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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 158,546 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Donald Wills Douglas Sr. is the 274th most popular engineer (down from 261st in 2019), the 6,864th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,380th in 2019) and the 30th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 274 out of 323. Before him are Ransom E. Olds, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Arthur Rudolph, Peter Schreyer, Othmar Ammann, and K. Eric Drexler. After him are Da-Wen Sun, Eilmer of Malmesbury, Alan Shugart, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Arthur E. Kennelly, and Hideo Itokawa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 213. Before him are Hilding Rosenberg, Gerhard Rohlfs, Emma Tillman, Erik Adlerz, Gaetano Belloni, and Alfredo Foglino. After him are Archibald MacLeish, Julia Faye, Valerio Arri, Werner Bergengruen, Johnny Dodds, and Philippe Cattiau. Among people deceased in 1981, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 178. Before him are Mary Lou Williams, Sergio Amidei, László Raffinsky, Robert Moses, Malcolm MacDonald, and Tadeusz Baird. After him are Hermann Pilnik, Álvaro Cunqueiro, Nils Asther, Josef Silný, Delfo Cabrera, and Beulah Bondi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 6,864 out of 18,182. Before him are Mildred Davis (1901), Kenneth Lay (1942), Bob Kiesel (1911), Ashley Benson (1989), George Floyd (1973), and Mark Frost (1953). After him are Arthur Barnard (1929), Justin Gatlin (1982), Christopher Jones (1941), Michael Lerner (1941), John Carmack (1970), and Janis Ian (1951).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Donald Wills Douglas Sr. ranks 30. Before him are Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Frederick Terman (1900), Jack Parsons (1914), Ransom E. Olds (1864), and K. Eric Drexler (1955). After him are Alan Shugart (1930), Frances Spence (1922), Butler Lampson (1943), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), Robert H. Dennard (1932), and Chuck Peddle (1937).

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