Martin Cooper
Martin Cooper · Technology & Engineering
Led the Motorola team that built and demonstrated the first handheld cellular mobile phone (1973).
December 26, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Martin Cooper is an American engineer and inventor, born in Chicago to a Jewish family of immigrants from Ukraine. In 1973, while leading a team at Motorola, he built and demonstrated the first handheld cellular mobile phone, placing the first public call on a portable device. Widely regarded as the 'father of the cell phone,' his work launched the mobile communications revolution that connects billions of people today.
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Led the Motorola team that built and demonstrated the first handheld cellular mobile phone (1973).
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