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J. Walter Christie

1865 - 1944

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John Walter Christie (May 6, 1865 – January 11, 1944) was an American engineer and inventor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of J. Walter Christie has received more than 219,004 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. J. Walter Christie is the 134th most popular engineer (up from 135th in 2019), the 2,904th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,974th in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 220k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 61.26

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.75

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, J. Walter Christie ranks 134 out of 389. Before him are Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Borys Paton, Erich Topp, Rory Byrne, Aurel Vlaicu, and Flaminio Bertoni. After him are Patrick Head, Johan August Brinell, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Pierre Berthier, Gustave Whitehead, and Pierre-Émile Martin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, J. Walter Christie ranks 72. Before him are Aspazija, Charles Proteus Steinmetz, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, John Stanley Plaskett, Isaac Israëls, and Henri Desgrange. After him are Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, James Henry Breasted, Erich von Drygalski, Eduardo di Capua, Archibald Leitch, and Heinrich Rubens. Among people deceased in 1944, J. Walter Christie ranks 137. Before him are Heinz Brandt, Kosta Pećanac, Fritz Witt, Alime Abdenanova, Helmut Lent, and Charles Diehl. After him are Riccardo Zandonai, Joseph Caillaux, Noor Inayat Khan, Paul Hazard, Patriarch Sergius of Moscow, and Léon Brunschvicg.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Walter Christie ranks 2,904 out of 20,380. Before him are Carl Brashear (1931), Henry Hill (1943), Leon Russom (1941), Marty Friedman (1962), Robert J. Van de Graaff (1901), and Philip Morrison (1915). After him are Lincoln Ellsworth (1880), Mark Dacascos (1964), Delbert Mann (1920), Woody Strode (1914), Milton L. Humason (1891), and Mary Baker Eddy (1821).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, J. Walter Christie ranks 10. Before him are Howard H. Aiken (1900), Vannevar Bush (1890), Henry Gantt (1861), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Jack Swigert (1931), and Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868). After him are Joseph Strauss (1870), Eugene Stoner (1922), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Gene Kranz (1933), Kelly Johnson (1910), and Charles F. Brush (1849).

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