John Logie Baird

Born on August 13, 1888, John Logie Baird was a truly great inventor.

In his twenties he tried to create diamonds by heating graphite and shorted out Glasgow's electricity supply. Later, he created the first television set using a hatbox, a pair of scissors, some darning needles, a few bicycle light lenses, a used tea chest, and sealing wax and glue.

Sadly, in Australia today, many associate him with the television awards known as the Logies, and the self-obsessed retards who win them.