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Alexander Graham Bell

Scientist and inventor known for his work on the telephone

1847 - 1922

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His biography is available in 128 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 124 in 2024). Alexander Graham Bell is the 8th most popular inventor (down from 7th in 2024), the 43rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 34th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular British Inventor.

Alexander Graham Bell is most famous for inventing the telephone.

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Alexander Graham Bell is the most memorable of the 128 notable people born in Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

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Alexander Graham Bell ranks #8 of 426 Inventors worldwide — among the top 2% of the profession.

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Alexander Graham Bell's biography appears in 128 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 97% of all Inventors.

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Alexander Graham Bell shares a March 3 birthday with Jamsetji Tata, Georg Cantor, and Zico.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Alexander Graham Bell ranks 8 out of 426. Before him are Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, Johannes Gutenberg, James Watt, Karl Benz, and Elon Musk. After him are Guglielmo Marconi, Henry Ford, Louis Braille, Charles Babbage, Samuel Morse, and Nikolaus Otto.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Alexander Graham Bell ranks 2. Before him is Thomas Edison. After him are Paul von Hindenburg, Maria Feodorovna, Otto Wallach, Bram Stoker, Auguste Escoffier, Joseph Pulitzer, Jesse James, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Georges Sorel, and Jean Casimir-Perier. Among people deceased in 1922, Alexander Graham Bell ranks 2. Before him is Pope Benedict XV. After him are Marcel Proust, Charles I of Austria, Fredrik Bajer, Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran, Enver Pasha, Erich von Falkenhayn, Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Ernest Shackleton, Djemal Pasha, and Hermann Rorschach.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Alexander Graham Bell ranks 43 out of 8,785. Before him are Michael Faraday (1791), Edward V of England (1470), Agatha Christie (1890), H. G. Wells (1866), Thomas Hobbes (1588), and Edmond Halley (1656). After him are Mary I of England (1516), Charles Dickens (1812), Alan Turing (1912), Alexander Fleming (1881), Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (1947), and Thomas Hardy (1840).

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Among Inventors In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Alexander Graham Bell ranks 2. Before him is James Watt (1736). After him are Charles Babbage (1791), George Stephenson (1781), John Logie Baird (1888), Thomas Newcomen (1663), John Herschel (1792), Frank Whittle (1907), Richard Trevithick (1771), John Boyd Dunlop (1840), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), and Rowland Hill (1795).

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