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David Hahn

1976 - 2016

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David Charles Hahn (October 30, 1976 – September 27, 2016), sometimes called the "Radioactive Boy Scout" and the "Nuclear Boy Scout" was an American nuclear radiation enthusiast who attempted to build a homemade nuclear reactor at the age of seventeen. A scout in the Boy Scouts of America, Hahn conducted his experiments in secret in a backyard shed at his mother's house in Commerce Township, Michigan. Hahn's goal was to build and demonstrate a homemade breeder reactor. While he never managed to build a reactor, in August 1994, Hahn's progress attracted the attention of local police when they found concerning material in his vehicle during a stop for a separate matter. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2024). David Hahn is the 418th most popular inventor (up from 420th in 2024), the 15,415th most popular biography from United States (up from 15,962nd in 2019) and the 127th most popular American Inventor.

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Among inventors, David Hahn ranks 418 out of 426. Before him are Arunachalam Muruganantham, Arthur Fry, Walter Frederick Morrison, Sarah E. Goode, Frank Hornby, and Richard Pearse. After him are Curt O. Schaller, Shiva Ayyadurai, Boyan Slat, Jarkko Oikarinen, Jack Andraka, and Tony Fadell.

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Among people born in 1976, David Hahn ranks 606. Before him are Paolo Meneguzzi, Virpi Sarasvuo, Gonzalo de los Santos, Yoshiyuki Morisaki, Dedimar, and Tami Kiuru. After him are Hanno Möttölä, Talal El Karkouri, Óscar Sevilla, Synnøve Macody Lund, Hamza Yerlikaya, and Lorne Balfe. Among people deceased in 2016, David Hahn ranks 600. Before him are Dalian Atkinson, Donald Henderson, Balram Jakhar, Ali Hussein Shihab, Deborah S. Jin, and Sahabzada Yaqub Khan. After him are Ralph Stanley, Ronnie Corbett, Lonnie Mack, Vasyl Slipak, David Herd, and Rose Mofford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Hahn ranks 15,421 out of 20,380. Before him are Chris Wood (1988), Bob Mould (1960), Kayla Ewell (1985), Mark Patton (1959), Pamela Gidley (1965), and Beth Heiden (1959). After him are U-God (1970), Milorad Čavić (1984), Chris Shiflett (1971), Dan Peters (1967), Ann Romney (1949), and Lilibet Mountbatten-Windsor (2021).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, David Hahn ranks 127. Before him are Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Harold Stephen Black (1898), Charles F. Kettering (1958), Arthur Fry (1931), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), and Sarah E. Goode (1855). After him are Jack Andraka (1997), Tony Fadell (1969), George Hotz (1989), Wendell Brown (1961), Ryan Dahl (1981), and Sangeeta Bhatia (1968).

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