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Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr.

1868 - 1924

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Frank Bunker Gilbreth (July 7, 1868 – June 14, 1924) was an American engineer, consultant, and author known as an early advocate of scientific management and a pioneer of time and motion study, and is perhaps best known as the father and central figure of Cheaper by the Dozen. Both he and his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth were industrial engineers and efficiency experts who contributed to the study of industrial engineering in fields such as motion study and human factors. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. is the 54th most popular engineer (up from 86th in 2019), the 1,581st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,886th in 2019) and the 5th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. ranks 54 out of 389. Before him are Pavel Sukhoi, Viktor Bryukhanov, Bjarne Stroustrup, Marcello Gandini, Ernst Heinkel, and Godfrey Hounsfield. After him are William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, John Ambrose Fleming, Kurt Gerstein, Valentin Glushko, Su Song, and Masaru Ibuka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. ranks 50. Before him are Édouard Vuillard, Magnus Hirschfeld, Eleanor H. Porter, Alexandra David-Néel, Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Koloman Moser. After him are Gustav Noske, Paul P. Harris, Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse, Jane Avril, Alfred Weber, and Myrtle Corbin. Among people deceased in 1924, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. ranks 28. Before him are Léon Bakst, Eleonora Duse, Alexander Parvus, Giacomo Matteotti, Karl Denke, and Teófilo Braga. After him are Paul Natorp, G. Stanley Hall, Helge von Koch, Lyubov Popova, Fernand Cormon, and Ziya Gökalp.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. ranks 1,581 out of 20,380. Before him are Cordell Hull (1871), Jack Black (1969), Walter Hunt (1796), Cyrus Vance (1917), Mamie Eisenhower (1896), and Billie Eilish (2001). After him are William Friedkin (1935), Alfred G. Gilman (1941), Donna Haraway (1944), Carl Woese (1928), Jeff Lindsay (1952), and Louis Zamperini (1917).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. ranks 5. Before him are Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856), Jack Kilby (1923), Leslie Groves (1896), and Howard H. Aiken (1900). After him are Henry Gantt (1861), Jack Parsons (1914), Jack Swigert (1931), Vannevar Bush (1890), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), and J. Walter Christie (1865).

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