1935 - Today
Andrew James Viterbi (born Andrea Giacomo Viterbi, March 9, 1935) is an Italian Jewish–American electrical engineer and businessman who co-founded Qualcomm Inc. and invented the Viterbi algorithm. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andrew Viterbi has received more than 487,098 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Andrew Viterbi is the 349th most popular inventor, the 3,569th most popular biography from Italy and the 8th most popular Italian Inventor.
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Among inventors, Andrew Viterbi ranks 349 out of 354. Before him are Gary Fisher, Kamil Tolon, Granville Woods, Kazimierz Prószyński, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, and Karl Jatho. After him are Dean Kamen, Harold Eugene Edgerton, Robin Li, Edward Craven Walker, Elizabeth Holmes, and Charles Darrow.
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 343
1912 - 1978
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 344
1856 - 1910
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 345
1875 - 1945
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 346
1884 - 1961
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 347
1873 - 1933
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 348
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 349
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 350
1903 - 1990
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 351
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 352
1918 - 2000
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 353
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 354
1889 - 1967
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 355
Among people born in 1935, Andrew Viterbi ranks 371. Before him are Győző Forintos, Vicente Lucas, Larry Williams, Nancy Kovack, Frank Robinson, and Carol Kaye. After him are Alberto Mariotti, Bahaa Taher, Billy Whelan, Larry Kramer, Assar Rönnlund, and José Antonio Labordeta.
1935 - 2018
HPI: 44.74
Rank: 365
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 366
1935 - 1980
HPI: 44.66
Rank: 367
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 368
1935 - 2019
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 369
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 370
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 371
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 372
1935 - 2022
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 373
1935 - 1958
HPI: 44.39
Rank: 374
1935 - 2020
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 375
1935 - 2011
HPI: 44.20
Rank: 376
1935 - 2010
HPI: 44.13
Rank: 377
Among people born in Italy, Andrew Viterbi ranks 3,569 out of 4,668. Before him are Den Harrow (1962), Iginio Straffi (1965), Raf (1959), Marco Tullio Giordana (1950), Alessandro Gassmann (1965), and Gianni Morbidelli (1968). After him are Cristiano Lucarelli (1975), Marco Di Vaio (1976), Riccardo Scamarcio (1979), Alexia (1967), Omero Tognon (1924), and Andrea Stramaccioni (1976).
1962 - Present
HPI: 44.58
Rank: 3,563
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.57
Rank: 3,564
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.55
Rank: 3,565
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.53
Rank: 3,566
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.52
Rank: 3,567
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.48
Rank: 3,568
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 3,569
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 3,570
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.44
Rank: 3,571
1979 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 3,572
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 3,573
1924 - 1990
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 3,574
1976 - Present
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 3,575
Among inventors born in Italy, Andrew Viterbi ranks 8. Before him are Guglielmo Marconi (1874), Antonio Meucci (1808), Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655), Johann Maria Farina (1685), Ottaviano Petrucci (1466), and Max Valier (1895).
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 2
1808 - 1889
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 3
1655 - 1731
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 4
1685 - 1766
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 5
1466 - 1539
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 6
1895 - 1930
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 7
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 8