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Joseph-Armand Bombardier

1907 - 1964

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Joseph-Armand Bombardier (French pronunciation: [ʒozɛf aʁmɑ̃ bɔ̃baʁdje]; April 16, 1907 – February 18, 1964) was a Canadian inventor and businessman who was the founder of Bombardier. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph-Armand Bombardier has received more than 384,168 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Joseph-Armand Bombardier is the 262nd most popular inventor (up from 264th in 2019), the 222nd most popular biography from Canada (down from 213th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Canadian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Joseph-Armand Bombardier ranks 262 out of 426. Before him are James Nasmyth, Robert Cornelius, Petrache Poenaru, Arthur Wynne, Jacob W. Davis, and Wan Hu. After him are Frederick Scott Archer, Harry Brearley, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Louis Lumière, Walter Clopton Wingfield, and Colin Archer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Joseph-Armand Bombardier ranks 186. Before him are James M. Gavin, Sukhdev Thapar, Benny Carter, Roger Vailland, Maria Pia de Saxe-Coburgo e Bragança, and Paul Magloire. After him are Edwige Feuillère, Fritz Szepan, Germaine Tillion, Polina Osipenko, Volmari Iso-Hollo, and Jack Albertson. Among people deceased in 1964, Joseph-Armand Bombardier ranks 101. Before him are Bernhard Goetzke, Eugen Sänger, Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange, Rickard Sandler, Ernst Toch, and Ary Barroso. After him are Joseph Schildkraut, Aloïse Corbaz, Alvin York, Rudolph Maté, Henry Maitland Wilson, and Olga Desmond.

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In Canada

Among people born in Canada, Joseph-Armand Bombardier ranks 222 out of 1,622. Before him are Phil Hartman (1948), Terry Fox (1958), Louis Nirenberg (1925), Jon Vickers (1926), Ernest Burgess (1886), and Marc Singer (1948). After him are Bobby Hull (1939), David Card (1956), Josephine Crowell (1859), Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914), Robert D. Hare (1934), and Debbi Wilkes (1946).

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Among INVENTORS In Canada

Among inventors born in Canada, Joseph-Armand Bombardier ranks 4. Before him are James Naismith (1861), Reginald Fessenden (1866), and Gerald Bull (1928). After him are Yvonne Brill (1924).

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