INVENTOR
Adolphe Sax
1814 - 1894
Adolphe Sax
Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French: [ɑ̃twan ʒozɛf adɔlf saks]; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894) was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass clarinet in a fashion still used to the present day. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolphe Sax has received more than 2,467,878 page views. His biography is available in 63 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 61 in 2019). Adolphe Sax is the 39th most popular inventor (up from 43rd in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 46th in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Inventor.
Adolphe Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who is most famous for inventing the saxophone.
Memorability Metrics
2.5M
Page Views (PV)
68.69
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
63
Languages Editions (L)
8.19
Effective Languages (L*)
3.98
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among INVENTORS
Among inventors, Adolphe Sax ranks 39 out of 426. Before him are Eli Whitney, George Westinghouse, Igor Sikorsky, Robert Fulton, László Bíró, and Richard Trevithick. After him are Frank Whittle, John Logie Baird, Ruth Handler, Jimmy Wales, Konrad Zuse, and Wilhelm Maybach.
Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsEli Whitney
1765 - 1825
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 33
George Westinghouse
1846 - 1914
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 34
Igor Sikorsky
1889 - 1972
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 35
Robert Fulton
1765 - 1815
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 36
László Bíró
1899 - 1985
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 37
Richard Trevithick
1771 - 1833
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 38
Adolphe Sax
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 39
Frank Whittle
1907 - 1996
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 40
John Logie Baird
1888 - 1946
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 41
Ruth Handler
1916 - 2002
HPI: 68.28
Rank: 42
Jimmy Wales
1966 - Present
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 43
Konrad Zuse
1910 - 1995
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 44
Wilhelm Maybach
1846 - 1929
HPI: 68.07
Rank: 45
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1814, Adolphe Sax ranks 6. Before him are Mikhail Bakunin, Jean-François Millet, Taras Shevchenko, Samuel Colt, and Mikhail Lermontov. After him are Anders Jonas Ångström, Julius von Mayer, Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Henri Nestlé, Hong Xiuquan, and Jenny von Westphalen. Among people deceased in 1894, Adolphe Sax ranks 6. Before him are Alexander III of Russia, Heinrich Hertz, Robert Louis Stevenson, Hermann von Helmholtz, and Ferdinand de Lesseps. After him are Lajos Kossuth, Gustave Caillebotte, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Anton Rubinstein, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, and Prince Philippe, Count of Paris.
Others Born in 1814
Go to all RankingsMikhail Bakunin
PHILOSOPHER
1814 - 1876
HPI: 78.09
Rank: 1
Jean-François Millet
PAINTER
1814 - 1875
HPI: 74.82
Rank: 2
Taras Shevchenko
WRITER
1814 - 1861
HPI: 73.30
Rank: 3
Samuel Colt
INVENTOR
1814 - 1862
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 4
Mikhail Lermontov
WRITER
1814 - 1841
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 5
Adolphe Sax
INVENTOR
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 6
Anders Jonas Ångström
PHYSICIST
1814 - 1874
HPI: 68.16
Rank: 7
Julius von Mayer
PHYSICIST
1814 - 1878
HPI: 67.56
Rank: 8
Eugène Viollet-le-Duc
ARCHITECT
1814 - 1879
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 9
Henri Nestlé
BUSINESSPERSON
1814 - 1890
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 10
Hong Xiuquan
POLITICIAN
1814 - 1864
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 11
Jenny von Westphalen
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1814 - 1881
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1894
Go to all RankingsAlexander III of Russia
POLITICIAN
1845 - 1894
HPI: 77.20
Rank: 1
Heinrich Hertz
PHYSICIST
1857 - 1894
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 2
Robert Louis Stevenson
WRITER
1850 - 1894
HPI: 74.84
Rank: 3
Hermann von Helmholtz
PHYSICIST
1821 - 1894
HPI: 71.49
Rank: 4
Ferdinand de Lesseps
DIPLOMAT
1805 - 1894
HPI: 69.42
Rank: 5
Adolphe Sax
INVENTOR
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 6
Lajos Kossuth
POLITICIAN
1802 - 1894
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 7
Gustave Caillebotte
PAINTER
1848 - 1894
HPI: 67.37
Rank: 8
Marie François Sadi Carnot
POLITICIAN
1837 - 1894
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 9
Anton Rubinstein
COMPOSER
1829 - 1894
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 10
Francis II of the Two Sicilies
POLITICIAN
1836 - 1894
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 11
Prince Philippe, Count of Paris
POLITICIAN
1838 - 1894
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 12
In Belgium
Among people born in Belgium, Adolphe Sax ranks 53 out of 1,190. Before him are Jan Brueghel the Elder (1568), Jules Bordet (1870), Simon Stevin (1548), Margaret of Parma (1522), Julio Cortázar (1914), and Isabella of Austria (1501). After him are Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864), Pepin of Landen (585), Django Reinhardt (1910), Jacob Jordaens (1593), François Englert (1932), and Léon Degrelle (1906).
Others born in Belgium
Go to all RankingsJan Brueghel the Elder
PAINTER
1568 - 1625
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 47
Jules Bordet
BIOLOGIST
1870 - 1961
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 48
Simon Stevin
MATHEMATICIAN
1548 - 1620
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 49
Margaret of Parma
POLITICIAN
1522 - 1586
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 50
Julio Cortázar
WRITER
1914 - 1984
HPI: 68.73
Rank: 51
Isabella of Austria
COMPANION
1501 - 1526
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 52
Adolphe Sax
INVENTOR
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 53
Princess Stéphanie of Belgium
POLITICIAN
1864 - 1945
HPI: 68.39
Rank: 54
Pepin of Landen
NOBLEMAN
585 - 640
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 55
Django Reinhardt
MUSICIAN
1910 - 1953
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 56
Jacob Jordaens
PAINTER
1593 - 1678
HPI: 67.89
Rank: 57
François Englert
PHYSICIST
1932 - Present
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 58
Léon Degrelle
POLITICIAN
1906 - 1994
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 59
Among INVENTORS In Belgium
Among inventors born in Belgium, Adolphe Sax ranks 1. After him are Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jacques Piccard (1922), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Paul Otlet (1868), Robert Cailliau (1947), and George Washington (1871).
Adolphe Sax
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 1
Étienne Lenoir
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.72
Rank: 2
Jacques Piccard
1922 - 2008
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 3
Zénobe Gramme
1826 - 1901
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 4
Paul Otlet
1868 - 1944
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 5
Robert Cailliau
1947 - Present
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 6
George Washington
1871 - 1946
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 7