List of Famous people with last name Wire

Lester Wire

First Name Lester

Last Name Wire

Died on April 14, 1958

Born in United States of America, Utah

Lester Farnsworth Wire was credited with the invention of the electric traffic light in 1912 in Salt Lake City. Wire worked as a detective for the Salt Lake City police force. The original traffic light, based on a semaphore system, had been invented in London in 1868 by John Peake Knight but had not been a success.

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