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Ransom E. Olds

1864 - 1950

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Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was an American businessman and executive who was known as a pioneer of the American automotive industry, whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named after. He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1887 and his first gasoline-powered car in 1896. The modern assembly line and its basic concept is credited to Olds, who used it to build the first mass-produced automobile, the Oldsmobile Curved Dash, beginning in 1901. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ransom E. Olds is the 258th most popular engineer (up from 281st in 2019), the 6,378th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,774th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Ransom E. Olds ranks 258 out of 389. Before him are Waloddi Weibull, Louis Pouzin, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Mikhail Simonov, Marcel Deprez, and Walter Thiel. After him are Gioacchino Colombo, Sam Eyde, Nikolay Kamov, Pierre Cérésole, Paul Mauser, and Gerhard Fieseler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1864, Ransom E. Olds ranks 134. Before him are Stéphane Javelle, Princess Marie Anne of Saxe-Altenburg, Berta Zuckerkandl, Maud Watson, Juhan Liiv, and Anna Haava. After him are Kamini Roy, John Walter Gregory, Paul von Hintze, Einar Benediktsson, Alfred Roller, and Aleksey Shakhmatov. Among people deceased in 1950, Ransom E. Olds ranks 138. Before him are Vasily Gordov, Louis Wilkins, Frederick Twort, Maurice Costello, José Berraondo, and Francisco Villota. After him are Elisabeth Langgässer, Mikhail Tskhakaya, Adolf Meyer, John M. Stahl, Albert Ehrenstein, and Aleksandrs Čaks.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ransom E. Olds ranks 6,379 out of 20,380. Before him are Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823), Larry Coryell (1943), Brian G. Hutton (1935), Kevin Dunn (1956), Philip Arthur Fisher (1907), and Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann (1933). After him are Jason Beghe (1960), Josiah Royce (1855), Desi Arnaz Jr. (1953), Art Buchwald (1925), Francis George (1937), and Judith Light (1949).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Ransom E. Olds ranks 22. Before him are Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Gene Kranz (1933), Seymour Cray (1925), Jon Postel (1943), Charles F. Brush (1849), and Ed Heinemann (1908). After him are Aron Ralston (1975), Butler Lampson (1943), Frances Spence (1922), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), and Eugene Polley (1915).

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