INVENTOR

Arthur Wynne

1871 - 1945

Photo of Arthur Wynne

Icon of person Arthur Wynne

Arthur Wynne (; June 22, 1871 – January 14, 1945) was the British-born inventor of the modern crossword puzzle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Wynne has received more than 173,906 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Arthur Wynne is the 259th most popular inventor (up from 340th in 2019), the 2,435th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 3,897th in 2019) and the 41st most popular British Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.43

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.31

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Arthur Wynne ranks 259 out of 426. Before her are Fritz von Opel, Ricardo Wolf, Abraham Darby I, James Nasmyth, Robert Cornelius, and Petrache Poenaru. After her are Jacob W. Davis, Wan Hu, Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Frederick Scott Archer, Harry Brearley, and Alphonse Beau de Rochas.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1871, Arthur Wynne ranks 95. Before her are Gustavs Zemgals, Kiyoshi Shiga, Gyula Károlyi, Jurgis Matulaitis-Matulevičius, Nándor Dáni, and Zacharia Paliashvili. After her are Friedrich Akel, Benjamin I of Constantinople, Harry Brearley, Gino Fano, Lou Tseng-Tsiang, and Igor Grabar. Among people deceased in 1945, Arthur Wynne ranks 228. Before her are Kurt von der Chevallerie, Emil von Reznicek, Princess Feodora of Saxe-Meiningen, Aris Velouchiotis, Salomėja Nėris, and Hannie Schaft. After her are Dmitry Karbyshev, Alexander Khatisian, Óscar R. Benavides, Ángel Melogno, Emmanuel Bove, and Karl Leisner.

Others Born in 1871

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1945

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Wynne ranks 2,435 out of 8,785. Before her are Pete Burns (1959), Charles Lamb (1775), Terence Davies (1945), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), Philip Catherine (1942), and Richard Bremmer (1953). After her are Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478), Thomas Wright (1711), Eddie Clarke (1950), Ian Khama (1953), Robert T. A. Innes (1861), and Charles James Fox (1749).

Others born in United Kingdom

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Arthur Wynne ranks 41. Before her are Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Clive Sinclair (1940), John Kemp Starley (1854), Joseph Whitworth (1803), Abraham Darby I (1678), and James Nasmyth (1808). After her are Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Harry Brearley (1871), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), Samuel Morland (1625), John Barnard (1946), and Joseph Aspdin (1778).

British born Inventors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous