who was the first person invented the light bulb
Sir Joseph Wilson Swan FRS (31 October 1828 -- 27 May 1914) was an English physicist, chemist, and inventor. He is known as an independent early developer of a successful incandescent light bulb, and is the person responsible for developing and supplying the first incandescent lights used illuminate homes and public buildings, including the Savoy Theatre, London, in 1881.