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Arthur Fry

1931 - Today

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Arthur Fry (born August 19, 1931) is an American inventor and scientist. He is credited as the co-creator of the Post-it Note (though this is disputed by some), an item of office stationery manufactured by 3M. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Fry has received more than 275,258 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Arthur Fry is the 403rd most popular inventor (down from 371st in 2019), the 10,621st most popular biography from United States (up from 10,757th in 2019) and the 118th most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 42.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.90

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Arthur Fries by language

Over the past year Arthur Fry has had the most page views in the with 23,278 views, followed by Japanese (2,275), and German (1,748). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (127.22%), Egyptian Arabic (49.29%), and Armenian (47.58%)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Arthur Fry ranks 403 out of 426. Before him are Bette Nesmith Graham, Yvonne Brill, Walter Frederick Morrison, John Whitehurst, Arnold Orville Beckman, and Peter Cooper. After him are Charles F. Kettering, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Kamil Tolon, Richard Pearse, Roger C. Field, and Clarence Birdseye.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Arthur Fry ranks 544. Before him are Josephine Tewson, Jerry Herman, Bernie Geoffrion, Boris Gurevich, Andrew Hill, and Bruce C. Murray. After him are Felix Sobolev, George Baker, Elliott Belgrave, Flora Nwapa, Barbara Barrie, and Ken Bates.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Arthur Fry ranks 10,621 out of 20,380. Before him are Herman Chernoff (1923), Gillian Flynn (1971), Eugenie Scott (1945), Samuel S. Hinds (1875), Richard Blumenthal (1946), and T Bone Burnett (1948). After him are Al Parker (1952), Shirley Clarke (1919), Geri Allen (1957), John Prine (1946), Peter Horton (1953), and Billy Brown (1970).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Arthur Fry ranks 118. Before him are Dean Kamen (1951), Granville Woods (1856), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), and Peter Cooper (1791). After him are Charles F. Kettering (1958), Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), Clarence Birdseye (1886), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), John F. Seitz (1892), and Sarah E. Goode (1855).

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