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Jack Parsons

1914 - 1952

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John Whiteside Parsons (born Marvel Whiteside Parsons; October 2, 1914 – June 17, 1952) was an American rocket engineer, chemist, and Thelemite occultist. Parsons was one of the principal founders of both the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the Aerojet Engineering Corporation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Parsons has received more than 1,093,122 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Jack Parsons is the 324th most popular engineer (down from 260th in 2019), the 8,829th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,225th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Jack Parsons ranks 324 out of 389. Before him are Joseph Bazalgette, Hugh Latimer Dryden, Robert H. Dennard, John Monash, Ove Arup, and T. Keith Glennan. After him are Willy Ley, Geoffrey de Havilland, Mario Theissen, Da-Wen Sun, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, and Octave Chanute.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Jack Parsons ranks 339. Before him are Sylvi Saimo, Heidi Kabel, Louis Gabrillargues, Yuri Linnik, Sven Fahlman, and Fazıl Hüsnü Dağlarca. After him are Carl Foreman, Robert Alda, Oktay Rıfat Horozcu, Billy Eckstine, Estelle Reiner, and Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. Among people deceased in 1952, Jack Parsons ranks 160. Before him are Francis Pegahmagabow, Enrique Jardiel Poncela, Frances Benjamin Johnston, Susan Peters, Fartein Valen, and Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano. After him are August Alle, Helge Liljebjörn, Carlos Julio Arosemena Tola, François Gagnepain, Willie Brown, and Gus Dillon.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jack Parsons ranks 8,829 out of 20,380. Before him are Jack McGee (1949), John Ashcroft (1942), Ann Rule (1931), Bobby Hutcherson (1941), Viola Dana (1897), and Sherman Hemsley (1938). After him are Alexandra Breckenridge (1982), Denton Cooley (1920), Michael McDonald (1952), Barret Oliver (1973), Kelly Rowland (1981), and Allen Toussaint (1938).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Jack Parsons ranks 37. Before him are Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), K. Eric Drexler (1955), Frederick Terman (1900), Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898), Robert H. Dennard (1932), and T. Keith Glennan (1905). After him are John Houbolt (1919), Chuck Peddle (1937), Sidney Darlington (1906), Robert Zubrin (1952), Tom Dowd (1925), and Gordon Bell (1934).

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