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Richard Jordan Gatling

1818 - 1903

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Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 – February 26, 1903) was an American inventor. He is best known for having invented the Gatling gun, which is considered to be the first successful machine gun. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Jordan Gatling is the 148th most popular inventor (down from 131st in 2019), the 2,319th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,657th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Richard Jordan Gatling ranks 148 out of 426. Before him are Louis Le Prince, Cornelis Drebbel, John Kay, Robert Stirling, Peter Cooper, and Siegfried Marcus. After him are Robert Cailliau, Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, Henri Giffard, Mary Anderson, Peter Henlein, and Robert Moog.

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Among people born in 1818, Richard Jordan Gatling ranks 36. Before him are Mary Todd Lincoln, Emperor Norton, Francesco Crispi, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, and Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Johann Jakob von Tschudi, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin. Among people deceased in 1903, Richard Jordan Gatling ranks 25. Before him are Calamity Jane, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Vasily Dokuchaev, Marcel Renault, Sabino Arana, and Camillo Sitte. After him are Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Práxedes Mateo Sagasta, Karl Gegenbaur, Émile Baudot, Charles Renouvier, and Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Richard Jordan Gatling ranks 2,319 out of 20,380. Before him are Helen Frankenthaler (1928), Richard Avedon (1923), Peter Cooper (1791), Bridget Fonda (1964), Armand Assante (1949), and Liv Tyler (1977). After him are Joey Ramone (1951), Charles Duke (1935), Levi Lincoln Sr. (1749), Meir Kahane (1932), Nick Carter (1980), and Leland Stanford (1824).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Richard Jordan Gatling ranks 42. Before him are George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859), Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924), Percy Spencer (1894), Elisha Gray (1835), Elias Howe (1819), and Peter Cooper (1791). After him are Mary Anderson (1862), Robert Moog (1934), Christopher Latham Sholes (1819), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), and Alfred Vail (1807).

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