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Donald Wills Douglas Sr.

1892 - 1981

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Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (April 6, 1892 – February 1, 1981) was an American aircraft industrialist and engineer. An aviation pioneer, he designed and built the Douglas Cloudster. Though it failed in its intended purpose—being the first to fly non-stop across the United States—it became the first airplane with a payload greater than its own weight. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Wills Douglas Sr. is the 96th most popular engineer (up from 288th in 2019), the 2,581st most popular biography from United States (up from 6,924th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 96 out of 389. Before him are Vannevar Bush, Patrick Head, Karl von Terzaghi, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, Robert Stephenson, and George Cayley. After him are Vasily Degtyaryov, Paul Cornu, Hans Ledwinka, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, André Courrèges, and Jimmy Doolittle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 91. Before him are Guo Moruo, Vita Sackville-West, Konstantin Paustovsky, Mirsaid Sultan-Galiev, Basil Rathbone, and Dietrich von Saucken. After him are Erich Brandenberger, Takeo Takagi, Richard Neutra, Reinhold Niebuhr, Radola Gajda, and Robert Watson-Watt. Among people deceased in 1981, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 57. Before him are Rómulo Betancourt, Gyula Lóránt, Mao Dun, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje, 16th Karmapa, Melvyn Douglas, and Josep Pla. After him are Heinz Kohut, Mike Hailwood, Giuseppe Pella, Lotte Reiniger, Franjo Šeper, and Ella Grasso.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 2,581 out of 20,380. Before him are Bettie Page (1923), Jennifer Grey (1960), Charles Dow (1851), Will Eisner (1917), Anne Archer (1947), and Jackie Jackson (1951). After him are Timothy D. Snyder (1969), Jim Lightbody (1882), Edward T. Hall (1914), Ethel Barrymore (1879), Ub Iwerks (1901), and Robert Todd Lincoln (1843).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 10. Before him are Howard H. Aiken (1900), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), Henry Gantt (1861), Jack Parsons (1914), Jack Swigert (1931), and Vannevar Bush (1890). After him are Jimmy Doolittle (1896), J. Walter Christie (1865), Kelly Johnson (1910), Joseph Strauss (1870), Eugene Stoner (1922), and Emily Warren Roebling (1843).

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