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Shigeo Shingo

1909 - 1990

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Shigeo Shingo (新郷 重夫, Shingō Shigeo; 1909–1990) was a Japanese industrial engineer who was considered as the world’s leading expert on manufacturing practices and the Toyota Production System. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Shigeo Shingo is the 219th most popular inventor (down from 207th in 2019), the 839th most popular biography from Japan (down from 722nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Japanese Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Shigeo Shingo ranks 219 out of 426. Before him are Yuan Longping, Ernst Alexanderson, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, David Schwarz, Narcís Monturiol, and David Edward Hughes. After him are Jethro Tull, Traian Vuia, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Oskar Barnack, Melvil Dewey, and Elihu Thomson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, Shigeo Shingo ranks 141. Before him are Ben Webster, Sylvère Maes, Guy de Rothschild, Jerzy Andrzejewski, Mahmoud Mohammed Taha, and Aenne Burda. After him are Richard Wurmbrand, Bert Patenaude, Gene Krupa, Henri Alekan, Lamberto Maggiorani, and Géza Toldi. Among people deceased in 1990, Shigeo Shingo ranks 114. Before him are Hayedeh, Xavier Cugat, Berta Karlik, Andrei Kirilenko, Paul Tortelier, and Naoto Tajima. After him are J. C. R. Licklider, José Napoleón Duarte, David Stirling, Luigi Beccali, Otto Ambros, and Štefan Čambal.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Shigeo Shingo ranks 839 out of 6,245. Before him are Yutaka Taniyama (1927), Ōtomo no Yakamochi (718), Keisai Eisen (1790), Ryoji Yamanaka (1983), Tetsuko Kuroyanagi (1933), and Naoto Tajima (1912). After him are Mariya Takeuchi (1955), Kamo no Chōmei (1155), Katsuyoshi Kuwahara (1944), Ennin (793), Ashikaga Yoshimochi (1386), and Goro Yamada (1894).

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Among INVENTORS In Japan

Among inventors born in Japan, Shigeo Shingo ranks 3. Before him are Sakichi Toyoda (1867), and Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894). After him are Yoshiro Nakamatsu (1928), and Kenjiro Takayanagi (1899).

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