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Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr.

1868 - 1924

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Frank Bunker Gilbreth (July 7, 1868 – June 14, 1924) was an American engineer, consultant, and author known as an early advocate of scientific management and a pioneer of time and motion study, and is perhaps best known as the father and central figure of Cheaper by the Dozen. Both he and his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth were industrial engineers and efficiency experts who contributed to the study of industrial engineering in fields such as motion study and human factors. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. has received more than 259,205 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. is the 86th most popular engineer (up from 92nd in 2019), the 1,886th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,110th in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. ranks 86 out of 389. Before him are André Courrèges, Henry Royce, Kurt Tank, Jack Swigert, Mikhail Mil, and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev. After him are Viktor Bryukhanov, Nicola Romeo, Fedor Tokarev, Yuri Kondratyuk, Charles Rolls, and Alexander Cunningham.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1868, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. ranks 64. Before him are Émile Chartier, Franz Ritter von Epp, Paul Otlet, Francis Jammes, Ahmed Shawqi, and Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria. After him are Empress Dowager Longyu, Noe Zhordania, Aleksa Šantić, Alice Keppel, Mary Parker Follett, and Henry Bergman. Among people deceased in 1924, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. ranks 33. Before him are G. Stanley Hall, Teófilo Braga, Lyubov Popova, Ziya Gökalp, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, and Fernand Cormon. After him are Matsukata Masayoshi, Aleksa Šantić, Théodore Dubois, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Roland Bonaparte, and Franz von Bayros.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. ranks 1,886 out of 20,380. Before him are Richard R. Schrock (1945), Jack Daniel (1850), Richard Avedon (1923), Stanley Kramer (1913), Angie Dickinson (1931), and Hank Williams (1923). After him are Jeff Kinney (1971), Brad Davis (1949), Ron Paul (1935), Charles W. Morris (1903), Cyrus Vance (1917), and Victor French (1934).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. ranks 9. Before him are Jack Kilby (1923), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Vannevar Bush (1890), Henry Gantt (1861), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), and Jack Swigert (1931). After him are J. Walter Christie (1865), Joseph Strauss (1870), Eugene Stoner (1922), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Gene Kranz (1933), and Kelly Johnson (1910).

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