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Jacob W. Davis

1831 - 1908

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Jacob William Davis (Latvian: Jākobs Jufess , May 14, 1831 – January 20, 1908) was a Latvian-American tailor of Latvian descent who is credited with inventing modern jeans. Growing up in Russian Empire, he emigrated to the United States as a young man and spent some time in Canada as well. He invented jeans by using sturdy cloth and rivets to strengthen weak points in the seams, and partnered with Levi Strauss to mass-produce them. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacob W. Davis is the 274th most popular inventor (down from 260th in 2019), the 106th most popular biography from Latvia (down from 91st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Latvian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jacob W. Davis ranks 274 out of 426. Before him are Louis Lumière, Alexandre Alexeieff, John Barnard, Colin Archer, Léon Gaumont, and Franz Xaver Gabelsberger. After him are Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, Alexander Bain, James Nasmyth, Frederick Scott Archer, Robert Cornelius, and Robert Ludvigovich Bartini.

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Among people born in 1831, Jacob W. Davis ranks 74. Before him are Ebenezer Cobb Morley, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Jovan Ristić, Richard Norman Shaw, Wilhelm His Sr., and Alexander, Prince of Lippe. After him are Salomon Jadassohn, Georg Sauerwein, Arsenio Martínez Campos, Gaston, Marquis de Galliffet, Edward Routh, and Gustav Radde. Among people deceased in 1908, Jacob W. Davis ranks 68. Before him are Nicolás Salmerón y Alonso, Belle Gunness, Doppo Kunikida, Gustav Karl Wilhelm Hermann Karsten, Walery Antoni Wróblewski, and Charles Barbier de Meynard. After him are Lester Allan Pelton, Valtazar Bogišić, Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Altenburg, Friedrich Paulsen, Ernest Hébert, and René Panhard.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Jacob W. Davis ranks 106 out of 323. Before him are Anatolijs Gorbunovs (1942), Walter Zapp (1905), Karl Davydov (1838), Jānis Krūmiņš (1930), Vija Artmane (1929), and Arkady Raikin (1911). After him are Zigfrīds Anna Meierovics (1887), Arvīds Pelše (1899), Balys Dvarionas (1904), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Lya Mara (1897), and Ernst von Bergmann (1836).

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Among INVENTORS In Latvia

Among inventors born in Latvia, Jacob W. Davis ranks 3. Before him are Friedrich Zander (1887), and Walter Zapp (1905).

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