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Edward A. Murphy Jr.

1918 - 1990

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Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. He is best known for his namesake "Murphy's law", which is said to be "Anything that can go wrong will go wrong". Born in the Panama Canal Zone in 1918, Murphy was the eldest of five children. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Edward A. Murphy Jr. is the 68th most popular engineer (up from 79th in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Panama (up from 6th in 2019) and the most popular Panamanian Engineer.

Murphy is most famous for his "Murphy's Law," which states that "anything that can go wrong will go wrong."

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Edward A. Murphy Jr. ranks 68 out of 389. Before him are Henry Gantt, Hans Kammler, Mikhail Gurevich, Adam Czerniaków, Yuri Kondratyuk, and Charles George Gordon. After him are Hidesaburō Ueno, Jack Parsons, Arthur Scherbius, Moshe Arens, Alexander Wienerberger, and Viktor Belenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1918, Edward A. Murphy Jr. ranks 75. Before him are Kazu Naoki, Henryk Szeryng, Mary Anderson, Kakuei Tanaka, John Forsythe, and Jeff Chandler. After him are Spiro Agnew, W. Eugene Smith, Jin Youzhi, B. K. S. Iyengar, Gabriel Axel, and Volodymyr Shcherbytsky. Among people deceased in 1990, Edward A. Murphy Jr. ranks 56. Before him are John Stewart Bell, Robert Noyce, Alexander Pechersky, Reinaldo Arenas, Delphine Seyrig, and Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. After him are Jill Ireland, Arthur Samuel, Vasili Kuznetsov, Philippe Soupault, Stevie Ray Vaughan, and Taiichi Ohno.

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In Panama

Among people born in Panama, Edward A. Murphy Jr. ranks 5 out of 71. Before him are Manuel Noriega (1934), John McCain (1936), Carlos Fuentes (1928), and Omar Torrijos (1929). After him are Roberto Durán (1951), Rubén Blades (1948), Miguel Bosé (1956), Ricardo Martinelli (1952), Laurentino Cortizo (1953), Mireya Moscoso (1946), and Billy Cobham (1944).

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Among ENGINEERS In Panama

Among engineers born in Panama, Edward A. Murphy Jr. ranks 1. 

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