# Norman Joseph Woodland

> inventor of the barcode (1921–2012)

**Wikidata**: [Q357846](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q357846)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Joseph_Woodland)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/norman-joseph-woodland


## References

1. Find a Grave
2. [Source](https://www.nationalmedals.org/laureates)
3. [Source](https://www.invent.org/inductees/n-joseph-woodland)
4. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
5. [Former Raleigh resident, co-creator of bar code, dies at age 91](http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/12/12/2541302/former-raleigh-resident-co-creator.html)
6. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013