GAME DESIGNER

Lizzie Magie

1866 - 1948

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Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips (née Magie; May 9, 1866 – March 2, 1948) was an American game designer, writer, feminist, and Georgist. She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly, to illustrate teachings of the progressive era economist Henry George. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lizzie Magie is the 3rd most popular game designer (up from 11th in 2019), the 1,230th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,865th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular American Game Designer.

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Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Lizzie Magie ranks 3 out of 77. Before her are Gary Gygax, and Shigeru Miyamoto. After her are Markus Persson, Hideo Kojima, Ralph H. Baer, Jeff Kinney, Alexey Pajitnov, Satoru Iwata, Gunpei Yokoi, Gabe Newell, and Toru Iwatani.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1866, Lizzie Magie ranks 24. Before her are Lev Shestov, Nathan Söderblom, Antoine Meillet, Ferruccio Busoni, Anne Sullivan, and Ramsay MacDonald. After her are Léon Bakst, Butch Cassidy, Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Mahboob Ali Khan, and August von Wassermann. Among people deceased in 1948, Lizzie Magie ranks 35. Before her are Karl Gebhardt, Babe Ruth, Umberto Giordano, John J. Pershing, Kurt Schwitters, and Georges Bernanos. After her are Iwane Matsui, Zelda Fitzgerald, Pompeu Fabra, Uzeyir Hajibeyov, Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington, and Emil Ludwig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lizzie Magie ranks 1,230 out of 20,380. Before her are Stephen Covey (1932), Sam Shepard (1943), Phoebe Cates (1963), George F. Kennan (1904), George Papandreou (1952), and Edward B. Lewis (1918). After her are Scott Joplin (1868), J. K. Simmons (1955), Thomas Harris (1940), Mike Johnson (1972), David J. Wineland (1944), and Chick Corea (1941).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In United States

Among game designers born in United States, Lizzie Magie ranks 2. Before her are Gary Gygax (1938). After her are Jeff Kinney (1971), Gabe Newell (1962), John Carmack (1970), Todd Howard (1971), Steve Jackson (1953), Carol Shaw (1955), Will Wright (1960), Roberta Williams (1953), John Romero (1967), and Dave Arneson (1947).

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