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Percy Spencer

1894 - 1970

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Percy Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist, electrical engineer and inventor, known as the inventor of the microwave oven. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Percy Spencer is the 133rd most popular inventor (down from 120th in 2019), the 2,012th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,537th in 2019) and the 38th most popular American Inventor.

Percy Spencer is most famous for inventing the microwave oven.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Percy Spencer ranks 133 out of 426. Before him are André Michelin, Alfred Krupp, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Robert Adler, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, and W. O. Bentley. After him are Elisha Gray, Josef Ressel, Hugo Schmeisser, Zénobe Gramme, Elias Howe, and Mary the Jewess.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Percy Spencer ranks 55. Before him are Paul Blobel, Dimitri Tiomkin, Bessie Smith, Leo Kanner, Friedrich-Wilhelm Krüger, and Anton Mussert. After him are Ernst Lindemann, Aino Aalto, Américo Tomás, Walter Warlimont, Hans Kramers, and Lothar von Richthofen. Among people deceased in 1970, Percy Spencer ranks 60. Before him are Reizo Fukuhara, B. H. Liddell Hart, Kiyoo Kanda, Jean Giono, Toshio Iwatani, and Bjarni Benediktsson. After him are Elsa Triolet, Barnett Newman, Tarjei Vesaas, Gyula Cseszneky, Marie-Pierre Kœnig, and Elyesa Bazna.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Percy Spencer ranks 2,012 out of 20,380. Before him are James Patterson (1947), XXXTentacion (1998), Alan Greenspan (1926), Erskine Caldwell (1903), Clive Cussler (1931), and Scott Wilson (1942). After him are Henry Hathaway (1898), Gillian Anderson (1968), Roman Reigns (1985), Gus Grissom (1926), Wes Studi (1947), and Joshua Fishman (1926).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Percy Spencer ranks 38. Before him are David Bushnell (1742), Josiah Warren (1798), Jacque Fresco (1916), Robert Noyce (1927), George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), and Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924). After him are Elisha Gray (1835), Elias Howe (1819), Peter Cooper (1791), Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), Mary Anderson (1862), and Robert Moog (1934).

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