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Henry J. Kaiser

1882 - 1967

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Henry John Kaiser (May 9, 1882 – August 24, 1967) was an American industrialist who became known for his shipbuilding and construction projects, then later for his involvement in fostering modern American health care. Prior to World War II, Kaiser was involved in the construction industry; his company was one of those that built the Hoover Dam. He established the Kaiser Shipyards, which built Liberty ships during World War II, after which he formed Kaiser Aluminum and Kaiser Steel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry J. Kaiser has received more than 1,272,333 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Henry J. Kaiser is the 369th most popular inventor (down from 299th in 2019), the 8,334th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,698th in 2019) and the 99th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Henry J. Kaiser ranks 369 out of 426. Before him are Johan Vaaler, Andy Bechtolsheim, Amar Bose, William Friese-Greene, Lewis Howard Latimer, and Kirkpatrick Macmillan. After him are Per Georg Scheutz, Frank Piasecki, Andrew Viterbi, Arunachalam Muruganantham, Margaret E. Knight, and Alfred Carlton Gilbert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Henry J. Kaiser ranks 243. Before him are Tadas Ivanauskas, Clarence Kingsbury, Edwin Barclay, Adrianus de Jong, León Cortés Castro, and C. E. Ruthenberg. After him are Harry Myers, Albert Coates, Juan Guevara, Max Hainle, Axel Sjöblom, and Frederick Moloney. Among people deceased in 1967, Henry J. Kaiser ranks 234. Before him are James Dunn, Stanley Bruce, Hans Walter, Gaetano Martino, J. B. Lenoir, and Max Taut. After him are Henri Guérin, Billy Strayhorn, Maximos IV Sayegh, Oliverio Girondo, Herman Teirlinck, and Pinto Colvig.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry J. Kaiser ranks 8,334 out of 20,380. Before him are Pepper Adams (1930), Corey Allen (1934), Alexander Patch (1889), William T. Anderson (1839), William H. Welch (1850), and Robert Brandom (1950). After him are Sidney Blackmer (1895), Richard Mulligan (1932), Debra Hill (1950), Ray Allen (1975), Frankie Lymon (1942), and Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Henry J. Kaiser ranks 99. Before him are Frank J. Sprague (1857), Almon Brown Strowger (1839), George Stibitz (1904), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Amar Bose (1929), and Lewis Howard Latimer (1848). After him are Frank Piasecki (1919), Margaret E. Knight (1838), Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), and Herbert E. Ives (1882).

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