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Thomas Andrews

1873 - 1912

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Thomas Andrews Jr. (7 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a British businessman and shipbuilder, who was managing director and head of the drafting department of the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland. He was the naval architect in charge of the plans for the ocean liner Titanic and perished along with more than 1,500 people when the ship sank on her maiden voyage. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Andrews is the 3rd most popular designer (up from 7th in 2019), the 153rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 281st in 2019) and the most popular British Designer.

Thomas Andrews was most famous for being the architect of the Titanic.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Thomas Andrews ranks 3 out of 104Before him are Steve Jobs, and Antonio Stradivari. After him are Ferdinand Porsche, Peter Carl Fabergé, Giorgio Armani, Gianni Versace, Hugo Boss, William Morris, Aldus Manutius, Paco Rabanne, and Giorgetto Giugiaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Thomas Andrews ranks 3Before him are Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Thérèse of Lisieux. After him are Enrico Caruso, Johannes V. Jensen, Lee de Forest, Leon Czolgosz, Konstantin von Neurath, Colette, Jules Rimet, Hans von Euler-Chelpin, and Alexis Carrel. Among people deceased in 1912, Thomas Andrews ranks 6Before him are Emperor Meiji, Henri Poincaré, Joseph Lister, Robert Falcon Scott, and August Strindberg. After him are Frédéric Passy, Auguste Beernaert, Jules Massenet, Bram Stoker, Edward Smith, and Frederick VIII of Denmark.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Andrews ranks 153 out of 8,785Before him are William Ramsay (1852), J. M. W. Turner (1775), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850), Walter Scott (1771), Alan Rickman (1946), and Marianne Faithfull (1946). After him are Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon (1930), Neville Chamberlain (1869), Liam Neeson (1952), Anna Wintour (1949), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), and John Milton (1608).

Among DESIGNERS In United Kingdom

Among designers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Andrews ranks 1After him are William Morris (1834), Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868), Thomas Chippendale (1718), Jony Ive (1967), Josiah Wedgwood (1730), Beau Brummell (1778), Alexander McQueen (1969), John Baskerville (1706), Storm Thorgerson (1944), Laura Ashley (1925), and Paul Smith (1946).