George Gallup

George Gallup
Born
George Horace Gallup

(1901-11-18)November 18, 1901
DiedJuly 26, 1984(1984-07-26) (aged 82)
Alma materUniversity of Iowa
OccupationStatistician
Known forGallup poll

George Horace Gallup (November 18, 1901 – July 26, 1984) was an American pioneer of survey sampling techniques and inventor of the Gallup poll, a statistically-based survey sampled measure of public opinion.