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Charles Darrow

1889 - 1967

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Charles Brace Darrow (August 10, 1889 – August 28, 1967) was an American board game designer who is credited as the inventor of the board game Monopoly. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Darrow has received more than 397,777 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Darrow is the 355th most popular inventor, the 8,710th most popular biography from United States and the 98th most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 400k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.29

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Charles Darrow ranks 355 out of 354Before him are Andrew Viterbi, Dean Kamen, Harold Eugene Edgerton, Robin Li, Edward Craven Walker, and Elizabeth Holmes. After him are George Beauchamp, Arunachalam Muruganantham, Andy Bechtolsheim, John Whitehurst, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, and Lewis Howard Latimer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1889, Charles Darrow ranks 237Before him are Miguel Mariano Gómez, Erwin Stresemann, Eugene Pallette, Alexia Bryn, Joseph Ruttenberg, and Nagamichi Kuroda. After him are Otakar Vindyš, Hans Beyer, Otto Scheff, José María Belauste, Carl Folcker, and Herbert Hübner. Among people deceased in 1967, Charles Darrow ranks 227Before him are Vladimir Sukachev, Malcolm Sargent, Sigurd Moen, Herman Teirlinck, Stanley Bruce, and Alice Lake. After him are György Bródy, Joe Orton, Reginald Denny, Edward Givens, Anatoly Maltsev, and Sig Ruman.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles Darrow ranks 8,710 out of 18,182Before him are Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Sterling K. Brown (1976), Gail Goodrich (1943), Dan Coats (1943), Abigail Spencer (1981), and Diane Ackerman (1948). After him are Ella Baker (1903), Wanda Hendrix (1928), Doris Eaton Travis (1904), Miles Teller (1987), Florence Vidor (1895), and Kevin J. Anderson (1962).

Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Charles Darrow ranks 98Before him are Gary Fisher (1950), Granville Woods (1856), Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Dean Kamen (1951), Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), and Elizabeth Holmes (1984). After him are George Beauchamp (1899), Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), Lewis Howard Latimer (1848), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Frank J. Sprague (1857), and Christopher C. Kraft Jr. (1924).