1859 - 1896
George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (February 14, 1859 – November 22, 1896) was an American civil engineer. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. has received more than 430,963 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. is the 306th most popular inventor (up from 309th in 2019), the 6,020th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,523rd in 2019) and the 78th most popular American Inventor.
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Among inventors, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. ranks 306 out of 354. Before him are Whitcomb L. Judson, David Dunbar Buick, Jacob Ellehammer, Ivan Polzunov, Sidney Gilchrist Thomas, and Lynn Conway. After him are John Fitch, Jay Miner, William Friese-Greene, Isaac Pitman, Oleg Losev, and Robert S. Langer.
1846 - 1909
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 300
1854 - 1929
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 301
1871 - 1946
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 302
1728 - 1766
HPI: 47.79
Rank: 303
1850 - 1885
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 304
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 305
1859 - 1896
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 306
1743 - 1798
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 307
1932 - 1994
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 308
1855 - 1921
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 309
1813 - 1897
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 310
1903 - 1942
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 311
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 312
Among people born in 1859, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. ranks 99. Before him are Jacques Loeb, Anna Palm de Rosa, Édouard-Alfred Martel, Rizaeddin bin Fakhreddin, Teodor Axentowicz, and Georgios Orphanidis. After him are A. E. Housman, Nikolay Kasatkin, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Virginie Demont-Breton, Stefan Toshev, and Ernst Hartert. Among people deceased in 1896, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. ranks 65. Before him are Walthère Frère-Orban, Gustav Adolf, Cardinal Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Hamad bin Thuwaini of Zanzibar, Carl Humann, Jane Wilde, and Johannes Müller Argoviensis. After him are Theodore Robinson, Luigi Palmieri, William Quan Judge, Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs, Ferdinand von Mueller, and George du Maurier.
1859 - 1924
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 93
1859 - 1924
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 94
1859 - 1938
HPI: 48.37
Rank: 95
1859 - 1936
HPI: 48.25
Rank: 96
1859 - 1938
HPI: 48.12
Rank: 97
1859 - 1942
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 98
1859 - 1896
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 99
1859 - 1936
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 100
1859 - 1930
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 101
1859 - 1934
HPI: 47.11
Rank: 102
1859 - 1935
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 103
1859 - 1924
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 104
1859 - 1933
HPI: 46.78
Rank: 105
1812 - 1896
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 59
1823 - 1896
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 60
1857 - 1896
HPI: 47.73
Rank: 61
1839 - 1896
HPI: 47.71
Rank: 62
1821 - 1896
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 63
1828 - 1896
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 64
1859 - 1896
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 65
1852 - 1896
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 66
1807 - 1896
HPI: 47.47
Rank: 67
1851 - 1896
HPI: 47.43
Rank: 68
1817 - 1896
HPI: 47.03
Rank: 69
1825 - 1896
HPI: 47.00
Rank: 70
1834 - 1896
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 71
Among people born in United States, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. ranks 6,020 out of 18,182. Before him are Morris Louis (1912), Estelle Parsons (1927), Dave Alexander (1947), Caleb Bradham (1867), Bob McAdoo (1951), and Vinnie Paul (1964). After him are George Bancroft (1882), Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet (1787), Debra Messing (1968), George Winston (1949), Jonathan Carroll (1949), and Harry Cohn (1891).
1912 - 1962
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 6,014
1927 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 6,015
1947 - 1975
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 6,016
1867 - 1934
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 6,017
1951 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 6,018
1964 - 2018
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 6,019
1859 - 1896
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 6,020
1882 - 1956
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 6,021
1787 - 1851
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 6,022
1968 - Present
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 6,023
1949 - 2023
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 6,024
1949 - Present
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 6,025
1891 - 1958
HPI: 47.55
Rank: 6,026
Among inventors born in United States, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. ranks 78. Before him are Tabitha Babbitt (1779), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), Henry M. Leland (1843), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), and Lynn Conway (1938). After him are John Fitch (1743), Jay Miner (1932), Robert S. Langer (1948), Marion Donovan (1917), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), and Margaret E. Knight (1838).
1779 - 1853
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 72
1839 - 1902
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 73
1843 - 1932
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 74
1882 - 1967
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 75
1846 - 1909
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 76
1938 - Present
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 77
1859 - 1896
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 78
1743 - 1798
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 79
1932 - 1994
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 80
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 81
1917 - 1998
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 82
1921 - 2012
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 83
1838 - 1914
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 84