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Charles Darrow

1889 - 1967

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Charles Brace Darrow (August 10, 1889 – August 28, 1967) was an American board game designer who is credited as the inventor of the board game Monopoly by Parker Brothers, the game's publisher. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Darrow is the 379th most popular inventor (down from 350th in 2019), the 9,615th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,698th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Charles Darrow ranks 379 out of 426. Before him are Tabitha Babbitt, Patricia Bath, John Milne, Henry J. Kaiser, Robert S. Langer, and Wordsworth Donisthorpe. After him are Frank Piasecki, Isaac Pitman, Barnes Wallis, Johan Vaaler, George Stibitz, and George Beauchamp.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Charles Darrow ranks 266. Before him are Menen Asfaw, Rolf Johnsson, James Chapin, Aleksei Dikiy, Claude McKay, and Artur Adson. After him are Wesley Ruggles, Joseph Ruttenberg, Alexander Patch, Paul Nash, Nikolai Aseev, and Conrad Aiken. Among people deceased in 1967, Charles Darrow ranks 250. Before him are Robert Daniel Carmichael, Samuel Mosberg, Gaetano Martino, Anatoly Maltsev, Hans Reissner, and Nathaniel Cartmell. After him are Anders Hylander, Joe Orton, Malcolm Sargent, Edward Givens, Simo Puupponen, and Oliverio Girondo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Darrow ranks 9,617 out of 20,380. Before him are Sally Struthers (1947), Nathaniel Cartmell (1883), Edward Abbey (1927), Sarah Silverman (1970), R. A. Lafferty (1914), and John Berryman (1914). After him are Joe Bonamassa (1977), Fannie Flagg (1944), Paul Creston (1906), Mary Philbin (1902), Pete Rademacher (1928), and Justin Gaethje (1988).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Charles Darrow ranks 102. Before him are Frank J. Sprague (1857), Amar Bose (1929), Tabitha Babbitt (1779), Patricia Bath (1942), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), and Robert S. Langer (1948). After him are Frank Piasecki (1919), George Stibitz (1904), George Beauchamp (1899), Oliver Evans (1755), Gary Fisher (1950), and Dean Kamen (1951).

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