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Clarence Birdseye

1886 - 1956

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Clarence Birdseye (December 9, 1886 – October 7, 1956) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and naturalist, considered the founder of the modern frozen food industry. He founded the frozen food company Birds Eye. Among his inventions during his career was the double belt freezer. One of nine children, Birdseye grew up in New York City before heading to Amherst College and began his scientific career with the U.S. government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). Clarence Birdseye is the 405th most popular inventor (up from 408th in 2024), the 12,224th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,111th in 2019) and the 119th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Clarence Birdseye ranks 405 out of 426. Before him are Stanford R. Ovshinsky, John Whitehurst, Roger C. Field, Joy Mangano, Charles Ammi Cutter, and Herbert E. Ives. After him are Kamil Tolon, Marc Andreessen, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Harold Stephen Black, Lawrence Hargrave, and Charles F. Kettering.

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Among people born in 1886, Clarence Birdseye ranks 299. Before him are Spring Byington, Richard Mulcahy, Crane Wilbur, Pauline Bush, Rudolf Degermark, and Sam Langford. After him are Luis Alberni, Nellie Sengupta, John Jacob Astor, 1st Baron Astor of Hever, Ronald Firbank, Gus Kahn, and Maggie Laubser. Among people deceased in 1956, Clarence Birdseye ranks 222. Before him are Katherine MacDonald, Tom Whittaker, Henry Stephenson, Paul Kelly, Sam Langford, and Margaret Wycherly. After him are Ivan Dresser, Elsie Janis, Holmes Herbert, Michael Arlen, Ernst Loof, and Walt Faulkner.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Clarence Birdseye ranks 12,227 out of 20,380. Before him are Rob Paulsen (1956), Caroll Spinney (1933), Jeff Monson (1971), Robert M. T. Hunter (1809), Marilu Henner (1952), and Louis Fischer (1896). After him are Kitty Wells (1919), J. P. Donleavy (1926), Olive Borden (1906), Alain LeRoy Locke (1885), Ansel Elgort (1994), and Pauline Frederick (1883).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Clarence Birdseye ranks 119. Before him are John F. Seitz (1892), Granville Woods (1856), Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), Joy Mangano (1956), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), and Herbert E. Ives (1882). After him are Marc Andreessen (1971), Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Harold Stephen Black (1898), Charles F. Kettering (1958), Arthur Fry (1931), and Walter Frederick Morrison (1920).

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