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Walter A. Shewhart

1891 - 1967

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Walter Andrew Shewhart (pronounced like "shoe-heart"; March 18, 1891 – March 11, 1967) was an American physicist, engineer and statistician, sometimes known as the father of statistical quality control and also related to the Shewhart cycle. W. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter A. Shewhart has received more than 429,385 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Walter A. Shewhart is the 340th most popular physicist (up from 346th in 2019), the 2,145th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,162nd in 2019) and the 69th most popular American Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Walter A. Shewhart ranks 340 out of 717. Before him are Vladimir Shukhov, George Francis FitzGerald, Moritz von Jacobi, Manfred von Ardenne, Karl Guthe Jansky, and Shuji Nakamura. After him are Ami Argand, John Theophilus Desaguliers, Heinrich Geißler, Donna Strickland, Edward Witten, and Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Walter A. Shewhart ranks 59. Before him are Shizo Kanakuri, Oswald Boelcke, Hu Shih, Kurt von Tippelskirch, Poul Nielsen, and Lajos Zilahy. After him are Gio Ponti, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Karl-Adolf Hollidt, Lilya Brik, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, and Yvan Goll. Among people deceased in 1967, Walter A. Shewhart ranks 73. Before him are Primo Carnera, Géza Lakatos, Roger B. Chaffee, Basil Rathbone, George Kelly, and Marcel Aymé. After him are Stanisław Sosabowski, Walter Weiß, Langston Hughes, Léon M'ba, Joseph Boxhall, and Martine Carol.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter A. Shewhart ranks 2,145 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael Jeter (1952), Jessica Alba (1981), Denise Richards (1971), Marisa Berenson (1947), Marcia Cross (1962), and Tony Levin (1946). After him are DeForest Kelley (1920), Joan Allen (1956), Michael Richards (1949), James Franco (1978), Michael Kamen (1948), and Gordon Scott (1926).

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Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Walter A. Shewhart ranks 69. Before him are Leon M. Lederman (1922), Steven Chu (1948), Nathan Rosen (1909), John Mauchly (1907), Frank Wilczek (1951), and Karl Guthe Jansky (1905). After him are Edward Witten (1951), Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), Robert B. Laughlin (1950), Nick Holonyak (1928), Edwin Hall (1855), and Ralph Asher Alpher (1921).

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