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Kelly Johnson

1910 - 1990

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Clarence Leonard "Kelly" Johnson (February 27, 1910 – December 21, 1990) was an American aeronautical and systems engineer. He is recognized for his contributions to a series of important aircraft designs, most notably the Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kelly Johnson has received more than 35,389 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Kelly Johnson is the 190th most popular engineer (down from 166th in 2019), the 3,968th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,660th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Engineer.

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  • 24

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  • 3.56

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Kelly Johnson ranks 190 out of 389. Before him are Sergei Tumansky, Michele Besso, Michel Chevalier, Emily Warren Roebling, Gene Kranz, and Ivan Yarkovsky. After him are Genichi Taguchi, Jorge Chávez, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Eugen Sänger, Alexander Lodygin, and Franz Grashof.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Kelly Johnson ranks 158. Before him are José Lezama Lima, Olga Bergholz, Gunnar Höckert, Aldo Olivieri, Wilfred Thesiger, and Georgios Zoitakis. After him are Hideo Shinojima, Qian Zhongshu, Pierre Musy, T-Bone Walker, Gus Hall, and Helmut Kunz. Among people deceased in 1990, Kelly Johnson ranks 126. Before him are Feng Youlan, Michael Powell, Zhang Qun, Aldo Fabrizi, Paul Ariste, and Otto Ambros. After him are Pierre Musy, David Stirling, José Napoleón Duarte, Dámaso Alonso, Jorge Bolet, and Julijans Vaivods.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kelly Johnson ranks 3,968 out of 20,380. Before him are Frank Marshall (1946), David Wilkerson (1931), Lepke Buchalter (1897), Larry Hankin (1940), Laurens Hammond (1895), and Grover Washington Jr. (1943). After him are Virginia Cherrill (1908), Mae Marsh (1894), Robert Mueller (1944), Steve Cropper (1941), Randall Collins (1941), and Patricia Kennedy Lawford (1924).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Kelly Johnson ranks 15. Before him are Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), J. Walter Christie (1865), Joseph Strauss (1870), Eugene Stoner (1922), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), and Gene Kranz (1933). After him are Charles F. Brush (1849), Seymour Cray (1925), Ed Heinemann (1908), Kenneth Nichols (1907), Aron Ralston (1975), and Jon Postel (1943).

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