INVENTOR

Jacque Fresco

1916 - 2017

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Jacque Fresco (March 13, 1916 – May 18, 2017) was an American futurist and self-described social engineer. Self-taught, he worked in a variety of positions related to industrial design. Fresco wrote and lectured his views on sustainable cities, energy efficiency, natural-resource management, cybernetic technology, automation, and the role of science in society. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacque Fresco has received more than 1,421,581 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Jacque Fresco is the 103rd most popular inventor (up from 105th in 2019), the 1,249th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,252nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular American Inventor.

Jacque Fresco is most famous for his "Venus Project" which is a plan to create a sustainable society.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jacque Fresco ranks 103 out of 426. Before him are Alphonse Bertillon, Johann Maria Farina, Leo Fender, Momofuku Ando, Robert Noyce, and Louis Le Prince. After him are John Harrison, Edmund Cartwright, Joseph Pilates, Johann Philipp Reis, Clément Ader, and Abraham-Louis Breguet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Jacque Fresco ranks 50. Before him are Masaki Kobayashi, Virginia Satir, Emil Gilels, Robert F. Furchgott, C. Wright Mills, and Raf Vallone. After him are Dino Risi, Ephraim Katzir, Alberto Ginastera, Rafael Caldera, Consuelo Velázquez, and Henri Dutilleux. Among people deceased in 2017, Jacque Fresco ranks 66. Before him are Yisrael Kristal, Magdalena Abakanowicz, Sam Shepard, Piet Keizer, Jake LaMotta, and Giovanni Sartori. After him are John Berger, Albert Speer, Richard, 6th Prince of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, Adam West, John G. Avildsen, and Carmen Franco, 1st Duchess of Franco.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jacque Fresco ranks 1,249 out of 20,380. Before him are Mario Lanza (1921), Valerie Solanas (1936), Gerald Edelman (1929), Kathryn Bigelow (1951), Claudia Goldin (1946), and Evander Holyfield (1962). After him are Marvin Minsky (1927), Edward C. Tolman (1886), Charles Sweeney (1919), Ethan Hawke (1970), Mary Todd Lincoln (1818), and James Irwin (1930).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Jacque Fresco ranks 26. Before him are Les Paul (1915), George Eastman (1854), Ray Tomlinson (1941), Elisha Otis (1811), Leo Fender (1909), and Robert Noyce (1927). After him are Lee de Forest (1873), Josiah Warren (1798), Hiram Maxim (1840), Percy Spencer (1894), Mary Anderson (1862), and Elisha Gray (1835).

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