810 - 887
Abu al-Qasim Abbas ibn Firnas ibn Wirdas al-Takurini (Arabic: أبو القاسم عباس بن فرناس بن ورداس التاكرني; c. 809/810 – 887 A.D.), also known as Abbas ibn Firnas (Arabic: عباس ابن فرناس) was an Andalusi polymath: an inventor, astronomer, physician, chemist, engineer, Andalusi musician, and Arabic-language poet. He was reported to have experimented with unpowered flight.Ibn Firnas made various contributions in the field of astronomy and engineering. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abbas ibn Firnas has received more than 921,011 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Abbas ibn Firnas is the 35th most popular inventor (up from 41st in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Spain (up from 89th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Inventor.
Abbas ibn Firnas is most famous for inventing the world's first flying machine.
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Among inventors, Abbas ibn Firnas ranks 35 out of 354. Before him are Denis Papin, Ernő Rubik, Bartolomeo Cristofori, George Westinghouse, Robert Fulton, and Joseph Marie Jacquard. After him are László Bíró, Ismail al-Jazari, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Konrad Zuse, Herman Hollerith, and Nicolas Appert.
1647 - 1712
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 29
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 30
1655 - 1731
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 31
1846 - 1914
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 32
1765 - 1815
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 33
1752 - 1834
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 34
810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 35
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 36
1136 - 1206
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 37
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 38
1910 - 1995
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 39
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 40
1749 - 1841
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 41
Among people born in 810, Abbas ibn Firnas ranks 2. Before him is Muhammad al-Bukhari. After him are Pope Benedict III, John Scotus Eriugena, Halfdan the Black, Kenneth MacAlpin, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Kassia, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, Hastein, García Íñiguez of Pamplona, and Eulogius of Córdoba. Among people deceased in 887, Abbas ibn Firnas ranks 1. After him are Boso of Provence, Emperor Kōkō, Pietro I Candiano, and Giovanni II Participazio.
810 - 870
HPI: 78.45
Rank: 1
810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 2
810 - 858
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 3
810 - 877
HPI: 68.78
Rank: 4
810 - 860
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 5
810 - 858
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 6
810 - 860
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 7
810 - 865
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 8
810 - 859
HPI: 58.98
Rank: 9
810 - 896
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 10
810 - 882
HPI: 57.68
Rank: 11
810 - 859
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 12
810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 1
844 - 887
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 2
830 - 887
HPI: 56.78
Rank: 3
842 - 887
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 4
900 - 887
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 5
Among people born in Spain, Abbas ibn Firnas ranks 76 out of 2,932. Before him are Luis Suárez (1935), Francisco Gento (1933), Lucan (39), Muhammad XII of Granada (1459), Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475), and Alfonso XII of Spain (1857). After him are Solomon ibn Gabirol (1021), José Ortega y Gasset (1883), Josep Borrell (1947), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), Alfonso VI of León and Castile (1040), and Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress (1528).
1935 - 2023
HPI: 70.22
Rank: 70
1933 - 2022
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 71
39 - 65
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 72
1459 - 1532
HPI: 69.91
Rank: 73
1475 - 1519
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 74
1857 - 1885
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 75
810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 76
1021 - 1058
HPI: 69.59
Rank: 77
1883 - 1955
HPI: 69.57
Rank: 78
1947 - Present
HPI: 69.50
Rank: 79
1507 - 1582
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 80
1040 - 1109
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 81
1528 - 1603
HPI: 69.45
Rank: 82
Among inventors born in Spain, Abbas ibn Firnas ranks 1. After him are Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva (1895), Narcís Monturiol (1819), and Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852).
810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 1
1895 - 1936
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2
1819 - 1885
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 3
1852 - 1936
HPI: 51.13
Rank: 4