Norman Joseph Woodland, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Norman Joseph Woodland

Inventor of the barcode

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1921

Place of Birth: Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 09-Dec-2012

Profession: engineer, inventor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Norman Joseph Woodland (September 6, 1921 – December 9, 2012) was an American inventor, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received a patent in October 1952.
Later, employed by IBM, he developed the format which became the ubiquitous Universal Product Code (UPC) of product labeling and check-out stands.