# George Grant Blaisdell

> George Blaisdell was an American inventor known for creating the Zippo lighter, based on an Austrian lighter in 1933. In the 1940s, he purchased buildings that could be converted into factories capable of making the Zippo lighter.

*Inventor of the Zippo lighter (1895–1978)*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/george-grant-blaisdell

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1895-06-05
- **Died:** 1978-10-03
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 43.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.5 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 6.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 40.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [Блэйсделл, Джордж Грант](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%BB%D1%8D%D0%B9%D1%81%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B4%D0%B6_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82)
- [جورج غرانت بليسدل](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%BA%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AA_%D8%A8%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3%D8%AF%D9%84)
- [George Grant Blaisdell](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grant_Blaisdell)
- [George Grant Blaisdell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grant_Blaisdell)
- [George G. Blaisdell](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_G._Blaisdell)
- [조지 블라스델](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A1%B0%EC%A7%80_%EB%B8%94%EB%9D%BC%EC%8A%A4%EB%8D%B8)
- [George Grant Blaisdell](https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Grant_Blaisdell)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1507435)

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