- Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, 1984.
- Inventor of the electronic system of television that revolutionized the world.
- Children: Philo, Kenneth, Russell, Kent.
- Pictured on a 20¢ US commemorative postage stamp issued in his honor, 21 September 1983. One of a block of 4 celebrating famous electrical engineers; Edwin H. Armstrong was also honored.
- The panel on I've Got a Secret (1952) was unable to guess his true identity. For stumping them, Farnsworth took home $80 and a carton of the sponsor's cigarettes.
- His invention of television was premiered on 25 August 1934 at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His competitor, RCA, premiered their improved television system at the 1939 New York World's Fair. At the same fair General Motors presented its Futurama exhibit which portrayed a city of tomorrow (i.e., 1960). On the television show, Futurama (1999), the character Hubert J. Farnsworth is said to be named after Philo Farnsworth.
- On April 27, 2006 his widow Elma died at her Bountiful, Utah home and was buried beside him in Provo, Utah.
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