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Frank Piasecki

1919 - 2008

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Frank Nicolas Piasecki ( pee-ə-SEK-ee; Polish: [pjaˈsɛtski]; October 24, 1919 – February 11, 2008) was an American engineer and helicopter aviation pioneer. Piasecki pioneered tandem rotor helicopter designs and created the compound helicopter concept of vectored thrust using a ducted propeller. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Piasecki is the 380th most popular inventor (down from 371st in 2019), the 9,712th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,376th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Frank Piasecki ranks 380 out of 426. Before him are Patricia Bath, John Milne, Henry J. Kaiser, Robert S. Langer, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, and Charles Darrow. After him are Isaac Pitman, Barnes Wallis, Johan Vaaler, George Stibitz, George Beauchamp, and Robin Li.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Frank Piasecki ranks 301. Before him are George E. P. Box, Marge Champion, Hans Klenk, Nina Dumbadze, Eric Thompson, and Fenny Heemskerk. After him are André Guelfi, Richard Scarry, Fritz Schwab, Louise Bennett-Coverley, Henriette Avram, and Karel Senecký. Among people deceased in 2008, Frank Piasecki ranks 316. Before him are Margaret Truman, Harvey Korman, Rubén Héctor Sosa, Jo Stafford, Ai Iijima, and Edie Adams. After him are Monica Lovinescu, Algis Budrys, Roberto Sosa, Gennadi Volnov, Manorama, and Benoît Lamy.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Piasecki ranks 9,714 out of 20,380. Before him are Magic Slim (1937), David Frankel (1959), Carey Bell (1936), Harry Blanchard (1929), Edie Adams (1927), and Catherine E. Coulson (1943). After him are David A. Johnston (1949), Jeff Scott Soto (1965), Sam Robards (1961), Aline MacMahon (1899), Greg Grunberg (1966), and Bill Black (1926).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Frank Piasecki ranks 103. Before him are Amar Bose (1929), Tabitha Babbitt (1779), Patricia Bath (1942), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Robert S. Langer (1948), and Charles Darrow (1889). After him are George Stibitz (1904), George Beauchamp (1899), Oliver Evans (1755), Gary Fisher (1950), Dean Kamen (1951), and Bette Nesmith Graham (1924).

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