Jumper • Darcey Bussell • Decimus Junius Brutus Albinus • Edwin Morgan (poet) • Erik Thomson • Irving Adler • Joe Moakley • Larry Elder • Lim Bo Seng • Mary Wollstonecraft • Pik Botha • William Hudson (engineer)

Born in the same month (April 1896): Einar Lundborg • Ernst Udet • Fred Barnett (English footballer) • Fred Haney • Johnny Golden • Na Hye-sŏk • Nikolay Semyonov • Reverend Gary Davis • Robert E. Sherwood • Robert Henry Best • Ruut Tarmo • Señor Wences • William Hudson (engineer) • Yip Harburg