Alfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, inventor, engineer, and businessman. Nobel is known for inventing dynamite, as well as having bequeathed his fortune to establish the Nobel Prizes. He worked on various important contributions and inventions to science, holding 355 patents during his life. October 21, 1833 – December 10, 1896; died at 63. Alive at the same time as Karl Marx, Abraham Lincoln, Leo Tolstoy, Vincent van Gogh, and Frédéric Chopin. Wiki link