Top 3 Electrical Pioneers?

[bphgravity]

Who would you consider the three most important persons in electrical history and why?

Here's my picks:

</font> <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Nikola Tesla, the alternating current system. Need I say more. :)</font><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">

[roger]

William Gilbert; he gave us the word "Electric"

Gustav Robert Kirchoff; for his "Laws of voltage and current"

Nikola Tesla; A/C

Roger

Bengy Franklin.
Alexander Graham Bell.
Irving Langmuir.
Guglielmo Marconi.
Robert H. Rines.
Mike Holt.

Plus those other ladies.

[tom baker]

Tesla is underated and some of his research on particle beams "dissapeared" after WWII.
Don't forget Bob Transformer.

[megatron]

:roll:
Lewis H. Latimer * an electric lamp with an inexpensive carbon filament & threaded wooden socket for light bulbs

Garret Morgan * Traffic Signal

Otis Boykin * electrical resistor

Granville Woods

James Edward West

Louis Roberts

Cordell Reed

Somebody Stop me

[electricmanscott]

Eddy Grant. "Electric Avenue" :D

[iwire]

Les Paul


Credited with inventing the solid body electric guitar. :cool:

[cs409]

but the most important of the list would have to be the moms and dads of the above mentioned ,,,,all those dark nights lead to some bright nights LOL