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Kálmán Kandó

1869 - 1931

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Kálmán Kandó de Egerfarmos et Sztregova (egerfarmosi és sztregovai Kandó Kálmán; July 10, 1869 – January 13, 1931) was a Hungarian engineer, the inventor of phase converter and a pioneer in the development of AC electric railway traction. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kálmán Kandó is the 298th most popular inventor (up from 320th in 2019), the 486th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 512th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Hungarian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Kálmán Kandó ranks 298 out of 426. Before her are Frank Zamboni, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Max Valier, Samuel Morland, Jacob Perkins, and Mohamed M. Atalla. After her are L. L. Langstroth, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Bill Atkinson, Oleg Losev, George Graham, and Bernard Lown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Kálmán Kandó ranks 118. Before her are Johannes Linnankoski, Armas Järnefelt, Sergey Chaplygin, Ivan Aguéli, Daniel Salamanca Urey, and Alice Hamilton. After her are Józef Mehoffer, Phoebus Levene, Alwin Mittasch, Robbie Ross, Myriam Harry, and Harald Sohlberg. Among people deceased in 1931, Kálmán Kandó ranks 104. Before her are John Isaac Briquet, Alfred Swahn, Lupu Pick, Milan Šufflay, Aleksander Skrzyński, and Harald Høffding. After her are Federico Tinoco Granados, José Figueroa Alcorta, Ida B. Wells, Herbert Baddeley, Vladimir Triandafillov, and Alice Pike Barney.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Kálmán Kandó ranks 486 out of 1,077. Before her are Archduchess Maria Dorothea of Austria (1867), Lajos Csordás (1932), Judit Temes (1930), Mari Törőcsik (1935), Zsuzsa Koncz (1946), and János Simor (1813). After her are Gyula Illyés (1902), István Mészáros (1930), István Pelle (1907), Angelica Bella (1968), Károly Bartha (1907), and Anton Seidl (1850).

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Among INVENTORS In Hungary

Among inventors born in Hungary, Kálmán Kandó ranks 6. Before her are Ernő Rubik (1944), László Bíró (1899), David Schwarz (1850), Tivadar Puskás (1844), and Ottó Bláthy (1860). After her are Paul von Jankó (1856), and Peter Carl Goldmark (1906).

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