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Willis Carrier

1876 - 1950

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Willis Haviland Carrier (November 26, 1876 – October 7, 1950) was an American engineer, best known for inventing modern air conditioning, inventing the first electrical air conditioning unit in 1902. In 1915, he founded Carrier Corporation, a company specializing in the manufacture and distribution of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Willis Carrier is the 62nd most popular inventor (down from 48th in 2019), the 824th most popular biography from United States (down from 412th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Inventor.

Willis Carrier is most famous for inventing the modern air conditioner.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Willis Carrier ranks 62 out of 426Before him are Adam Opel, Charles Goodyear, William G. Morgan, John Boyd Dunlop, Louis Blériot, and Emile Berliner. After him are Étienne Lenoir, Theodore Maiman, Louis Renault, Isaac Singer, Alberto Santos-Dumont, and John Deere.

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Among people born in 1876, Willis Carrier ranks 25Before him are Alexander I of Serbia, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Maurice de Vlaminck, A. L. Kroeber, Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium, and Wied, Prince of Albania. After him are Elsa Einstein, Dragutin Dimitrijević, Bruno Walter, Maxim Litvinov, Wilhelm Cuno, and Max Jacob. Among people deceased in 1950, Willis Carrier ranks 17Before him are Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Heinrich Mann, Marcel Mauss, Karl Renner, George Minot, and Edgar Rice Burroughs. After him are Sri Aurobindo, Émile Jaques-Dalcroze, Kurt Weill, Ramana Maharshi, Emil Jannings, and Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Willis Carrier ranks 824 out of 20,380Before him are Telly Savalas (1922), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), Duke Ellington (1899), Robert Johnson (1911), Melvin Schwartz (1932), and Brandon Lee (1965). After him are Anastacia (1968), Alfred Hershey (1908), Joe DiMaggio (1914), Danny Glover (1946), Ruth Benedict (1887), and Joan Crawford (1904).

Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Willis Carrier ranks 18Before him are George Westinghouse (1846), Douglas Engelbart (1925), Hiram Maxim (1840), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Charles Goodyear (1800), and William G. Morgan (1870). After him are Theodore Maiman (1927), Isaac Singer (1811), John Deere (1804), Josephine Cochrane (1839), Les Paul (1915), and Ruth Handler (1916).