2018 Inductees John Briesch Kathy Gornik Jaan Tallinn Dr. John Cioffi Ahti Heinla Jim Thiel Robert Cole Priit Kasesalu Edgar Villchur Rick Doherty Peter Lesser Niklas Zennström Janus Friis Mike Romagnolo 2017 Inductees Dr. Leonardo Darrell Issa Frank McIntosh Chiariglione Dean Kamen Mitch Mohr Gordon Gow Ray Kurzweil Charles Tandy Marcia Grand Mike Lazaridis Dr. Hiroshi Yasuda Arlene Harris 2016 Inductees Dr. Peter Bingham Dr. Jae S. Lim Steve Smith Dr. Jim Carnes David B. Lorsch Joel Spira Sidney Cooper Chuck Pagano Nat Tiffen Dr. Curt Crawford Jerry Pearlman Ed Tuck Dr. Jaap Haartsen Don Rea Hiroshi Yamauchi Norm Hunt Donald Rumsfeld 2015 Inductees Bob Borchardt Vic Hayes Wilfred Schwartz Tom Campbell Noel Lee Dr. Floyd Toole George Feldstein Bernie Mitchell 2014 Inductees George Antheil Hedy Lamarr Walter Mossberg C.W. Conn Dr. David Lee Victor and Janie Tsao Dr. Levy Gerzberg Cowboy Maloney Tim Westergren Loyd Ivey Gerald McCarthy 2013 Inductees Jim Barton Dr. Min‐Hwan Kao Len Tweten Dr. Samar Basu Mikio Katayama Jim Tweten Gary Burrell Katsuhiko Machida Steven Van Slyke Manning "Manny" Pierre Omidyar Meg Whitman Greenberg Michael Ramsay Dr. Marcian (Ted) Dr. Ching Tang Hoff 2012 Inductees Robert Briskman Charlie Ergen In Hwoi Koo Richard Citta Larry Finley Byung‐Chull Lee Bjorn Dybdahl Fansy and Henry George Smith Harold Gregg Douglas Engelbart Willard Boyle 2011 Inductees Ralph Baer Dr. Eli Harari Sam Runco Ivan Berger Stanley S. Hubbard Dr. Claude Shannon Samuel Bloomberg Dr. Fujio Masuoka Dr. Andrew Viterbi Lance Braithwaite Dr. Robert Metcalfe 2010 Inductees Dr. Lauren Frank McCann Cynthia Upson Christopher David and Eugene Dr. Larry Weber Joe and Rachelle Mondry Dr. Ivan Getting Friedman Frederik Philips Dr. Bradford Richard Kraft Al Sotoloff Parkinson 2009 Inductees Maurice Cohen Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs Walton Stinson Norman Cohen Steve Jobs Neil Terk Philip Cohen Ralph H.G. Mathews Richard E. Wiley Dr. Joseph Flaherty Aaron Neretin Karl Hassel John Shalam 2008 Inductees Jewel and David Abt Hans Fantel Donald Linder Joe Clayton Eddy Hartenstein Dr. Fritz Sennheiser Martin Cooper Ken Kutaragi Richard Sharp Dean Dunlavey Warren Lieberfarb 2007 Inductees Paul Allen James Edward Day Richard M. Schulze Dr. Amar Bose Dr. Heinz Gerhäuser Dr. Dieter Seitzer Karlheinz John McDonald Art Weinberg Brandenburg Steven Sasson William G. Crutchfield Jr. 2006 Inductees Dr. Donald Bitzer George Heilmeier A.J. Richard John “Jack” Doyle Dr. Nick Holonyak Jr. John Roach Robert W. Galvin Howard Ladd H. Gene Slottow Andrew Stephen Gordon Moore Robert Willson Grove 2005 Inductees Ken Crane Saul Gold Masaharu Matsushita Joseph Donahue William Hewlett David Packard Harry Elias Art Levis John Winegard George Fezell Jack Luskin 2004 Inductees Alan Dower Blumlein Robert E. Gerson Norio Ohga Henry Brief Ken Kai Dr. Woo Paik Dr. Joel S. Engel Jerry Kalov Steve Wozniak Richard H. Frenkiel Paul W. Klipsch 2003 Inductees Herbert Borchardt William Kasuga Joseph Tushinsky Leonard Feldman Atwater Kent Alan Wurtzel Kees A. Jules Steinberg Schouhammer‐ Kenjiro Takayanagi Immink 2002 Inductees Ernst F.W. William E. Boss William Powell Lear Alexanderson Richard Ekstract Sol Polk Bernard Appel Walter Fisher Jack K. Sauter W.G.B. Baker Raymond Gates 2001 Inductees Emile Berliner Hugo Gernsback Valdemar Poulsen Sir John Ambrose Peter Laurits Jensen George Fleming Westinghouse Earl Muntz 2000 Inductees Benjamin Abrams Robert Adler Philo T. Farnsworth Edwin Armstrong Reginald Aubrey Konosuke Fessenden Matsushita John Logie Baird Avery Fisher Cmdr. Eugene William Balderston McDonald Jr. Frank Freimann John Bardeen Akio Morita Paul Galvin Alexander Graham Robert Noyce Bell Charles Ginsberg Alexander M. Andre Blay Peter Goldmark Poniatoff Walter Brattain Dr. Sidney Harman Ed Roberts Karl Ferdinand Heinrich Hertz David Sarnoff Braun Masaru Ibuka Hermon Hosmer Nolan Bushnell Eldridge Johnson Scott Powel Crosley Jr. Jack Kilby Yuma Shiraishi Lee DeForest John Koss Sr. William Shockley Ray Dolby David Lachenbruch Ross Siragusa Sr. Allen Dumont James B. Lansing Shizuo Takano Thomas Edison Saul Marantz Nikola Tesla Carl Eilers Guglielmo Marconi Jack Wayman Vladimir Zworykin .