Inventor

Charles Goodyear

1800 - 1860

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Charles Goodyear

His biography is available in 51 different languages on Wikipedia. Charles Goodyear is the 57th most popular inventor (up from 58th in 2024), the 749th most popular biography from United States (down from 567th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Inventor.

Charles Goodyear is most famous for inventing vulcanized rubber, which is rubber that has been treated with sulfur.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Charles Goodyear ranks 57 out of 426. Before him are Konrad Zuse, Hiram Maxim, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Richard Trevithick, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, and Adam Opel. After him are William G. Morgan, John Boyd Dunlop, Louis Blériot, Emile Berliner, Willis Carrier, and Étienne Lenoir.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Konrad Zuse
1910 - 1995
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 51
Hiram Maxim
1840 - 1916
HPI: 72.58
Rank: 52
Samuel Pierpont Langley
1834 - 1906
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 53
Richard Trevithick
1771 - 1833
HPI: 72.40
Rank: 54
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
1725 - 1804
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 55
Adam Opel
1837 - 1895
HPI: 71.80
Rank: 56
Charles Goodyear
1800 - 1860
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 57
William G. Morgan
1870 - 1942
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 58
John Boyd Dunlop
1840 - 1921
HPI: 71.68
Rank: 59
Louis Blériot
1872 - 1936
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 60
Emile Berliner
1851 - 1929
HPI: 71.45
Rank: 61
Willis Carrier
1876 - 1950
HPI: 71.24
Rank: 62
Étienne Lenoir
1822 - 1900
HPI: 71.18
Rank: 63

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1800, Charles Goodyear ranks 8. Before him are Thomas Babington Macaulay, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, John Edward Gray, Millard Fillmore, Emperor Ninkō, and France Prešeren. After him are Henry Fox Talbot, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, John Brown, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, John Nelson Darby, and James Clark Ross. Among people deceased in 1860, Charles Goodyear ranks 7. Before him are Arthur Schopenhauer, Phineas Gage, Désirée Clary, Jérôme Bonaparte, János Bolyai, and Alexandra Feodorovna. After him are Miloš Obrenović, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, István Széchenyi, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, Lady Byron, and Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld.

Others Born in 1800

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Thomas Babington Macaulay
HISTORIAN
1800 - 1859
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 2
Helmuth von Moltke the Elder
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1800 - 1891
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 3
John Edward Gray
BIOLOGIST
1800 - 1875
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 4
Millard Fillmore
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1874
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 5
Emperor Ninkō
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1846
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 6
France Prešeren
WRITER
1800 - 1849
HPI: 73.10
Rank: 7
Charles Goodyear
INVENTOR
1800 - 1860
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 8
Henry Fox Talbot
INVENTOR
1800 - 1877
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 9
Jean-Baptiste Dumas
CHEMIST
1800 - 1884
HPI: 69.64
Rank: 10
John Brown
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 11
Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg
POLITICIAN
1800 - 1831
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 12
John Nelson Darby
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1800 - 1882
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 13
James Clark Ross
EXPLORER
1800 - 1862
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 14

Others Deceased in 1860

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Arthur Schopenhauer
PHILOSOPHER
1788 - 1860
HPI: 87.55
Rank: 1
Phineas Gage
CELEBRITY
1823 - 1860
HPI: 78.34
Rank: 2
Désirée Clary
COMPANION
1777 - 1860
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 3
Jérôme Bonaparte
POLITICIAN
1784 - 1860
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 4
János Bolyai
MATHEMATICIAN
1802 - 1860
HPI: 73.80
Rank: 5
Alexandra Feodorovna
COMPANION
1798 - 1860
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 6
Charles Goodyear
INVENTOR
1800 - 1860
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 7
Miloš Obrenović
POLITICIAN
1780 - 1860
HPI: 70.64
Rank: 8
Stéphanie de Beauharnais
NOBLEMAN
1789 - 1860
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 9
István Széchenyi
POLITICIAN
1791 - 1860
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 10
Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro
POLITICIAN
1826 - 1860
HPI: 66.17
Rank: 11
Lady Byron
MATHEMATICIAN
1792 - 1860
HPI: 65.80
Rank: 12
Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
NOBLEMAN
1781 - 1860
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 13