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Valerie Thomas

American scientist and inventor

1943 - today

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Her biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Valerie Thomas is the 284th most popular inventor (up from 415th in 2024), the 5,644th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,862nd in 2019) and the 71st most popular American Inventor.

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Valerie Thomas climbed 37,763 places in Pantheon's global HPI ranking, from #82,362 to #44,674.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Valerie Thomas ranks 284 out of 433. Before her are James Nasmyth, Frederick Scott Archer, Robert Cornelius, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Joseph Aspdin, and Lester Allan Pelton. After her are Joseph Whitworth, Beulah Louise Henry, Genrich Altshuller, Ottomar Anschütz, Cyrus McCormick, and Mark Rober.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Valerie Thomas ranks 365. Before her are Eberhard Vogel, Pavel Lednyov, Giancarlo De Sisti, Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly, Ottavio Bianchi, and Shlomo Ben-Ami. After her are Ling Liong Sik, Éva Marton, Lyudmila Bragina, Maceo Parker, Wolfgang Nordwig, and Jon Postel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Valerie Thomas ranks 5,644 out of 23,232. Before her are Tom Mix (1880), Ed Roberts (1941), Donnie Wahlberg (1969), James Edward Keeler (1857), JJ Redick (1984), and Justin Theroux (1971). After her are Paul Kantner (1941), Sacheen Littlefeather (1946), Jim Rathmann (1928), K Callan (1936), Bobby Jones (1951), and Sally Hemings (1773).

Among Inventors In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Valerie Thomas ranks 71. Before her are George Pullman (1831), Glenn Curtiss (1878), Michael S. Hart (1947), Ray Dolby (1933), Robert Cornelius (1809), and Lester Allan Pelton (1829). After her are Beulah Louise Henry (1888), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Mark Rober (1980), Ralph Hartley (1888), Frank Zamboni (1901), and Jacob Perkins (1766).

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