Gordon Ingram

Gordon Ingram
Born	Gordon Bailey Ingram (1924-12-30)December 30, 1924 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	November 4, 2004(2004-11-04) (aged 79)
Occupations	Firearm designer inventor entrepreneur
Known for	Ingram Model 6 (1949) MAC-10 (1964) MAC-11 (1972) Co-founder of the Military Armament Corporation

A MAC-11, one of Ingram's most notable inventions

Gordon Bailey Ingram (December 30, 1924 – November 4, 2004) was an American firearm designer, inventor, and entrepreneur. He is best known for creating the MAC-10 and MAC-11 machine pistols, for which he sometimes known as "the father of the machine pistol," and is widely credited with re-popularizing the submachine gun. He co-founded the Military Armament Corporation with Mitchell WerBell III, which manufactured the pistols.