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Frank Zamboni

1901 - 1988

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Frank Joseph Zamboni Jr. (, Italian: [dzamˈboːni]; January 16, 1901 – July 27, 1988) was an American businessman and inventor whose most famous invention is the modern ice resurfacer, with his surname being registered as a trademark for these devices. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Zamboni is the 292nd most popular inventor (down from 245th in 2019), the 5,950th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,842nd in 2019) and the 76th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Frank Zamboni ranks 292 out of 426. Before him are Genrich Altshuller, Ottomar Anschütz, Cyrus McCormick, Mark Rober, Ralph Hartley, and Petrache Poenaru. After him are Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Max Valier, Samuel Morland, Jacob Perkins, Mohamed M. Atalla, and Kálmán Kandó.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Frank Zamboni ranks 206. Before him are Louis Boyer, Gustav Knuth, Arne Borg, Mark Oliphant, Arleigh Burke, and Haj Ali Razmara. After him are Hugo Haas, Alfred Müller-Armack, Frederick Loewe, Louis Clarke, Daniel-Rops, and Luis Brunetto. Among people deceased in 1988, Frank Zamboni ranks 136. Before him are Fritz Heider, Roy Buchanan, Joshua Logan, Michel Auclair, Mike Beuttler, and Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. After him are Herluf Bidstrup, Rodolpho Barteczko, Steve Anderson, Alfred Kelbassa, Steno, and Frederick Loewe.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Zamboni ranks 5,950 out of 20,380. Before him are Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. (1935), Edward S. Curtis (1868), Vanessa del Rio (1952), Richmond K. Turner (1885), Gary Chapman (1938), and Linda Fiorentino (1958). After him are John Mayer (1977), Michael Peña (1976), Kevin MacLeod (1972), Bob Crane (1928), Frank Rosenblatt (1928), and Burrill Bernard Crohn (1884).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Frank Zamboni ranks 76. Before him are Lester Allan Pelton (1829), Valerie Thomas (1943), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Mark Rober (1980), and Ralph Hartley (1888). After him are Jacob Perkins (1766), L. L. Langstroth (1810), Marion Donovan (1917), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), and Almon Brown Strowger (1839).

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