13 Inventors You've Never Heard of

Can you imagine a world without frozen TV dinners or bubble wrap? (And more importantly, who would want to?)

Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein are probably the first names that come to mind when you think of "inventors." But beyond the big names, there are plenty of inventors whose creativity and ingenuity changed the way we live, even if they never became household names

To pay homage to these under-the-radar innovators, we've put together a shortlist of influential inventors who you (most likely) never learned about in school

1Clarence Birdseye — Frozen Food

If you're a TV dinner aficionado, you can thank Clarence Birdseye for the technology used in frozen food. Birdseye discovered a new way to flash-freeze foods that produced much fresher and better tasting results than the earlier, slower methods of freezing. His inventions marked the beginning of the frozen food industry as we know it today, and Birds Eye is still a popular brand of frozen food. Read more...