Gaston Glock

Gaston Glock was an Austrian engineer and businessman. He founded the company Glock in 1963. When he entered the 1980 competition for a new Austrian service pistol, he hired two engineers who had worked on the development of HK's first two polymer-frame pistols, the VP70 and P9 models.

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Who was born first?

• Gaston Glock and Pete George were born the same year
• Gaston Glock and Amar Bose were born the same year
• Gaston Glock was born 1 year after Colin Chapman
• Gaston Glock was born 1 year before Zhores Alferov
• Gaston Glock was born 1 year before Yuan Longping

Timeline

1. Colin ChapmanMay 19, 1928 – December 16, 1982
2. Amar BoseNovember 2, 1929 – July 12, 2013
3. Gaston Glock (this page)July 19, 1929 – December 27, 2023
4. Pete GeorgeJune 29, 1929 – July 28, 2021
5. Yuan LongpingSeptember 7, 1930 – May 22, 2021
6. Zhores AlferovMarch 15, 1930 – March 1, 2019

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