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John Barnard

1946 - Today

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John Edward Barnard, (born 4 May 1946) is an English engineer and racing car designer. Barnard is credited with the introduction of two new designs into Formula One: the carbon fibre composite chassis first seen in 1981 with McLaren, and the semi-automatic gearbox with shift paddles on the steering wheel, which he introduced with Ferrari in 1989. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Barnard is the 270th most popular inventor (up from 278th in 2019), the 2,942nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,716th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Barnard ranks 270 out of 426. Before him are Walter Zapp, Gerald Bull, Ray Dolby, Henri Fabre, Louis Lumière, and Alexandre Alexeieff. After him are Colin Archer, Léon Gaumont, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Jacob W. Davis, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, and Alexander Bain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, John Barnard ranks 390. Before him are Carmine Appice, Ricky Hui, Barry Hulshoff, Henry Paulson, Gregory Hines, and Zhang Dejiang. After him are Colin Burgess, Gitte Hænning, Rabah Saâdane, Ado, Ricky Bruch, and Hiroshi Ochiai.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Barnard ranks 2,943 out of 8,785. Before him are Frank Watson Dyson (1868), John Ainsworth-Davis (1895), Max Horton (1883), Galyani Vadhana (1923), Lottie Dod (1871), and Neil Young (1944). After him are Mary Sidney (1561), Charles Burney (1726), Ray Lankester (1847), Leslie Stephen (1832), John Rutter (1945), and Georgette Heyer (1902).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, John Barnard ranks 41. Before him are Robert Whitehead (1823), Henry Maudslay (1771), Alexander Parkes (1813), John Kemp Starley (1854), Clive Sinclair (1940), and Arthur Wynne (1871). After him are Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), Alexander Bain (1810), James Nasmyth (1808), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Joseph Aspdin (1778), and Joseph Whitworth (1803).

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