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John Fitch

1743 - 1798

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John Fitch (January 21, 1743 – July 2, 1798) was an American inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur, and engineer. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States. The first boat, 45 feet long, was tested on the Delaware River by Fitch and his design assistant Steven Pagano. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2024). John Fitch is the 354th most popular inventor (down from 348th in 2024), the 8,165th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,544th in 2019) and the 89th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Fitch ranks 354 out of 426. Before him are Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Henry M. Leland, Thomas Wedgwood, Kálmán Tihanyi, Albrecht Berblinger, and Kazimierz Prószyński. After him are Dan Bricklin, Per Georg Scheutz, Jay Miner, Margaret E. Knight, Joseph Bramah, and František Křižík.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1743, John Fitch ranks 34. Before him are Johannes Ewald, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Elisabeth Christina von Linné, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Johann David Wyss, and Marmaduke Tunstall.  Among people deceased in 1798, John Fitch ranks 24. Before him are Antoine de Chézy, Gaetano Pugnani, Christian Cannabich, François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, Laurynas Gucevičius, and Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda. After him are Thomas Pennant, Karl Wilhelm Ramler, and Wolfe Tone.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Fitch ranks 8,167 out of 20,380. Before him are Pete Docter (1968), Marc Alaimo (1942), Eleanor Powell (1912), Alex Rodriguez (1975), Jamie Hyneman (1956), and Peyton List (1998). After him are Dan Bricklin (1951), Hank Mann (1888), Anne Smith (1959), Joshua Bell (1967), Austin Butler (1991), and Hal Connolly (1931).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, John Fitch ranks 89. Before him are George Devol (1912), Jack Northrop (1895), Hannibal Goodwin (1822), Joseph Engelberger (1925), Edward Lawry Norton (1898), and Henry M. Leland (1843). After him are Dan Bricklin (1951), Jay Miner (1932), Margaret E. Knight (1838), Orville Gibson (1856), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), and Ken Olsen (1926).

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