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Jacque Fresco

1916 - 2017

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Jacque Fresco (March 13, 1916 – May 18, 2017) was an American futurist and self-described social engineer. Self-taught, he worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design. Fresco wrote and lectured his views on sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural-resource management, cybernetic technology, automation, and the role of science in society. He directed The Venus Project and advocated global implementation of a socioeconomic system which he referred to as a "resource-based economy". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacque Fresco is the 116th most popular inventor (down from 103rd in 2019), the 1,760th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,249th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Inventor.

Jacque Fresco is most famous for his "Venus Project" which is a plan to create a sustainable society.

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Among inventors, Jacque Fresco ranks 116 out of 426. Before him are Vladimir K. Zworykin, William Webb Ellis, Johann Philipp Reis, David Bushnell, Josiah Warren, and Clément Ader. After him are Robert Noyce, James Hargreaves, Edmund Cartwright, Theobald Boehm, Franz Reichelt, and Samuel Crompton.

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Among people born in 1916, Jacque Fresco ranks 57. Before him are Ephraim Katzir, Carl Johan Bernadotte, Dương Văn Minh, Alberto Ginastera, Consuelo Velázquez, and Kristján Eldjárn. After him are Glenn Ford, Lilian, Princess of Réthy, Rafael Caldera, Michael Gough, Saburō Sakai, and Henri Dutilleux. Among people deceased in 2017, Jacque Fresco ranks 76. Before him are Magdalena Abakanowicz, Georges Prêtre, Chris Cornell, Piet Keizer, Yasuyuki Kuwahara, and Pierre Bergé. After him are Peter L. Berger, René Préval, Azzedine Alaïa, Nicolai Gedda, Michael Nyqvist, and Zhou Youguang.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacque Fresco ranks 1,760 out of 20,380. Before him are Kendall Jenner (1995), Lee Grant (1927), Anthony Mann (1906), George C. Williams (1926), Burt Bacharach (1928), and Joseph L. Goldstein (1940). After him are Thomas Schelling (1921), Stevie Nicks (1948), Ronald Dworkin (1931), Courtney Love (1964), William C. McCool (1961), and Hugh Glass (1783).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Jacque Fresco ranks 34. Before him are Raymond Damadian (1936), Leo Fender (1909), Elisha Otis (1811), Walter Hunt (1796), David Bushnell (1742), and Josiah Warren (1798). After him are Robert Noyce (1927), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), Percy Spencer (1894), Elisha Gray (1835), and Elias Howe (1819).

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