Script Inventors
Pioneers who invented new writing systems to record human knowledge. Kings and monks, farmers and merchants — the scripts they created transformed millions of lives.
Wulfila (Ulfilas)
Bishop of the Goths · Creator of Gothic script
Mesrop Mashtots
Armenian theologian & missionary · Creator of Armenian, Georgian & Caucasian Albanian scripts
Thonmi Sambhota
Tibetan scholar & diplomat · Creator of Tibetan script based on Sanskrit
Cyril and Methodius
Byzantine missionary brothers · Creators of Glagolitic script for Slavic languages
King Sejong the Great
4th King of Joseon Dynasty · Creator of Hangul
Jiphyeonjeon Scholars
Royal academic institution of Joseon · Assistants to King Sejong in Hangul creation
Zanabazar
Mongolian Buddhist monk & artist · Creator of Soyombo and Horizontal Square scripts
Sequoyah
Cherokee silversmith & painter · Self-taught creator of Cherokee syllabary
Solomana Kante
Guinean merchant & autodidact · Creator of N'Ko alphabet for Mande languages
Shong Lue Yang
Hmong farmer & visionary · Creator of Pahawh Hmong script