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Alfred Carlton Gilbert

1884 - 1961

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Alfred Carlton Gilbert (February 15, 1884 – January 24, 1961) was an American inventor, athlete, magician, toy maker and businessman. As the founder of A. C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Carlton Gilbert has received more than 164,482 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Carlton Gilbert is the 375th most popular inventor (down from 347th in 2019), the 8,643rd most popular biography from United States (down from 7,838th in 2019) and the 102nd most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 45.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Alfred Carlton Gilbert ranks 375 out of 426. Before him are Henry J. Kaiser, Per Georg Scheutz, Frank Piasecki, Andrew Viterbi, Arunachalam Muruganantham, and Margaret E. Knight. After him are William Fothergill Cooke, Karl Jatho, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, Harold Eugene Edgerton, Kálmán Tihanyi, and Barnes Wallis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Alfred Carlton Gilbert ranks 222. Before him are Bessie Barriscale, José Patricio Guggiari, Georg Zacharias, Harvey Fletcher, Harald Hansen, and Georg Selenius. After him are Hugh Walpole, Earl Derr Biggers, James Cruze, Varlam Avanesov, Frithiof Mårtensson, and József Rády. Among people deceased in 1961, Alfred Carlton Gilbert ranks 172. Before him are Whittaker Chambers, Jānis Endzelīns, Howard P. Robertson, Gail Russell, Miriam A. Ferguson, and Ruth Chatterton. After him are Max Hainle, Earle Page, Augustus John, Aloys Van de Vyvere, Clarence Pinkston, and Gustaf Rosenquist.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Alfred Carlton Gilbert ranks 8,643 out of 20,380. Before him are Thomas Say (1787), Ben Burtt (1948), Alvah Meyer (1888), Rosalind Chao (1957), Tom Florie (1897), and Wesley Ruggles (1889). After him are Kevin Kelly (1952), Chris Barnes (1967), Nestor Serrano (1955), Dan Fogler (1976), Bobby Joe Long (1953), and Pat Carroll (1927).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Alfred Carlton Gilbert ranks 102. Before him are Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Amar Bose (1929), Lewis Howard Latimer (1848), Henry J. Kaiser (1882), Frank Piasecki (1919), and Margaret E. Knight (1838). After him are Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), Herbert E. Ives (1882), Robert S. Langer (1948), Mark Rober (1980), and Norman Joseph Woodland (1921).

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