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Glenn Curtiss

1878 - 1930

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Glenn Hammond Curtiss (May 21, 1878 – July 23, 1930) was an American aviation and motorcycling pioneer, and a founder of the U.S. aircraft industry. He began his career as a bicycle racer and builder before moving on to motorcycles. As early as 1904, he began to manufacture engines for airships. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Glenn Curtiss has received more than 674,937 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Glenn Curtiss is the 245th most popular inventor (down from 198th in 2019), the 3,789th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,890th in 2019) and the 57th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Glenn Curtiss ranks 245 out of 354. Before him are David Schwarz, James Dyson, Joseph Whitworth, Alexander Parkes, Ottmar Mergenthaler, and Theodore Maiman. After him are Ray Dolby, Frank Zamboni, Jacob W. Davis, Ottó Bláthy, Aimo Lahti, and Walter Hunt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Glenn Curtiss ranks 107. Before him are Walther Ritz, Louis Marcoussis, Herbert Chapman, Max Dehn, André Caplet, and Stamen Grigorov. After him are Maria Ilyinichna Ulyanova, Yemelyan Yaroslavsky, Pierre Fatou, Lina Stern, Victor Segalen, and Konrad Mägi. Among people deceased in 1930, Glenn Curtiss ranks 62. Before him are Eugen Goldstein, Richard Wilhelm, Władysław Horodecki, Isidor Gunsberg, Paul Levi, and Jeppe Aakjær. After him are Oku Yasukata, Alexander Kutepov, Viggo Jensen, Benedykt Dybowski, Emmy Destinn, and Joseph Achille Le Bel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Glenn Curtiss ranks 3,789 out of 18,182. Before him are William Powell (1892), Charlie Haden (1937), Marcus Miller (1959), Charles Bickford (1891), Richie Havens (1941), and Linda Darnell (1923). After him are David D. Friedman (1945), Lunalilo (1835), Ray Dolby (1933), Andrew Fire (1959), Richard Hartshorne (1899), and Frank Zamboni (1901).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Glenn Curtiss ranks 57. Before him are Raymond Damadian (1936), Laurens Hammond (1895), Marcian Hoff (1937), Ruth Handler (1916), Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), and Theodore Maiman (1927). After him are Ray Dolby (1933), Frank Zamboni (1901), Walter Hunt (1796), Eunice Newton Foote (1819), Cyrus McCormick (1809), and Michael S. Hart (1947).

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