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Genrich Altshuller

1926 - 1998

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Genrikh Saulovich Altshuller (Russian: Ге́нрих Сау́лович Альтшу́ллер, pronounced [ˈɡʲɛnrʲɪx sɐˈuləvʲɪtɕ əlʲtʂulʲɪr]; 15 October 1926 – 24 September 1998) was a Soviet engineer, inventor, and writer. He is most notable for creating the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving, better known by its Russian acronym TRIZ. He founded the Azerbaijan Public Institute for Inventive Creation and was the first President of the TRIZ Association. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Genrich Altshuller has received more than 115,620 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Genrich Altshuller is the 234th most popular inventor (down from 233rd in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Uzbekistan (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Uzbekistani Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Genrich Altshuller ranks 234 out of 426. Before him are Aurel Stodola, Marcian Hoff, Hubert Cecil Booth, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, and Ottmar Mergenthaler. After him are L. L. Langstroth, Pavel Yablochkov, Georges Hébert, Hans von Ohain, Tivadar Puskás, and Clive Sinclair.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Genrich Altshuller ranks 192. Before him are Anne McCaffrey, Georges Lautner, Michael Bond, Richard Anderson, Ivica Horvat, and André Delvaux. After him are Estanislao Esteban Karlic, Ladislav Adamec, Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, Marian Jaworski, Bo Carpelan, and Juan José Linz. Among people deceased in 1998, Genrich Altshuller ranks 114. Before him are Mary Cartwright, Joan Hickson, Birger Ruud, Hide, Clara Rockmore, and Anatoly Rybakov. After him are Mancur Olson, Jean Leray, Bahi Ladgham, Hans von Ohain, Theodor Oberländer, and Jerome Robbins.

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In Uzbekistan

Among people born in Uzbekistan, Genrich Altshuller ranks 37 out of 190. Before him are Mirkhvand (1433), Sharof Rashidov (1917), Vladimir Dzhanibekov (1942), Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi (1889), Abdulla Aripov (1962), and Rashid Sunyaev (1943). After him are Abdurauf Fitrat (1885), Gennady Zhidko (1965), Nodira (1792), Boris Nadezhdin (1963), Muhammad Aufi (1171), and Sergey Lebedev (1948).

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Among INVENTORS In Uzbekistan

Among inventors born in Uzbekistan, Genrich Altshuller ranks 1. 

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