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Charles Goodyear (December 29, 1800 - July 1, 1860) was the inventor of vulcanized rubber. He died in deep debt and is interred at Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, Connecticut. Neither Goodyear nor his family was ever connected with the company named in his honor.
Goodyear received a patent for vulcanization on June 15, 1844.
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