George Horace Gallup

George Horace Gallup was an influential American statistician and the founder of the Gallup Organization, which he established in 1935. He pioneered the field of public opinion polling and developed innovative statistical techniques to gauge public sentiment on various social, political, and economic issues. His methodologies transformed the way survey data was collected and analyzed, making Gallup a household name in the study of public opinion. He passed away in 1984.