1847 - 1923
Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin, known after immigration to US as Alexandre de Lodyguine (Russian: Александр Николаевич Лодыгин; 18 October 1847 – 16 March 1923) was a Russian electrical engineer and inventor, one of the inventors of the incandescent light bulb. Alexander Nikolayevich Lodygin was born in Stenshino village, Tambov Governorate, Russian Empire. His parents were of a very old and noble family (descendants of Andrei Kobyla like Romanovs), but of very moderate means. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Lodygin has received more than 101,556 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Alexander Lodygin is the 115th most popular engineer (up from 184th in 2019), the 704th most popular biography from Russia (up from 985th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Russian Engineer.
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Among engineers, Alexander Lodygin ranks 115 out of 323. Before him are Adrian Newey, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Viktor Kaplan, Pierre Clostermann, Alexander Cunningham, and François Laurent d'Arlandes. After him are Robert Stephenson, Álvaro del Portillo, Hertha Ayrton, John A. Roebling, Flaminio Bertoni, and Alexandre Darracq.
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 109
1460 - 1528
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 110
1876 - 1934
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 111
1921 - 2006
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 112
1814 - 1893
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 113
1742 - 1809
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 114
1847 - 1923
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 115
1803 - 1859
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 116
1914 - 1994
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 117
1854 - 1923
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 118
1806 - 1869
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 119
1903 - 1964
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 120
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 121
Among people born in 1847, Alexander Lodygin ranks 32. Before him are John Bates Clark, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, Galileo Ferraris, Jacob Schiff, Princess Leopoldina of Brazil, and Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg. After him are Adolf von Hildebrand, Robert Fuchs, Camille Doncieux, Sidney Sonnino, Nakano Takeko, and Frits Thaulow. Among people deceased in 1923, Alexander Lodygin ranks 41. Before him are Théophile Steinlen, Georg Luger, William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Zhang Xun, Vatroslav Jagić, and Albert Leo Schlageter. After him are Hertha Ayrton, Bonar Law, Charles Dupuy, Alexandre Ribot, Charles de Freycinet, and Damat Ferid Pasha.
1847 - 1938
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 26
1847 - 1893
HPI: 56.73
Rank: 27
1847 - 1897
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 28
1847 - 1920
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 29
1847 - 1871
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 30
1847 - 1921
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 31
1847 - 1923
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 32
1847 - 1921
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 33
1847 - 1927
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 34
1847 - 1879
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 35
1847 - 1922
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 36
1847 - 1868
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 37
1847 - 1906
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 38
1859 - 1923
HPI: 57.61
Rank: 35
1849 - 1923
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 36
1876 - 1923
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 37
1854 - 1923
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 38
1838 - 1923
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 39
1894 - 1923
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 40
1847 - 1923
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 41
1854 - 1923
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 42
1858 - 1923
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 43
1851 - 1923
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 44
1842 - 1923
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 45
1828 - 1923
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 46
1853 - 1923
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 47
Among people born in Russia, Alexander Lodygin ranks 704 out of 3,262. Before him are Rudolf Lipschitz (1832), Bella Akhmadulina (1937), Pavel Tsitsianov (1754), Maxim Shostakovich (1938), Oleg Popov (1930), and Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg (1847). After him are Lev Rudnev (1885), Nikolai Rezanov (1764), Kirill Kondrashin (1914), Duchess Magdalene Sibylle of Prussia (1586), Yuri Norstein (1941), and Otto Braun (1872).
1832 - 1903
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 698
1937 - 2010
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 699
1754 - 1806
HPI: 55.49
Rank: 700
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 701
1930 - 2016
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 702
1847 - 1921
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 703
1847 - 1923
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 704
1885 - 1956
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 705
1764 - 1807
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 706
1914 - 1981
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 707
1586 - 1659
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 708
1941 - Present
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 709
1872 - 1955
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 710
Among engineers born in Russia, Alexander Lodygin ranks 16. Before him are Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev (1906), Ivan Sechenov (1829), Mikhail Gurevich (1892), Nikolai Polikarpov (1892), Mikhail Mil (1909), and Fedor Tokarev (1871). After him are Yevgeny Dragunov (1920), Vitaly Abalakov (1906), Alexey Sudayev (1912), Georgy Shpagin (1897), Alexei Tupolev (1925), and Mikhail Yangel (1911).
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 10
1829 - 1905
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 11
1892 - 1976
HPI: 57.32
Rank: 12
1892 - 1944
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 13
1909 - 1970
HPI: 56.39
Rank: 14
1871 - 1968
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 15
1847 - 1923
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 16
1920 - 1991
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 17
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 18
1912 - 1946
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 19
1897 - 1952
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 20
1925 - 2001
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 21
1911 - 1971
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 22