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George Westinghouse

1846 - 1914

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George Westinghouse Jr. (October 6, 1846 – March 12, 1914) was a prolific American inventor, engineer, and entrepreneurial industrialist based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his creation of the railway air brake and for being a pioneer in the development and use of alternating current (AC) electrical power distribution. During his career, he received 360 patents for his inventions and established 61 companies, many of which still exist today. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George Westinghouse is the 49th most popular inventor (down from 34th in 2019), the 610th most popular biography from United States (down from 320th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Inventor.

George Westinghouse is most famous for his invention of the air brake.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Westinghouse ranks 49 out of 426. Before him are Adolphe Sax, Wilhelm Maybach, Herman Hollerith, Robert Fulton, Steve Wozniak, and Karl Drais. After him are Douglas Engelbart, Konrad Zuse, Hiram Maxim, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Richard Trevithick, and Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1846, George Westinghouse ranks 8. Before him are Henryk Sienkiewicz, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, Peter Carl Fabergé, Wilhelm Maybach, Buffalo Bill, and Comte de Lautréamont. After him are Edmondo De Amicis, Wladimir Köppen, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, and Edward Charles Pickering. Among people deceased in 1914, George Westinghouse ranks 11. Before him are Frédéric Mistral, Paul Heyse, Charles Sanders Peirce, Carol I of Romania, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, and Eugen Böhm von Bawerk. After him are Georg Trakl, Jean Jaurès, August Weismann, August Macke, Ismail Gaspirali, and Eduard Suess.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Westinghouse ranks 610 out of 20,380. Before him are Michael Keaton (1951), Lewis H. Morgan (1818), George E. Smith (1930), George Armstrong Custer (1839), Jared Leto (1971), and Louise Glück (1943). After him are J. Edgar Hoover (1895), Nick Nolte (1941), Jim Simons (1938), Howard Gardner (1943), Warren Beatty (1937), and Michael Porter (1947).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, George Westinghouse ranks 12. Before him are Jimmy Wales (1966), Samuel Colt (1814), Bob Kahn (1938), Herman Hollerith (1860), Robert Fulton (1765), and Steve Wozniak (1950). After him are Douglas Engelbart (1925), Hiram Maxim (1840), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Charles Goodyear (1800), William G. Morgan (1870), and Willis Carrier (1876).

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