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George Pullman

1831 - 1897

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George Mortimer Pullman (March 3, 1831 – October 19, 1897) was an American engineer and industrialist. He designed and manufactured the Pullman sleeping car and founded a company town in Chicago for the workers who manufactured it. This ultimately led to the Pullman Strike due to the high rent prices charged for company housing and low wages paid by the Pullman Company. His Pullman Company also hired black men to staff the Pullman cars, known as Pullman porters, who provided elite service and were compensated only in tips. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Pullman is the 255th most popular inventor (down from 223rd in 2019), the 4,853rd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,388th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Pullman ranks 255 out of 426. Before him are François Isaac de Rivaz, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Peter Madsen, Marcian Hoff, Vittorio Jano, and Clive Sinclair. After him are Eugen Langen, Glenn Curtiss, Hary Gunarto, Adolf Martens, Arthur Wynne, and Michael S. Hart.

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Among people born in 1831, George Pullman ranks 64. Before him are Johann von Herbeck, Hendrik Willem Mesdag, Paolo Mantegazza, Fatima Sheikh, Wojciech Gerson, and Theodor Aman. After him are José Evaristo Uriburu, Alexandre Falguière, Subh-i-Azal, Ebenezer Cobb Morley, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, and Jovan Ristić. Among people deceased in 1897, George Pullman ranks 47. Before him are Infanta Isabel Fernanda of Spain, Ion Ghica, Robert Themptander, Karol Mikuli, Panteleimon Kulish, and Claude Thomas Alexis Jordan. After him are Charles Boycott, Émile Levassor, Carl Remigius Fresenius, Dimitrie Ghica, Rutherford Alcock, and Lea Ahlborn.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Pullman ranks 4,853 out of 20,380. Before him are R. J. Palacio (1963), Sarah Childress Polk (1803), Larry Semon (1889), Sean Astin (1971), Marvin Hamlisch (1944), and Peter Benchley (1940). After him are Tommy Johnson (1896), Robert Z. Leonard (1889), Louis J. Mordell (1888), Floyd Council (1911), Lamar Smith (1947), and Paul Reiser (1957).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, George Pullman ranks 65. Before him are Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), Laurens Hammond (1895), John Wesley Hyatt (1837), Philo Farnsworth (1906), Charles Martin Hall (1863), and Marcian Hoff (1937). After him are Glenn Curtiss (1878), Michael S. Hart (1947), Ray Dolby (1933), Robert Cornelius (1809), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), and Valerie Thomas (1943).

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