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Preston Tucker

1903 - 1956

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Preston Thomas Tucker (21 September 1903 – 26 December 1956) was an American automobile entrepreneur who developed the innovative Tucker 48 sedan, initially nicknamed the "Tucker Torpedo", an automobile which introduced many features that have since become widely used in modern cars. Production of the Tucker '48 was shut down on 3 March 1949 amid scandal and controversial accusations of stock fraud, of which Tucker was eventually acquitted. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Preston Tucker has received more than 1,256,816 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Preston Tucker is the 205th most popular engineer (down from 101st in 2019), the 4,444th most popular biography from United States (down from 2,179th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Engineer.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Preston Tucker ranks 205 out of 323. Before him are Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Mikhail Koshkin, Wilhelm Nusselt, Pierre-François Bouchard, and Charles F. Brush. After him are Ed Heinemann, Charles Renard, Sergei Tumansky, Franz Grashof, Paul Mauser, and André Waterkeyn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Preston Tucker ranks 170. Before him are Felice Bonetto, André Maschinot, Ivar Johansson, Corrado Bafile, Gʻafur Gʻulom, and Orde Wingate. After him are Issa Pliyev, Hans Hedtoft, Fernando Paternoster, John Williams, Misuzu Kaneko, and Ary Barroso. Among people deceased in 1956, Preston Tucker ranks 110. Before him are Leo Baeck, Paul Renner, Vladimir Filatov, Auguste Chevalier, Frigyes Riesz, and Jean Hersholt. After him are Austin Osman Spare, Jehanne D'Alcy, Lewis Terman, Ernst Rüdiger Starhemberg, Herminio Masantonio, and Teresa Feoderovna Ries.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Preston Tucker ranks 4,444 out of 18,182. Before him are Alexis Bledel (1981), David Robinson (1965), Rocky Graziano (1919), Terry Funk (1944), Jack DeJohnette (1942), and Suzanne Somers (1946). After him are Lillian Hellman (1905), Lou Thesz (1916), Justin Theroux (1971), Henry Selick (1952), Zachary Quinto (1977), and Ezzard Charles (1921).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Preston Tucker ranks 18. Before him are Kelly Johnson (1910), Joseph Strauss (1870), Gene Kranz (1933), Jon Postel (1943), Seymour Cray (1925), and Charles F. Brush (1849). After him are Ed Heinemann (1908), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Eugene Polley (1915), Burt Rutan (1943), Aron Ralston (1975), and Hendrik Wade Bode (1905).

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