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John Deere

1804 - 1886

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John Deere (February 7, 1804 – May 17, 1886) was an American blacksmith, businessman, inventor and politician. He founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction-equipment manufacturers in the world. Born in Rutland, Vermont, Deere moved to Illinois and invented the first commercially successful steel plow in 1837. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Deere is the 68th most popular inventor (down from 67th in 2019), the 892nd most popular biography from United States (down from 711th in 2019) and the 21st most popular American Inventor.

John Deere is a company that manufactures agricultural equipment, including tractors and harvesters.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Deere ranks 68 out of 426. Before him are Willis Carrier, Étienne Lenoir, Theodore Maiman, Louis Renault, Isaac Singer, and Alberto Santos-Dumont. After him are Henry Fox Talbot, Josephine Cochrane, Les Paul, Ruth Handler, Claude Chappe, and George Eastman.

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Among people born in 1804, John Deere ranks 17. Before him are Marie Taglioni, Mongkut, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Richard Owen, and Matthias Jakob Schleiden. After him are Eugène Sue, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Duke Alexander of Württemberg, Johan Ludvig Runeberg, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen, and Hermann Schlegel. Among people deceased in 1886, John Deere ranks 7. Before him are Emily Dickinson, Franz Liszt, Ramakrishna, Ludwig II of Bavaria, Leopold von Ranke, and Chester A. Arthur. After him are Amilcare Ponchielli, Friedrich Ferdinand von Beust, Asher Brown Durand, Alexander Ostrovsky, Ilya Ulyanov, and Prince Louis, Count of Trani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Deere ranks 892 out of 20,380. Before him are Frances E. Allen (1932), Alan J. Heeger (1936), David Koch (1940), Jack Palance (1919), Frederick Reines (1918), and Ray Kroc (1902). After him are Joe Louis (1914), Dick Van Dyke (1925), Frank Abagnale (1948), Sidney Lumet (1924), Harry Belafonte (1927), and Patrick Leahy (1940).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, John Deere ranks 21. Before him are Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Charles Goodyear (1800), William G. Morgan (1870), Willis Carrier (1876), Theodore Maiman (1927), and Isaac Singer (1811). After him are Josephine Cochrane (1839), Les Paul (1915), Ruth Handler (1916), George Eastman (1854), John Browning (1855), and Ray Tomlinson (1941).

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