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Ray Dolby

1933 - 2013

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His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Dolby is the 266th most popular inventor (down from 244th in 2024), the 5,182nd most popular biography from United States (down from 3,834th in 2019) and the 68th most popular American Inventor.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Ray Dolby ranks 266 out of 426. Before him are Arthur Wynne, Michael S. Hart, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Angelo Moriondo, Walter Zapp, and Gerald Bull. After him are Henri Fabre, Louis Lumière, Alexandre Alexeieff, John Barnard, Colin Archer, and Léon Gaumont.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Ray Dolby ranks 248. Before him are Jean Yanne, Chen Jingrun, Renée Taylor, Dennis Viollet, Tsuneko Okazaki, and Jiří Tichý. After him are Ruth Arnon, Vassilis Vassilikos, Haruo Remeliik, Mark Jones, Milena Hübschmannová, and Nicolae Rainea. Among people deceased in 2013, Ray Dolby ranks 219. Before him are Arik Einstein, Hans Hass, Wadih El Safi, Franca Rame, Nílton de Sordi, and Jonathan Winters. After him are Mirko Kovač, Emilio Pericoli, Joanna Chmielewska, Angela Voigt, Georges Descrières, and Robert Byrne.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ray Dolby ranks 5,182 out of NaN. Before him are Doris Roberts (1925), Embeth Davidtz (1965), Stephen P. Synnott (1946), James Russell Lowell (1819), Sidney M. Gutierrez (1951), and Solange Knowles (1986). After him are Diahann Carroll (1935), Claire Danes (1979), Emily Deschanel (1976), Rhonda Fleming (1923), Jackson Showalter (1860), and Kate Walsh (1967).

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Among Inventors In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Ray Dolby ranks 68. Before him are Philo Farnsworth (1906), Charles Martin Hall (1863), Marcian Hoff (1937), George Pullman (1831), Glenn Curtiss (1878), and Michael S. Hart (1947). After him are Robert Cornelius (1809), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), Valerie Thomas (1943), Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Cyrus McCormick (1809), and Mark Rober (1980).

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