Alexandre Horowitz
Alexandre Horowitz · Technology & Engineering
Philips engineer who invented the Philishave rotary electric shaver (1939), used by hundreds of millions of men.
1904, Antwerp, Belgium — 1982, Netherlands
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Alexandre Horowitz is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Philips engineer who invented the Philishave rotary electric shaver (1939), used by hundreds of millions of men.
Born in Antwerp to parents of East-European Jewish heritage, Alexandre 'Sacha' Horowitz moved to the Netherlands as a boy and became one of Philips' great engineers — a prolific inventor with dozens of patents. His most famous is the Philishave (1939): the rotary electric shaver whose spinning heads, unlike the vibrating blades of its rivals, followed the curve of a face. Generations of men on every continent have started their mornings with his idea; the rotary shaver remains Philips' signature product to this day.
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Philips engineer who invented the Philishave rotary electric shaver (1939), used by hundreds of millions of men.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre_Horowitz
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