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Barnes Wallis

1887 - 1979

Barnes Wallis

Sir Barnes Neville Wallis (26 September 1887 – 30 October 1979) was an English scientist, engineer and inventor. He is best known for inventing the bouncing bomb used by the Royal Air Force in Operation Chastise (the "Dambusters" raid) to attack the dams of the Ruhr Valley during World War II. The raid was the subject of the 1955 film The Dam Busters, in which Wallis was played by Michael Redgrave. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Barnes Wallis has received more than 712,588 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Barnes Wallis is the 322nd most popular inventor (down from 288th in 2019), the 3,895th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,079th in 2019) and the 57th most popular British Inventor.

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Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
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Languages Editions (L)
1.93
Effective Languages (L*)
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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Barnes Wallis ranks 322 out of 355. Before him are Dean Kamen, Georges Beuchat, Karl Jatho, Margaret E. Knight, Henry J. Kaiser, and John Whitehurst. After him are Robin Li, William Friese-Greene, Lewis Howard Latimer, Walter Frederick Morrison, Yvonne Brill, and John F. Seitz.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Dean Kamen
1951 - Present
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 316
Georges Beuchat
1910 - 1992
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 317
Karl Jatho
1873 - 1933
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 318
Margaret E. Knight
1838 - 1914
HPI: 57.35
Rank: 319
Henry J. Kaiser
1882 - 1967
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 320
John Whitehurst
1713 - 1788
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 321
Barnes Wallis
1887 - 1979
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 322
Robin Li
1968 - Present
HPI: 56.87
Rank: 323
William Friese-Greene
1855 - 1921
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 324
Lewis Howard Latimer
1848 - 1928
HPI: 56.61
Rank: 325
Walter Frederick Morrison
1920 - 2010
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 326
Yvonne Brill
1924 - 2013
HPI: 56.28
Rank: 327
John F. Seitz
1892 - 1979
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 328

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Barnes Wallis ranks 201. Before him are Samuel Eliot Morison, Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, Teodor Koskenniemi, Martín Luis Guzmán, Juan Manuel Gálvez, and Erich Hecke. After him are Robinson Jeffers, Charles Reisner, Ralph Ince, George Abbott, Karl Taylor Compton, and Joseph Lamb. Among people deceased in 1979, Barnes Wallis ranks 192. Before him are Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Ľudmila Pajdušáková, Aksel Berg, John Norton, Les Clark, and Magnar Isaksen. After him are Imre Harangi, Jan Pijnenburg, Blue Mitchell, Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Corinne Griffith, and Ben Lyon.

Others Born in 1887

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Samuel Eliot Morison
1887 - 1976
HPI: 58.14
Rank: 195
Victor Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow
1887 - 1952
HPI: 57.85
Rank: 196
Teodor Koskenniemi
1887 - 1965
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 197
Martín Luis Guzmán
1887 - 1976
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 198
Juan Manuel Gálvez
1887 - 1972
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 199
Erich Hecke
1887 - 1947
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 200
Barnes Wallis
1887 - 1979
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 201
Robinson Jeffers
1887 - 1962
HPI: 56.75
Rank: 202
Charles Reisner
1887 - 1962
HPI: 56.60
Rank: 203
Ralph Ince
1887 - 1937
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 204
George Abbott
1887 - 1995
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 205
Karl Taylor Compton
1887 - 1954
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 206
Joseph Lamb
1887 - 1960
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 207