The closest version to the lemon squeezer we know of today was invented by John Thomas White and was approved as a patent on December 8, 1896.

Who invented the first lemon squeezer?

John Thomas White invented the lemon squeezer for the purpose of efficiently making his own lemonade instead of buying it.

When was the hand juicer invented?

Norman Walker, who invented the first modern juicer in the 1930s, lived to be 100. Jack LaLanne pitched them relentlessly in the '70s and '80s.