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Eugene Polley

1915 - 2012

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Eugene Polley (November 29, 1915 – May 20, 2012) was an electrical engineer and engineering manager for Zenith Electronics who invented the first wireless remote control for television. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugene Polley is the 284th most popular engineer (down from 263rd in 2019), the 7,331st most popular biography from United States (down from 5,893rd in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Eugene Polley ranks 284 out of 389. Before him are Émile Lemoine, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Rudy Van Gelder, Boris Chertok, Oskar von Miller, and Pierre-François Bouchard. After him are Friedrich L. Bauer, Charles Joseph Minard, Christopher Cockerell, Wilhelm Nusselt, Fulgence Bienvenüe, and Marc René, marquis de Montalembert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Eugene Polley ranks 199. Before him are Georges Guétary, Vic Buckingham, Jean Despeaux, Ion Bogdan, Derek Prince, and Boris Andreyev. After him are Fuad Abdurahmanov, Stu Hart, Harry Saltzman, Zero Mostel, Carla Marangoni, and Carmen Herrera. Among people deceased in 2012, Eugene Polley ranks 293. Before him are Dilhan Eryurt, Juan Pereda, Murray Rose, Victor Mees, Paul Shan Kuo-hsi, and Patrick Moore. After him are Vadim Glowna, Mark Midler, Barbara Ann Scott, Emmanuel Scheffer, Roland Moreno, and Richard D. Zanuck.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugene Polley ranks 7,333 out of 20,380. Before him are Bill Hagerty (1959), Guy Kawasaki (1954), Mike Dirnt (1972), Annette Haven (1954), Wayne Rogers (1933), and Edwin Hedley (1864). After him are Chris von Saltza (1944), Christina Hendricks (1975), Curtis T. McMullen (1958), Marion Lorne (1883), Michael Chiklis (1963), and Mare Winningham (1959).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Eugene Polley ranks 28. Before him are Ransom E. Olds (1864), Aron Ralston (1975), Butler Lampson (1943), Frances Spence (1922), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), and Rudy Van Gelder (1924). After him are Burt Rutan (1943), Frederick Terman (1900), Alan Shugart (1930), Kenneth Nichols (1907), Robert H. Dennard (1932), and K. Eric Drexler (1955).

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