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{{Short description|American engineer and inventor (1919–2011)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Wilson Greatbatch
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1919|9|6|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|9|27|1919|9|6|df=yes}}
| alma_mater = [[Cornell University]]<br>[[University at Buffalo]]
| occupation = Engineer
}}
'''Wilson Greatbatch''' (September 6, 1919 &ndash; September 27, 2011) was an [[Americans|American]] [[engineer]] and  pioneering inventor. He held more than 325 patents and was a [[List of National Inventors Hall of Fame inductees#G|member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame]] and a recipient of the [[Lemelson-MIT Prize#1996|Lemelson–MIT Prize]]<ref name="bbcobit"/> and the [[National Medal of Technology and Innovation]] (1990).