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Charles F. Kettering

1958 - 1958

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Charles Franklin Kettering (August 29, 1876 – November 25, 1958) sometimes known as Charles Fredrick Kettering was an American inventor, engineer, businessman, and the holder of 186 patents. He was a founder of Delco, and was head of research at General Motors from 1920 to 1947. Among his most widely used automotive developments were the electrical starting motor and leaded gasoline. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles F. Kettering has received more than 587,212 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Charles F. Kettering is the 375th most popular inventor (down from 342nd in 2019), the 11,738th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,354th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 38.53

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Charles F. Kettering ranks 375 out of 354. Before him are Arnold Orville Beckman, Richard Pearse, Arthur Fry, Walter Frederick Morrison, John F. Seitz, and Lawrence Hargrave. After him are Marc Andreessen, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, Jarkko Oikarinen, David Hahn, Boyan Slat, and Wendell Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1958, Charles F. Kettering ranks 502. Before him are Nobutoshi Kaneda, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Romy Müller, Toyah Willcox, Joop Hiele, and Víctor Diogo. After him are Rainer Hasler, Tony Pulis, Walter Junghans, Thomas Kinkade, Daniele Archibugi, and Yvonne Ridley. Among people deceased in 1958, Charles F. Kettering ranks 170. Before him are Mary Ritter Beard, James Branch Cabell, Émile Delchambre, David Jack, Daniel Norling, and Willie Applegarth. After him are Friedrich Maurer, Clarence DeMar, Virginia Pearson, Barbara Bennett, and Dunc Munro.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Charles F. Kettering ranks 11,738 out of 18,182. Before him are Marsha Blackburn (1952), Todd Howard (1971), Brewster H. Shaw (1945), Karen Hantze Susman (1942), Alan Hale Sr. (1892), and Joseph Story (1779). After him are Andrea Anders (1975), G-Eazy (1989), Andrew Kevin Walker (1964), Elliott Coues (1842), James van Hoften (1944), and John Kiffmeyer (1969).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Charles F. Kettering ranks 111. Before him are Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), Peter Cooper (1791), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Arthur Fry (1931), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), and John F. Seitz (1892). After him are Marc Andreessen (1971), Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922), David Hahn (1976), Wendell Brown (1961), Tony Fadell (1969), and Jack Andraka (1997).

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