
Louis Braille
January 4, 2026
Louis Braille – Born January 4, 1809, in Coupvray, France. Died January 6, 1852; last home address site: Paris.
Inventor of braille in 1824 This world-wide reading system uses different formations of raised dots to denote different letters of the alphabet. Braille was hearing and blind; his invention also greatly benefits deaf people who are blind.