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John DeLorean

1925 - 2005

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John Zachary DeLorean ( də-LOR-ee-ən; January 6, 1925 – March 19, 2005) was an American engineer, inventor, and executive in the U.S. automobile industry. He is widely known as founder of the DeLorean Motor Company, as well as for his work at General Motors. DeLorean managed the development of several vehicles throughout his career, including the Pontiac GTO, Pontiac Firebird, Pontiac Grand Prix, Chevrolet Cosworth Vega, and DMC DeLorean, which was featured in the 1985 film Back to the Future. He was the youngest division chief in General Motors history, then left to start the DeLorean Motor Company (DMC) in 1973. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John DeLorean is the 285th most popular businessperson (up from 295th in 2019), the 3,478th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,334th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, John DeLorean ranks 285 out of 847. Before him are Eric Trump, Serge Dassault, Sundar Pichai, Evangelos Zappas, Carlos Tavares, and Stefano Casiraghi. After him are Mino Raiola, Pavel Tretyakov, Edward Cave, Jared Kushner, Jerry Yang, and Ghislaine Maxwell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, John DeLorean ranks 165. Before him are Bob Hastings, Serge Dassault, Paul Wild, Donald O'Connor, Yuval Ne'eman, and Louison Bobet. After him are Francisco Álvarez Martínez, Maurice Pialat, Roger Hanin, Johnny Carson, June Whitfield, and Ilie Verdeț. Among people deceased in 2005, John DeLorean ranks 95. Before him are Vasco Gonçalves, Amrita Pritam, Alberto Lattuada, John Mills, Vincent Gigante, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante. After him are Johnny Carson, Sangoulé Lamizana, István Nyers, Teresa Wright, Eddie Albert, and Hermann Bondi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John DeLorean ranks 3,478 out of 20,380. Before him are Alicia Rhett (1915), Delbert Mann (1920), Anne Ramsey (1929), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (1950), Jennifer Beals (1963), and Will Patton (1954). After him are Lizzie Borden (1860), Whitey Bulger (1929), Derrick Rose (1988), Mary Astor (1906), Ralph Craig (1889), and Ed Sullivan (1901).

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Among businesspeople born in United States, John DeLorean ranks 96. Before him are Jack Daniel (1850), Fife Symington (1945), Amadeo Giannini (1870), Henry Flagler (1830), David Packard (1912), and Eric Trump (1984). After him are Jared Kushner (1981), Tommy Mottola (1949), Kirk Kerkorian (1917), John C. Bogle (1929), Katharine Graham (1917), and Larry Silverstein (1931).

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