Earl Bakken
Earl Bakken was born on January 10, 1924. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About Earl Bakken
Earl Elmer Bakken (January 10, 1924 – October 21, 2018) was an American engineer, inventor, businessman and philanthropist. He founded Medtronic, where he developed the first external, battery-operated, transistorized, wearable artificial pacemaker in 1957.