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Isaac Singer

1811 - 1875

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Isaac Merritt Singer (October 27, 1811 – July 23, 1875) was an American inventor, actor, and businessman. He made important improvements in the design of the sewing machine and was the founder of what became one of the first American multi-national businesses, the Singer Sewing Machine Company.Many others, including Walter Hunt and Elias Howe, had patented sewing machines before Singer, but his success was based on the practicality of his machine, the ease with which it could be adapted to home use and its availability on an installments payment basis.Singer died in 1875, dividing his $13 million fortune unequally among 20 of his living children by his wives and various mistresses, although one son, who had supported his mother in her divorce case against Singer, received only $500. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isaac Singer has received more than 717,090 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 43 in 2019). Isaac Singer is the 55th most popular inventor (down from 42nd in 2019), the 529th most popular biography from United States (down from 357th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Inventor.

Isaac Singer is most famous for his short stories. His best known work is "Yentl, the Yeshiva Boy" which is a story about a girl who disguises herself as a boy to go to a Jewish school that would not allow girls.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Isaac Singer ranks 55 out of 354Before him are Willis Carrier, Hans Lippershey, John Boyd Dunlop, Emile Berliner, Wilhelm Maybach, and Frank Whittle. After him are Adam Opel, John Deere, Louis Blériot, Douglas Engelbart, Henry Fox Talbot, and Louis Renault.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1811, Isaac Singer ranks 10Before him are Robert Bunsen, Maximilian II of Bavaria, Théophile Gautier, Urbain Le Verrier, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Harriet Beecher Stowe. After him are Louis Blanc, Augusta of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Vissarion Belinsky, Ambroise Thomas, Elisha Otis, and François Achille Bazaine. Among people deceased in 1875, Isaac Singer ranks 9Before him are Ferdinand I of Austria, Jean-François Millet, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Andrew Johnson, Tongzhi Emperor, and Charles Lyell. After him are Éliphas Lévi, John Edward Gray, Charles Wheatstone, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Moses Hess, and Francis V, Duke of Modena.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Isaac Singer ranks 529 out of 18,182Before him are James Coburn (1928), Harper Lee (1926), Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811), Ralph Lauren (1939), Roy Lichtenstein (1923), and Bernie Sanders (1941). After him are Bradley Cooper (1975), Richard Stallman (1953), Percy Williams Bridgman (1882), Duke Ellington (1899), F. Murray Abraham (1939), and Jennifer Aniston (1969).

Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Isaac Singer ranks 12Before him are George Westinghouse (1846), Robert Fulton (1765), Herman Hollerith (1860), Charles Goodyear (1800), William G. Morgan (1870), and Willis Carrier (1876). After him are John Deere (1804), Douglas Engelbart (1925), John Browning (1855), Jimmy Wales (1966), Josephine Cochrane (1839), and Les Paul (1915).