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Alan Shugart

1930 - 2006

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Alan Field Shugart (September 27, 1930 – December 12, 2006) was an American engineer, entrepreneur and business executive whose career defined the modern computer disk drive industry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alan Shugart is the 299th most popular engineer (down from 286th in 2019), the 7,846th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,918th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Alan Shugart ranks 299 out of 389. Before him are Burt Rutan, Viktor Kozin, Joseph Bazalgette, Ron Tauranac, Markus Reiner, and Frederick Terman. After him are Georgy Langemak, Percy Hobart, Boris Lisunov, Hesham Qandil, Kenneth Nichols, and Robert W. Paul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Alan Shugart ranks 444. Before him are Eino Tamberg, Magomedali Magomedov, Bob Guccione, Éva Novák-Gerard, Jean Brankart, and Sándor Rozsnyói. After him are Ora Namir, Heinz Schiller, Adam Maida, Matt Monro, Jacques Parizeau, and Eladio Herrera. Among people deceased in 2006, Alan Shugart ranks 272. Before him are Oskar Pastior, Zdravko Rajkov, Gösta Löfgren, Gene Pitney, Vojislav Melić, and Duygu Asena. After him are Lyubov Polishchuk, Mario Francesco Pompedda, György Faludy, Gordon Parks, Robert Earl Jones, and Charles Haughey.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alan Shugart ranks 7,848 out of 20,380. Before him are Frederick Terman (1900), Jan Henne (1947), Jerry Lucas (1940), Jim Hutton (1934), Jack Colvin (1934), and Corey Feldman (1971). After him are Lester Bowie (1941), Glenn Branca (1948), Gorilla Monsoon (1937), Larry Drake (1950), Carol Lynley (1942), and Jeff Perry (1955).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Alan Shugart ranks 31. Before him are Frances Spence (1922), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Eugene Polley (1915), Burt Rutan (1943), and Frederick Terman (1900). After him are Kenneth Nichols (1907), Robert H. Dennard (1932), K. Eric Drexler (1955), Sidney Darlington (1906), Preston Tucker (1903), and Gordon Bell (1934).

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