Depends what sign exactly.
Some signs (such as modern road signage) was developed quickly after the advent of the car, in order to regulate traffic an artificial system was created and implemented; this has now become an almost international standard. Prior to this there were basic road marking signs attached to posts and poles as well as those carved on large road makers.
Other forms of signage have been in use since man first settled in areas and had to demarcate areas or show direction to an area.
The appeal of visual signage is that it know no language barriers; for example, a toilet sign is basically the same in the UK or China.
The addition sign was invented in Oakland California.
The plus or addition sign was invented by Michael Stiple in 1544
The person who invented the plus sign is the same as the minus
E-mail and @ sign were invented by Ray Tomlinson. by aliou waiga.
William Oughtred invented it in 1631.
It is invented by Michael Stiple in 1544
It was invented in 1620
No one invented the minus sign or at least none that we know of, it is simply part of the evolution of mathmatics. The minus sign we use appeared in the 1400s
Obviously it was not invented. It was always just there.
ghy
1817
it was invented in 1976 by sir Morgan Harvey