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Henry Dreyfuss

1904 - 1972

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Henry Dreyfuss (March 2, 1904 – October 5, 1972) was an American industrial design pioneer. Dreyfuss is known for designing some of the most iconic devices found in American homes and offices throughout the twentieth century, including the Western Electric Model 500 telephone, the Westclox Big Ben alarm clock, and the Honeywell round thermostat. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Dreyfuss has received more than 283,188 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Henry Dreyfuss is the 98th most popular celebrity (down from 88th in 2019), the 6,372nd most popular biography from United States (down from 6,164th in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Celebrity.

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Henry Dreyfuss ranks 98 out of 181Before him are Tinka Kurti, Virginia Dare, Marita Lindahl, Carol Morris, Miriam Stevenson, and Li Wenliang. After him are Amparo Muñoz, Toma Caragiu, Karandash, Anna Chapman, May-Louise Flodin, and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Henry Dreyfuss ranks 230Before him are William Primrose, Rafael Méndez, Ralph Kronig, Nnamdi Azikiwe, Bernard Lonergan, and Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry. After him are Boris Babochkin, Lillian Copeland, Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Rudolf Burkert, Roberto Figueroa, and Margery Allingham. Among people deceased in 1972, Henry Dreyfuss ranks 169Before him are Carlo Agostoni, Sir George Thomas, 7th Baronet, Adriaan Fokker, Jamini Roy, Ferde Grofé, and Jan Wils. After him are Jan Diddens, Walter Lang, Charu Majumdar, Mikhail Artamonov, Américo Castro, and Alexander Bek.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Dreyfuss ranks 6,372 out of 18,182Before him are Alan Dean Foster (1946), Francis Davis Millet (1848), Joseph Leidy (1823), Lewis Sheldon (1874), Floyd Gottfredson (1905), and Alison Arngrim (1962). After him are Benjamin Orr (1947), Sylvia Browne (1936), Paul Gray (1972), D. B. Woodside (1969), Nancy Chodorow (1944), and Richard Helms (1913).

Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Henry Dreyfuss ranks 39Before him are William Masters (1915), Jeane Dixon (1904), Genie (1957), Virginia Dare (1587), Carol Morris (1936), and Miriam Stevenson (1933). After him are Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867), Sandy Allen (1955), Laura Secord (1775), Deborah Shelton (1948), Ashrita Furman (1954), and Rob Kardashian (1987).