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Uziel Gal

1923 - 2002

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Uziel "Uzi" Gal (Hebrew: עוזיאל "עוזי" גל, born Gotthard Glas; 15 December 1923 – 7 September 2002) was a German-born Israeli firearm designer who invented and became the eponym of the Uzi submachine gun. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Uziel Gal is the 175th most popular inventor (down from 147th in 2019), the 2,176th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,747th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Uziel Gal ranks 175 out of 426. Before him are Charles Algernon Parsons, Jang Yeong-sil, John Ericsson, Sandford Fleming, Heinrich Göbel, and Charles Cros. After him are Gaston Glock, Henrich Focke, Émile Baudot, Artur Fischer, Harold Eugene Edgerton, and Matthew Boulton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, Uziel Gal ranks 121. Before him are André Courrèges, Alicia de Larrocha, Dexter Gordon, Charles Durning, Wally Schirra, and Pahiño. After him are Irvin Kershner, Richard Pipes, Philly Joe Jones, James E. Gunn, Maria Gripe, and Tito Puente. Among people deceased in 2002, Uziel Gal ranks 93. Before him are Dhirubhai Ambani, Juan Antonio Bardem, Lisa Lopes, Alexander Lebed, Jack Shea, and Ray Conniff. After him are Roberto Matta, Branko Stanković, Spyros Kyprianou, Joseph Luns, Michail Stasinopoulos, and Karel Reisz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Uziel Gal ranks 2,177 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick Louis, Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1778), Bodo Illgner (1967), Jürgen Sparwasser (1948), Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1878), Frederick V, Burgrave of Nuremberg (1332), and William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1876). After him are Karl Baedeker (1801), Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck (1776), Fritz Witt (1908), Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673), Johann David Heinichen (1683), and William, Duke of Brunswick (1806).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Uziel Gal ranks 22. Before him are Alfred Krupp (1812), Hugo Schmeisser (1884), Siegfried Marcus (1831), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Peter Henlein (1479), and Heinrich Göbel (1818). After him are Henrich Focke (1890), Artur Fischer (1919), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), and Johann Christoph Denner (1655).

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