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Alfred Carlton Gilbert

1884 - 1961

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Alfred Carlton Gilbert (February 15, 1884 – January 24, 1961) was an American inventor, athlete, magician, toy maker and businessman. As the founder of A. C. Gilbert Company, Gilbert was known for inventing the Erector Set and American Flyer Trains. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Carlton Gilbert is the 407th most popular inventor (down from 375th in 2019), the 12,598th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,645th in 2019) and the 121st most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Alfred Carlton Gilbert ranks 407 out of 426. Before him are Joy Mangano, Charles Ammi Cutter, Herbert E. Ives, Clarence Birdseye, Kamil Tolon, and Marc Andreessen. After him are Harold Stephen Black, Lawrence Hargrave, Charles F. Kettering, Arunachalam Muruganantham, Arthur Fry, and Walter Frederick Morrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Alfred Carlton Gilbert ranks 254. Before him are Arthur Edmund Carewe, Alexander Bustamante, Carlyle Blackwell, Stuart Holmes, Bessie Barriscale, and John Francis Dillon. After him are Richard Louis Duckett, Lew Cody, Oscar Micheaux, Norman Thomas, Sandy Turnbull, and Sheridan Downey. Among people deceased in 1961, Alfred Carlton Gilbert ranks 201. Before him are Susanna M. Salter, Sumner Welles, Dorothy Thompson, Johan Sigfrid Sirén, Arnstein Arneberg, and George S. Kaufman. After him are George Irving, Maribel Vinson, George Formby, Marion Mahony Griffin, Charles Erwin Wilson, and Albert Bogen.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Carlton Gilbert ranks 12,602 out of 20,380. Before him are Marjorie Main (1890), Norman Lear (1922), Ruth Roland (1892), William McNamara (1965), Ruth R. Benerito (1916), and Katie Nageotte (1991). After him are Arthur Wightman (1922), Marc Blucas (1972), Neil Gorsuch (1967), Crystal Reed (1985), John 5 (1971), and Ashley Biden (1981).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Alfred Carlton Gilbert ranks 121. Before him are Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), Joy Mangano (1956), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), Herbert E. Ives (1882), Clarence Birdseye (1886), and Marc Andreessen (1971). After him are Harold Stephen Black (1898), Charles F. Kettering (1958), Arthur Fry (1931), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Sarah E. Goode (1855), and David Hahn (1976).

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