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Jack Andraka

1997 - Today

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Jack Thomas Andraka (born January 8, 1997) is an American who, as a high school student, won the Gordon E. Moore Award at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a method to possibly detect the early stages of pancreatic and other cancers. In 2018, as a junior majoring in anthropology and in electrical engineering at Stanford University, he was awarded the Truman Scholarship for his graduate studies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Andraka is the 420th most popular inventor (up from 425th in 2019), the 16,799th most popular biography from United States (up from 19,133rd in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jack Andraka ranks 420 out of 426. Before him are Sarah E. Goode, Frank Hornby, Richard Pearse, David Hahn, Boyan Slat, and Jarkko Oikarinen. After him are Tony Fadell, George Hotz, Franky Zapata, Wendell Brown, and Simone Giertz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Jack Andraka ranks 252. Before him are Guus Til, Enes Ünal, Luca Marini, Eunha, Xaver Schlager, and Leon Bailey. After him are Dean Henderson, Amadou Diawara, Ivica Zubac, Grant Fisher, Marin Pongračić, and Dawid Kownacki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Andraka ranks 16,806 out of 20,380. Before him are Hayley McFarland (1991), Jason Lezak (1975), Miguel Cardona (1975), Todd Stashwick (1968), Brant Daugherty (1985), and Ethan Embry (1978). After him are James Arnold Taylor (1969), Nick Nurse (1967), Marcus Williams (1985), Chris Vrenna (1967), Ray Armstead (1960), and Kemba Walker (1990).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Jack Andraka ranks 128. Before him are Harold Stephen Black (1898), Charles F. Kettering (1958), Arthur Fry (1931), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Sarah E. Goode (1855), and David Hahn (1976). After him are Tony Fadell (1969), George Hotz (1989), and Wendell Brown (1961).

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