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Marion Donovan

1917 - 1998

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Marion O'Brien Donovan (October 15, 1917 – November 4, 1998) was an American inventor and entrepreneur. Recognized as one of the era's most prominent female inventors, she secured a total of 20 patents for her creations. In 1946, she created a reusable, impermeable diaper cover. Ultimately, this led to the invention of the disposable paper diaper, which was eventually commercialized by Victor Mills, the creator of Pampers. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marion Donovan is the 306th most popular inventor (down from 304th in 2019), the 6,335th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,788th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Marion Donovan ranks 306 out of 426. Before her are Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Bill Atkinson, Oleg Losev, George Graham, Bernard Lown, and Ivan Kulibin. After her are Walter Clopton Wingfield, Štefan Banič, Wilhelm Bauer, Paul von Jankó, Wilson Greatbatch, and Abraham Darby I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Marion Donovan ranks 215. Before her are Tetyana Yablonska, Helena Rasiowa, Christiane Rochefort, Kusuo Kitamura, Leandro Remondini, and Isuzu Yamada. After her are Robert Fano, Ilse Steppat, Ossie Davis, Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Miroslav Brozović, and Fritz Honegger. Among people deceased in 1998, Marion Donovan ranks 193. Before her are André Bonin, Christiane Rochefort, Gene Autry, Louis Hostin, William Gaddis, and Mikio Oda. After her are Manuel Álvarez, Maurice Schumann, Johannes Kotkas, Wanda Jakubowska, Théodore Sindikubwabo, and Kvitka Cisyk.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marion Donovan ranks 6,336 out of 20,380. Before her are Tucker Carlson (1969), Melanie Martinez (1995), Charles Shyer (1951), Verne Troyer (1969), Henry L. Giclas (1910), and Alice Pike Barney (1857). After her are Margaret Weis (1948), Charles Conrad Abbott (1843), John C. Lilly (1915), Fletcher Henderson (1897), Sharon Gless (1943), and Rockwell Kent (1882).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Marion Donovan ranks 79. Before her are Cyrus McCormick (1809), Mark Rober (1980), Ralph Hartley (1888), Frank Zamboni (1901), Jacob Perkins (1766), and L. L. Langstroth (1810). After her are Wilson Greatbatch (1919), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), George Devol (1912), Jack Northrop (1895), and Hannibal Goodwin (1822).

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