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J. Walter Christie

1865 - 1944

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John Walter Christie (May 6, 1865 – January 11, 1944) was an American engineer and inventor. He is known best for developing the Christie suspension system used for several World War II-era tank designs, most notably the Soviet BT and T-34 tanks series, and the United Kingdom Crusader Cruiser tanks, as well as the Comet heavy cruiser tank. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. J. Walter Christie is the 143rd most popular engineer (down from 134th in 2019), the 3,727th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,904th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, J. Walter Christie ranks 143 out of 389. Before him are Johan August Brinell, Joseph M. Juran, Alexandre Darracq, John Loudon McAdam, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, and Pierre-Émile Martin. After him are Georges Leclanché, Vitaly Abalakov, Franz Reuleaux, John Scott Russell, Hellmuth Walter, and Marc Seguin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, J. Walter Christie ranks 85. Before him are Andrey Sheptytsky, Max Fabiani, Hannah Chaplin, Isaac Israëls, Archibald Leitch, and Max Nettlau. After him are Anandi Gopal Joshi, James Henry Breasted, Epitácio Pessoa, Henri Desgrange, Eugene Botkin, and Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont. Among people deceased in 1944, J. Walter Christie ranks 153. Before him are Carl Flesch, Wilhelm Falley, Joseph Caillaux, Max Nettlau, Walter Heitz, and Franz Kutschera. After him are Riccardo Zandonai, Léon Brunschvicg, Noor Inayat Khan, Lupe Vélez, Kaj Munk, and Mineichi Koga.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Walter Christie ranks 3,727 out of 20,380. Before him are Jim "Bad News" Barnes (1941), Ben Turpin (1869), Wendy Carlos (1939), John P. Ryan (1936), Jennifer Love Hewitt (1979), and Wayne Dyer (1940). After him are Brent Spiner (1949), Richard Tucker (1913), Harry Myers (1882), Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963), Clarence Zener (1905), and Winslow Homer (1836).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, J. Walter Christie ranks 12. Before him are Henry Gantt (1861), Jack Parsons (1914), Jack Swigert (1931), Vannevar Bush (1890), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), and Jimmy Doolittle (1896). After him are Kelly Johnson (1910), Joseph Strauss (1870), Eugene Stoner (1922), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Gene Kranz (1933), and Seymour Cray (1925).

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