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Donald Wills Douglas Sr.

1892 - 1981

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Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (April 6, 1892 – February 1, 1981) was an American aircraft industrialist and engineer. An aviation pioneer, he designed and built the Douglas Cloudster. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Donald Wills Douglas Sr. has received more than 176,630 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Wills Douglas Sr. is the 288th most popular engineer (down from 272nd in 2019), the 6,924th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,850th in 2019) and the 31st most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 288 out of 389. Before him are Pierre-François Bouchard, Georgy Langemak, Hideo Itokawa, Burt Rutan, Alan Shugart, and Frances Spence. After him are Peter Chen, Pavel Solovyov, Friedrich L. Bauer, Pat Symonds, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, and William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 229. Before him are Cuno Hoffmeister, Mississippi John Hurt, Hal Foster, Al St. John, Fedir Bohatyrchuk, and Julius Hirsch. After him are Guido Boni, Leon Kozłowski, Julia Faye, Valerio Arri, Ronald Rawson, and Hilding Rosenberg. Among people deceased in 1981, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 189. Before him are Gustaf Dyrssen, Benjamin Sheares, Aleksandra Beļcova, Esteban Canal, Julio Quintana, and Bob Hite. After him are Mary Lou Williams, Chief Dan George, Curtis Bernhardt, Richard Boone, Paul Mattick, and Tadeusz Baird.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 6,924 out of 20,380. Before him are Gary Rossington (1951), Alan Shugart (1930), Gilbert Kaplan (1941), Frances Spence (1922), William Stevenson (1900), and Bud Houser (1901). After him are John L. Hennessy (1952), Mary Lou Williams (1910), Steve Miller (1943), Benjamin Banneker (1731), Charles W. Juels (1944), and George Moscone (1929).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 31. Before him are Preston Tucker (1903), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Burt Rutan (1943), Alan Shugart (1930), and Frances Spence (1922). After him are K. Eric Drexler (1955), Frederick Terman (1900), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), Robert H. Dennard (1932), T. Keith Glennan (1905), and Jack Parsons (1914).

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