19. Orville Wright Was Alive During the Bombing of Hiroshima
Living long beyond his invention of the airplane, Orville Wright was still alive when planes were used to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima in 1945. While his brother, Wilbur, died in 1912, Orville would live three more years after the bombing before dying in 1948. When asked if he regretted creating the airplane, he said he did not, however he was against its use in the bombings.