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Elias Howe

1819 - 1867

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Elias Howe Jr. (; July 9, 1819 – October 3, 1867) was an American inventor best known for his creation of the modern lockstitch sewing machine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Elias Howe is the 138th most popular inventor (up from 146th in 2019), the 2,142nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,978th in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Elias Howe ranks 138 out of 426. Before him are W. O. Bentley, Percy Spencer, Elisha Gray, Josef Ressel, Hugo Schmeisser, and Zénobe Gramme. After him are Mary the Jewess, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Taiichi Ohno, Louis Le Prince, Cornelis Drebbel, and John Kay.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Elias Howe ranks 30. Before him are Cyrus West Field, Théodore Chassériau, Francis V, Duke of Modena, Johan Jongkind, Allan Pinkerton, and Louise Marie Thérèse of Artois. After him are Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia, Abner Doubleday, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Otto Wilhelm von Struve, Christopher Latham Sholes, and Felice Orsini. Among people deceased in 1867, Elias Howe ranks 18. Before him are Prince William of Hesse-Kassel, Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Victor Cousin, Princess Sophie of Saxony, William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, and James Ferguson. After him are Peter von Cornelius, Giovanni Pacini, Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel, Archduke Stephen, Palatine of Hungary, Théophile-Jules Pelouze, and Archduchess Mathilda of Austria.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elias Howe ranks 2,142 out of 20,380. Before him are Sydne Rome (1951), John Cena (1977), Lloyd Shapley (1923), Edward James Olmos (1947), Veronica Lake (1922), and Steve McCurry (1950). After him are Vincent Schiavelli (1948), Jack White (1975), Dan Simmons (1948), Billy Milligan (1955), Lillian Asplund (1906), and Joan Allen (1956).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Elias Howe ranks 40. Before him are Jacque Fresco (1916), Robert Noyce (1927), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), Percy Spencer (1894), and Elisha Gray (1835). After him are Peter Cooper (1791), Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), Mary Anderson (1862), Robert Moog (1934), Christopher Latham Sholes (1819), and Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890).

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