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): Alain Caron (ice hockey) • Anna Chancellor • August Wilson • Charles Robert Cockerell • Chris Berger • Chuck Knox • Edward Whymper • Eric Schmidt • Gian-Carlo Rota • Jenna Coleman • Keenan Allen • Lars Bender • Lim Bo Seng • Mary Wollstonecraft • Nina Ponomaryova • Pete Ham • Rogers Hornsby • Ron Morris (pole vaulter) • Taylor Chorney • Walter Pandiani • William Hudson (engineer)

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