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Jack Andraka

1997 - Today

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Jack Thomas Andraka (born January 8, 1997) is an American who, as a high school student, won the Gordon E. Moore Award at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair with a method to possibly detect the early stages of pancreatic and other cancers. In 2018, as a junior majoring in anthropology and in electrical engineering at Stanford University, he was awarded the Truman Scholarship for his graduate studies. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Andraka is the 424th most popular inventor (up from 425th in 2024), the 17,118th most popular biography from United States (up from 19,128th in 2019) and the 129th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jack Andraka ranks 424 out of 426. Before him are David Hahn, Curt O. Schaller, Shiva Ayyadurai, Boyan Slat, Jarkko Oikarinen, and Thomas Knoll. After him are Tony Fadell, George Hotz, Franky Zapata, Wendell Brown, Simone Giertz, and Ryan Dahl.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1997, Jack Andraka ranks 263. Before him are Guus Til, Enes Ünal, Luca Marini, Eunha, Xaver Schlager, and Leon Bailey. After him are Dean Henderson, Amadou Diawara, Ivica Zubac, Grant Fisher, Marin Pongračić, and Dawid Kownacki.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Andraka ranks 17,125 out of 20,380. Before him are Jason Lezak (1975), Miguel Cardona (1975), Sharif Atkins (1975), Todd Stashwick (1968), Brant Daugherty (1985), and Ethan Embry (1978). After him are James Arnold Taylor (1969), Nick Nurse (1967), Marcus Williams (1985), Chris Vrenna (1967), Ray Armstead (1960), and Wendy Melvoin (1964).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Jack Andraka ranks 129. Before him are Charles F. Kettering (1958), Arthur Fry (1931), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Sarah E. Goode (1855), David Hahn (1976), and Thomas Knoll (1960). After him are Tony Fadell (1969), George Hotz (1989), Wendell Brown (1961), Ryan Dahl (1981), Sangeeta Bhatia (1968), and Gitanjali Rao (2005).

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