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Genrich Altshuller

1926 - 1998

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Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller (Russian: Ге́нрих Сау́лович Альтшу́ллер, pronounced [ˈɡʲɛnrʲɪx sɐˈuləvʲɪtɕ əlʲtʂulʲɪr]; 15 October 1926 – 24 September 1998) was a Soviet engineer, inventor, and writer. He is most notable for creating the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, better known by its Russian acronym TRIZ. He founded the Azerbaijan Public Institute for Inventive Creation and was the first President of the TRIZ Association. He also wrote science fiction under the penname Genrikh Altov. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Genrich Altshuller is the 286th most popular inventor (down from 234th in 2019), the 47th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 37th in 2019) and the most popular Uzbekistani Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Genrich Altshuller ranks 286 out of 426. Before him are Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Joseph Aspdin, Lester Allan Pelton, Valerie Thomas, Joseph Whitworth, and Beulah Louise Henry. After him are Ottomar Anschütz, Cyrus McCormick, Mark Rober, Ralph Hartley, Petrache Poenaru, and Frank Zamboni.

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Among people born in 1926, Genrich Altshuller ranks 274. Before him are Robert Ballaman, Heriberto Herrera, Erich Juskowiak, Pascual Pérez, Otto Graf Lambsdorff, and Lev Dyomin. After him are Tadeusz Konwicki, Alfreda Markowska, Giancarlo Bergamini, José Manuel Estepa Llaurens, Shigeru Kayano, and Veikko Karvonen. Among people deceased in 1998, Genrich Altshuller ranks 173. Before him are Tammy Wynette, Victor Papanek, Jafar Sharif-Emami, António Ribeiro, Luis Cruz, and Zezé Moreira. After him are Jon Postel, Konstantinos Kollias, Michèle Arnaud, Laila Schou Nilsen, Keith Newton, and Julio César Britos.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Genrich Altshuller ranks 47 out of 190. Before him are Yuri Antonov (1945), Zulfiya (1915), Halyna Sevruk (1929), Nigmatilla Yuldashev (1962), Abdurauf Fitrat (1885), and Djamolidine Abdoujaparov (1964). After him are Akmal Ikramov (1898), Gʻafur Gʻulom (1903), Gulnara Karimova (1972), Nasrullah Khan (1874), Rafiq Nishonov (1926), and Oʻtkir Sultonov (1939).

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Among INVENTORS In Uzbekistan

Among inventors born in Uzbekistan, Genrich Altshuller ranks 1. 

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