name the scientist who invented a pump to extract air from a vessel. Share with your friends Share 3 Jyoti Pant answered this The first vacuum pump was invented in 1650 by Otto von Guericke. 4 View Full Answer Bhuvaneswari Ramesh answered this HI,Otto Von Guericke, a German scientist of the 17th century invented a pump to extract air out of a vessel.HOPE IT HELPS! THUMBS UP PLEASE!! 0 Chaitrali answered this are u talking about vacuum??? it was Toricelli............. 1