INVENTOR

Wilson Greatbatch

1919 - 2011

Wilson Greatbatch

Wilson Greatbatch (September 6, 1919 – September 27, 2011) was an American engineer and pioneering inventor. He held more than 325 patents and was a member of the National Inventors Hall of Fame and a recipient of the Lemelson–MIT Prize and the National Medal of Technology and Innovation (1990). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilson Greatbatch is the 311th most popular inventor, the 6,518th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,068th in 2019) and the 80th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Wilson Greatbatch ranks 311 out of 426. Before her are Ivan Kulibin, Marion Donovan, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Štefan Banič, Wilhelm Bauer, and Paul von Jankó. After her are Abraham Darby I, Whitcomb L. Judson, Rostislav Alexeyev, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Almon Brown Strowger, and Walter Bruch.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Ivan Kulibin
1735 - 1818
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 305
Marion Donovan
1917 - 1998
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 306
Walter Clopton Wingfield
1833 - 1912
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 307
Štefan Banič
1870 - 1941
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 308
Wilhelm Bauer
1822 - 1875
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 309
Paul von Jankó
1856 - 1919
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 310
Wilson Greatbatch
1919 - 2011
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 311
Abraham Darby I
1678 - 1717
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 312
Whitcomb L. Judson
1846 - 1909
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 313
Rostislav Alexeyev
1916 - 1980
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 314
Kenjiro Takayanagi
1899 - 1990
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 315
Almon Brown Strowger
1839 - 1902
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 316
Walter Bruch
1908 - 1990
HPI: 56.72
Rank: 317

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Wilson Greatbatch ranks 220. Before her are Alan Young, Loki Schmidt, Lawrence Tierney, Richard Bergmann, Nilla Pizzi, and Arnold Meri. After her are Béla Sárosi, Bep Voskuijl, Richard Todd, Jon Pertwee, Grisha Filipov, and Lennie Tristano. Among people deceased in 2011, Wilson Greatbatch ranks 263. Before her are Nilla Pizzi, Sargent Shriver, Maurice Guigue, Martial Célestin, Géza Alföldy, and Mike Barrett. After her are Nicol Williamson, Klaus-Dieter Sieloff, Leonid Abalkin, Ludo Martens, Kurt Nielsen, and Tore Sjöstrand.

Others Born in 1919

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Alan Young
ACTOR
1919 - 2016
HPI: 57.25
Rank: 214
Loki Schmidt
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2010
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 215
Lawrence Tierney
ACTOR
1919 - 2002
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 216
Richard Bergmann
TABLE TENNIS PLAYER
1919 - Present
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 217
Nilla Pizzi
SINGER
1919 - 2011
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 218
Arnold Meri
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1919 - 2009
HPI: 57.12
Rank: 219
Wilson Greatbatch
INVENTOR
1919 - 2011
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 220
Béla Sárosi
SOCCER PLAYER
1919 - 1993
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 221
Bep Voskuijl
CELEBRITY
1919 - 1983
HPI: 57.00
Rank: 222
Richard Todd
ACTOR
1919 - 2009
HPI: 56.96
Rank: 223
Jon Pertwee
ACTOR
1919 - 1996
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 224
Grisha Filipov
POLITICIAN
1919 - 1994
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 225
Lennie Tristano
MUSICIAN
1919 - 1978
HPI: 56.89
Rank: 226