The Most Famous

INVENTORS from Taiwan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Taiwanese Inventors. The pantheon dataset contains 426 Inventors, 1 of which were born in Taiwan. This makes Taiwan the birth place of the 31st most number of Inventors behind Iraq, and Ukraine.

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The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Taiwanese Inventors of all time. This list of famous Taiwanese Inventors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Momofuku Ando (1910 - 2007)

With an HPI of 66.84, Momofuku Ando is the most famous Taiwanese Inventor.  His biography has been translated into 34 different languages on wikipedia.

Momofuku Ando (Japanese: 安藤 百福, Hepburn: Andō Momofuku, March 5, 1910 – January 5, 2007), born Go Pek-Hok (Chinese: 吳百福; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Pek-hok), was a Taiwanese-born Japanese inventor and businessman who founded Nissin Food Products Co., Ltd. He is known as the inventor of Nissin Chikin Ramen (instant noodles) and the creator of the brands Top Ramen and Cup Noodles.

People

Pantheon has 1 people classified as Taiwanese inventors born between 1910 and 1910. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Taiwanese inventors include Momofuku Ando.

Deceased Taiwanese Inventors

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