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Jack Northrop

1895 - 1981

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John Knudsen Northrop (November 10, 1895 – February 18, 1981) was an American aircraft industrialist and designer who founded the Northrop Corporation in 1939. His career began in 1916 as a draftsman for Loughead Aircraft Manufacturing Company (founded 1912). He joined the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1923 and worked on the Douglas World Cruiser, where in time he became a project engineer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Northrop has received more than 415,832 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jack Northrop is the 310th most popular inventor (down from 283rd in 2019), the 6,048th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,177th in 2019) and the 77th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 16

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  • 2.59

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jack Northrop ranks 310 out of 426. Before him are Marion Donovan, Alexander Bain, Paul von Jankó, David Bushnell, Dan Bricklin, and Ken Olsen. After him are Wilson Greatbatch, Joseph Engelberger, Roland Moreno, Peter Carl Goldmark, Ernst Alexanderson, and Walter Bruch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Jack Northrop ranks 207. Before him are Olga Spessivtseva, Liane Haid, José Díaz, Hans Rosbaud, Georg Muche, and Ben Sharpsteen. After him are Andreas Alföldi, Johann Nepomuk David, Florence Vidor, Ali Mansur, Morris Kirksey, and Ion Barbu. Among people deceased in 1981, Jack Northrop ranks 161. Before him are Jaap Bakema, Mikhail Zharov, László Raffinsky, Mark Donskoy, Beulah Bondi, and Tadeusz Kotarbiński. After him are Delfo Cabrera, Hilde Krahwinkel Sperling, Elemér Kocsis, Andreas Alföldi, Hoagy Carmichael, and Sven Andersson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Northrop ranks 6,048 out of 20,380. Before him are Willie Colón (1950), W. C. Handy (1873), Al Corley (1956), Anthony Downs (1930), Justin Gatlin (1982), and Roger McGuinn (1942). After him are Nicky Hayden (1981), Anna Harrison (1775), David A. Huffman (1925), Larry Brown (1940), Delia Owens (1949), and Mike Todd (1909).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Jack Northrop ranks 77. Before him are Lester Allan Pelton (1829), Henry M. Leland (1843), Marion Donovan (1917), David Bushnell (1742), Dan Bricklin (1951), and Ken Olsen (1926). After him are Wilson Greatbatch (1919), Joseph Engelberger (1925), Tabitha Babbitt (1779), Patricia Bath (1942), Jay Miner (1932), and Edward Lawry Norton (1898).

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