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Kálmán Tihanyi

1897 - 1947

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Kálmán Tihanyi (Hungarian: [ˈkaːlmaːn ˈtihɒɲi]), or in English language technical literature often mentioned as Coloman Tihanyi or Koloman Tihanyi (28 April 1897 – 26 February 1947) was a Hungarian physicist, electrical engineer and inventor. One of the early pioneers of electronic television, he made significant contributions to the development of cathode ray tubes (CRTs), which were bought and further developed by the Radio Corporation of America (later RCA), and German companies Loewe and Fernseh AG. He invented and designed the world's first automatic pilotless aircraft in Great Britain. He is also known for the invention of the first infrared video camera in 1929, and coined the first flat panel plasma display in 1936. His Radioskop patent was recognized as a Document of Universal Significance by the UNESCO, and thus became part of the Memory of the World Programme on September 4, 2001. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kálmán Tihanyi is the 351st most popular inventor (up from 380th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 218th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Slovak Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Kálmán Tihanyi ranks 351 out of 426. Before him are John Wilkinson, Joseph Timchenko, Prokop Diviš, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Henry M. Leland, and Thomas Wedgwood. After him are Albrecht Berblinger, Kazimierz Prószyński, John Fitch, Dan Bricklin, Per Georg Scheutz, and Jay Miner.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Kálmán Tihanyi ranks 254. Before him are Louis Wirth, Bert Schneider, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Adolph Deutsch, Gerhard Lamprecht, and Knudåge Riisager. After him are Muriel Freeman, Memphis Minnie, Henri Dulieux, Ferruccio Novo, Yang Zhongjian, and Theodora Kroeber. Among people deceased in 1947, Kálmán Tihanyi ranks 186. Before him are Somnath Sharma, August Blom, Anna von Mildenburg, Manuel Machado, Joseph Barcroft, and Frank Heller. After him are Oscar Grégoire, Charles Gondouin, Frederick Russell Burnham, Ekaterina Karavelova, Giovanni Delise, and Charles Schlee.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Kálmán Tihanyi ranks 206 out of 418. Before him are Eduard Heger (1976), Ľuboš Micheľ (1968), Ľudmila Pajdušáková (1916), Albín Brunovský (1935), Ján Babjak (1953), and Milan Rúfus (1928). After him are István Bittó (1822), Janko Jesenský (1874), Stanislav Seman (1952), Jozef Chovanec (1960), János Fadrusz (1858), and Dušan Galis (1949).

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Among INVENTORS In Slovakia

Among inventors born in Slovakia, Kálmán Tihanyi ranks 5. Before him are Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734), Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871), Aurel Stodola (1859), and Jozef Murgaš (1864).

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