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Walter Frederick Morrison

1920 - 2010

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Walter Frederick Morrison (January 23, 1920 – February 9, 2010) was an American inventor and entrepreneur, who invented the Frisbee. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Frederick Morrison is the 414th most popular inventor (down from 398th in 2024), the 13,776th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,132nd in 2019) and the 125th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 414 out of 426. Before him are Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Harold Stephen Black, Lawrence Hargrave, Charles F. Kettering, Arunachalam Muruganantham, and Arthur Fry. After him are Sarah E. Goode, Frank Hornby, Richard Pearse, David Hahn, Curt O. Schaller, and Shiva Ayyadurai.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 446. Before him are Dorothy Abbott, Eric Brandon, Noel Neill, Jose Tomas Sanchez, Veerasamy Ringadoo, and Barbara Britton. After him are Satish Dhawan, Tony Gaze, Paul Frees, Nanette Fabray, Jerry Maren, and Ronald Searle. Among people deceased in 2010, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 466. Before him are Gil Merrick, Frank Fenner, Jacinto Villalba, William B. Saxbe, Rajeshwari Chatterjee, and Jim Fuchs. After him are June Havoc, Mano Solo, Juan Carlos Arteche, Wally Hickel, Ksenija Pajčin, and Billy Taylor.

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Walter Frederick Morrison ranks 125. Before him are Clarence Birdseye (1886), Marc Andreessen (1971), Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Harold Stephen Black (1898), Charles F. Kettering (1958), and Arthur Fry (1931). After him are Sarah E. Goode (1855), David Hahn (1976), Jack Andraka (1997), Tony Fadell (1969), George Hotz (1989), and Wendell Brown (1961).

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