Albert Tangora (July 2, 1903 – April 7, 1978) was an American competitive typist who was widely regarded as having the fastest typing speed on a typewriter.

[7] After retiring, Tangora began competing again in subsequent typing competitions sponsored by the International Commercial Schools Association.

[16] Tangora began competing in typewriter speed typing contests in the "Novice" (15-minute) division, when during the New England Business Show held at Mechanics Hall in Boston, Massachusetts, Tangora won the Eastern States typewriting contest held on April 9, 1917,[17] for having a 15-minute typing speed of 91 words per minute (WPM).

[18] On October 15, 1917, he went on to win the Novice division for the World's Championship Typewriting Contest in New York City with a 15-minute typing speed of 110 WPM.

[27] He additionally began competing in the "Professional" (60-minute) division by entering the World Typewriting Championship held at Grand Central Palace on October 25, 1920,[28] placing fourth with a 60-minute typing speed of 124 WPM.

[29] Tangora worked for the Underwood Typewriter Company in its education department, spending the first half of 1921 touring throughout the south and west United States.

[30] Tangora competed in the next World Typewriting Championship held in New York City on October 17, 1921, where he placed third with a typing speed of 132 WPM.

[36] After temporarily retiring, he began competing again in subsequent typing competitions sponsored by the International Commercial Schools Association.

[14] He is the subject of the film Albert Tangora in Action, in which he demonstrates typing techniques including proper posture, arm positioning, and warmups.