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Gerald Bull

1928 - 1990

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Gerald Vincent Bull (March 9, 1928 – March 22, 1990) was a Canadian engineer who developed long-range artillery. He moved from project to project in his quest to economically launch a satellite using a huge artillery piece, to which end he designed the Project Babylon "supergun" for Saddam Hussein's government in Iraq. Bull was assassinated outside his apartment in Brussels, Belgium, in March 1990. His assassination is believed to be the work of the Mossad over his work for the Iraqi government. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gerald Bull is the 265th most popular inventor (down from 212th in 2019), the 267th most popular biography from Canada (down from 148th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Gerald Bull ranks 265 out of 426. Before him are Adolf Martens, Arthur Wynne, Michael S. Hart, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Angelo Moriondo, and Walter Zapp. After him are Ray Dolby, Henri Fabre, Louis Lumière, Alexandre Alexeieff, John Barnard, and Colin Archer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Gerald Bull ranks 291. Before him are Karl Josef Becker, Miguel Poblet, Torben Ulrich, Veijo Meri, Tahir Salahov, and Kevin Hagen. After him are Flóra Kádár, Estelle Harris, Edgar Schein, Pierre Étaix, Emilio Pericoli, and Robert Byrne. Among people deceased in 1990, Gerald Bull ranks 146. Before him are Jorge Bolet, Alberto Lleras Camargo, Xu Xiangqian, Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar, Otto E. Neugebauer, and Rocky Graziano. After him are Mario Pizziolo, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Alfred Sauvy, Edwin O. Reischauer, Robert Cummings, and Sabicas.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Gerald Bull ranks 267 out of 1,622. Before him are Roddy Piper (1954), Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (1975), Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907), Frank Dux (1956), Kenneth Welsh (1942), and Earl Thomson (1895). After him are John Murray (1841), John Kricfalusi (1955), Michael Bublé (1975), Ray Bourque (1960), Michael Wincott (1958), and Terry Fox (1958).

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Among INVENTORS In Canada

Among inventors born in Canada, Gerald Bull ranks 4. Before him are James Naismith (1861), Reginald Fessenden (1866), and Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907). After him are Yvonne Brill (1924).

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