I . Isaac Singer
(1811–75)
an American who in 1851 designed and built the first sewing machine to be sold successfully. Today Singer sewing machines are the best-known make in the world.
II . Isaac Bashevis Singer
(1904–91)
a Jewish-American writer, born in Poland, who won the 1978 Nobel Prize for literature. He is best known for his short stories, in collections which include Gimpel the Fool (1957) and The Death of Methuselah and Other Stories (1988). His novels include The Family Moskat (1950) and Shosha (1978).