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Eugene Stoner

1922 - 1997

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Eugene Morrison Stoner (November 22, 1922 – April 24, 1997) was an American machinist and firearms designer who is most associated with the development of the ArmaLite AR-15 rifle that was redesigned and modified by Colt's Patent Firearm Company for the United States military as the M16 rifle. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugene Stoner is the 202nd most popular engineer (down from 179th in 2019), the 4,964th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,767th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Eugene Stoner ranks 202 out of 389. Before him are Philippe LeBon, Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, Alexander Lodygin, François Hennebique, Vasily Mishin, and Adolphe Alphand. After him are Arthur Morin, Evgeny Paton, Franz Grashof, William Playfair, Emily Warren Roebling, and Alexander Kemurdzhian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Eugene Stoner ranks 218. Before him are Adil Çarçani, Saad el-Shazly, Herman Kahn, Arthur Hill, Joanne Dru, and Tetsurō Tamba. After him are Mariano Gonzalvo, Hilarion Capucci, Ester Mägi, Étienne Gailly, Gene Amdahl, and Vladimir Etush. Among people deceased in 1997, Eugene Stoner ranks 150. Before him are Witness Lee, Salvador Artigas, Adil Çarçani, John Akii-Bua, Afonsinho, and Heikki Savolainen. After him are Heikki A. Alikoski, Misael Pastrana Borrero, Robert H. Dicke, Brian Keith, Adriana Caselotti, and James A. Michener.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugene Stoner ranks 4,964 out of 20,380. Before him are Melissa Sue Anderson (1962), Johnny Nash (1940), Kyle Chandler (1965), Timothée Chalamet (1995), Quinn (null), and Jim Davis (1945). After him are Robert Mercer (1946), Lawrence Block (1938), John Henry Holland (1929), Ginger Lynn (1962), Genie (1957), and Peter Jason (1944).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Eugene Stoner ranks 15. Before him are Vannevar Bush (1890), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), J. Walter Christie (1865), Kelly Johnson (1910), and Joseph Strauss (1870). After him are Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Gene Kranz (1933), Seymour Cray (1925), Jon Postel (1943), Charles F. Brush (1849), and Ed Heinemann (1908).

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