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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 201,964 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. J. Walter Christie is the 137th most popular engineer (down from 116th in 2019), the 2,981st most popular biography from United States (down from 2,523rd in 2019) and the 10th most popular American Engineer.

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  • 200k

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  • 54.00

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.41

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, J. Walter Christie ranks 137 out of 323Before him are Alexander Lippisch, Vitaly Abalakov, Herman Potočnik, Johan August Brinell, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, and Eduard Totleben. After him are Alexey Sudayev, Georgy Shpagin, Eugene Stoner, Alexei Tupolev, Mikhail Yangel, and Philippe LeBon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1865, J. Walter Christie ranks 70Before him are Eugene Botkin, Hantaro Nagaoka, Prince Kan'in Kotohito, Archibald Leitch, Lucjan Żeligowski, and James Henry Breasted. After him are Max Heindel, Henri Desgrange, Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Said Halim Pasha, Max Nettlau, and Max Fabiani. Among people deceased in 1944, J. Walter Christie ranks 136Before him are Franz Kutschera, Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Paul Hazard, Kazu Naoki, Motobu Chōki, and Mineichi Koga. After him are Paul von Hase, Adelbert Schulz, Dadasaheb Phalke, Patriarch Sergius of Moscow, Carl Flesch, and Riccardo Zandonai.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, J. Walter Christie ranks 2,981 out of 18,182Before him are Johnny Carson (1925), Eddie Fisher (1928), Joe Rosenthal (1911), Christina Applegate (1971), Melissa Gilbert (1964), and Alexandra Ripley (1934). After him are Dorothy Gibson (1889), Matthew Fox (1966), Carl Van Vechten (1880), John G. Thompson (1932), Harry Reems (1947), and Jennifer Rush (1960).

Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, J. Walter Christie ranks 10Before him are Henry Gantt (1861), Leslie Groves (1896), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Jack Swigert (1931), Vannevar Bush (1890), and Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868). After him are Eugene Stoner (1922), Kelly Johnson (1910), Joseph Strauss (1870), Gene Kranz (1933), Jon Postel (1943), and Seymour Cray (1925).