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Joseph-Armand Bombardier

1907 - 1964

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Joseph-Armand Bombardier (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf aʁmɑ̃ bɔ̃baʁdje]; April 16, 1907 – February 18, 1964) was a Canadian inventor and businessman who was the founder of Bombardier. His most famous invention was a snowmobile. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph-Armand Bombardier is the 262nd most popular inventor, the 262nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 221st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Canadian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Joseph-Armand Bombardier ranks 262 out of 426. Before him are Eugen Langen, Glenn Curtiss, Hary Gunarto, Adolf Martens, Arthur Wynne, and Michael S. Hart. After him are Angelo Moriondo, Walter Zapp, Gerald Bull, Ray Dolby, Henri Fabre, and Louis Lumière.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Joseph-Armand Bombardier ranks 193. Before him are Mark Krein, Jean Carzou, Fritz Szepan, Heikki Savolainen, Victor Capesius, and Peggy Ashcroft. After him are George Baird, Roger Vailland, František Junek, Amedeo Nazzari, Benny Carter, and James A. Michener. Among people deceased in 1964, Joseph-Armand Bombardier ranks 106. Before him are Bodil Ipsen, Aloïse Corbaz, Jan de Vries, Cedric Hardwicke, Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg, and Eric Dolphy. After him are Rickard Sandler, Bernhard Goetzke, Eugen Sänger, Sophie Liebknecht, Ernst Toch, and Eugène Olivier.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joseph-Armand Bombardier ranks 262 out of 1,622. Before him are Robert Paul (1937), Viola Desmond (1914), Gabrielle Roy (1909), Arthur Jeffrey Dempster (1886), Roddy Piper (1954), and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau (1975). After him are Frank Dux (1956), Kenneth Welsh (1942), Earl Thomson (1895), Gerald Bull (1928), John Murray (1841), and John Kricfalusi (1955).

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Among INVENTORS In Canada

Among inventors born in Canada, Joseph-Armand Bombardier ranks 3. Before him are James Naismith (1861), and Reginald Fessenden (1866). After him are Gerald Bull (1928), and Yvonne Brill (1924).

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