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John Lombe

1693 - 1722

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John Lombe (1693 in Norwich – 20 November 1722 in Derby) was a silk spinner in the 18th century Derby, England. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Lombe is the 356th most popular engineer (up from 357th in 2024), the 5,651st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,635th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, John Lombe ranks 356 out of 389. Before him are Johan Rockström, Bob Bell, Mehdi Jomaa, Willy Ley, Vladimir Barmin, and Ivan Artobolevsky. After him are Kevin Warwick, Robert R. Gilruth, Nicholas Tombazis, Tom Dowd, Otmar Szafnauer, and Robert Zubrin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1693, John Lombe ranks 12. Before him are Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Georg Rafael Donner, Abul Khair Khan, and Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin.  Among people deceased in 1722, John Lombe ranks 21. Before him are Antoine Coypel, Sébastien Vaillant, Johann Jacob Bach, Christoph Dientzenhofer, Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg, and Giovanni II Cornaro.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Lombe ranks 5,653 out of 8,785. Before him are Charlotte Riley (1981), Stephen Lee (1974), Zuleikha Robinson (1977), Howard Hodgkin (1932), John Stainer (1840), and Andy Powell (1950). After him are Ann Packer (1942), Heather Mills (1968), John Addington Symonds (1840), Maureen Gardner (1928), Peter Glenville (1913), and Phoebe Waller-Bridge (1985).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, John Lombe ranks 43. Before him are Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), R. J. Mitchell (1895), Harry Ricardo (1885), Pat Symonds (1953), Tommy Flowers (1905), and Bob Bell (1958). After him are Kevin Warwick (1954), Tom Kilburn (1921), Pat Fry (1964), Mike Gascoyne (1963), Mike Coughlan (1959), and John Rennie the Elder (1761).

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