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Valerie Thomas

1943 - Today

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Valerie L. Thomas (born February 8, 1943) is an American data scientist and inventor. She invented the illusion transmitter, for which she received a patent in 1980. She was responsible for developing the digital media formats that image processing systems used in the early years of NASA's Landsat program. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Valerie Thomas is the 283rd most popular inventor (up from 415th in 2019), the 5,630th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,867th in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Valerie Thomas ranks 283 out of 426. Before her are James Nasmyth, Frederick Scott Archer, Robert Cornelius, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Joseph Aspdin, and Lester Allan Pelton. After her are Joseph Whitworth, Beulah Louise Henry, Genrich Altshuller, Ottomar Anschütz, Cyrus McCormick, and Mark Rober.

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Among people born in 1943, Valerie Thomas ranks 362. Before her are Eberhard Vogel, Pavel Lednyov, Giancarlo De Sisti, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Ottavio Bianchi, and Shlomo Ben-Ami. After her are Ling Liong Sik, Éva Marton, Lyudmila Bragina, Maceo Parker, Wolfgang Nordwig, and Jon Postel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Valerie Thomas ranks 5,630 out of 20,380. Before her are Tom Mix (1880), Ed Roberts (1941), Donnie Wahlberg (1969), James Edward Keeler (1857), JJ Redick (1984), and Justin Theroux (1971). After her are Paul Kantner (1941), Sacheen Littlefeather (1946), Jim Rathmann (1928), K Callan (1936), Bobby Jones (1951), and Sally Hemings (1773).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Valerie Thomas ranks 71. Before her are George Pullman (1831), Glenn Curtiss (1878), Michael S. Hart (1947), Ray Dolby (1933), Robert Cornelius (1809), and Lester Allan Pelton (1829). After her are Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Mark Rober (1980), Ralph Hartley (1888), Frank Zamboni (1901), and Jacob Perkins (1766).

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