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George de Mestral

1907 - 1990

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George de Mestral ((1907-06-19)19 June 1907 – (1990-02-08)8 February 1990) was a Swiss electrical engineer who invented the hook and loop fastener which he named Velcro. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. George de Mestral is the 194th most popular inventor (down from 185th in 2019), the 232nd most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 223rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swiss Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George de Mestral ranks 194 out of 426. Before him are Johann Jacob Schweppe, Arnold Orville Beckman, Lucien Olivier, Larry Sanger, Sequoyah, and Johann Christoph Denner. After him are Viktor Schauberger, Ottaviano Petrucci, Garrett Morgan, J. Presper Eckert, Georges Claude, and Eunice Newton Foote.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, George de Mestral ranks 121. Before him are Sabahattin Ali, Víctor Paz Estenssoro, Charles Eames, William Steig, Roger Peyrefitte, and John Mauchly. After him are Ilona Elek, Sebastian Haffner, Pierre Pflimlin, Tino Rossi, Ramón de la Fuente Leal, and Helmuth James von Moltke. Among people deceased in 1990, George de Mestral ranks 90. Before him are Lewis Mumford, Thorbjørn Egner, Georgy Flyorov, Peter Taylor, Michel Leiris, and Lothar Collatz. After him are Joan Bennett, Sergei Dovlatov, Eduard Streltsov, Peter Wessel Zapffe, Wolfgang Schmieder, and Paul Ariste.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, George de Mestral ranks 232 out of 1,015. Before him are Leonardo Conti (1900), Simon Antoine Jean L'Huilier (1750), Pierre Edmond Boissier (1810), Meyer Guggenheim (1828), Joanna of Pfirt (1300), and Pierre Jeanneret (1896). After him are Emil Brunner (1889), Alois, Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein (1968), Robert Miles (1969), Ferdinand Kübler (1919), Raoul Pictet (1846), and Jean Vanier (1928).

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Among INVENTORS In Switzerland

Among inventors born in Switzerland, George de Mestral ranks 2. Before him are Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747). After him are Rodolphe Lindt (1855).

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