1800 - 1860
Charles Goodyear (December 29, 1800 – July 1, 1860) was an American self-taught chemist and manufacturing engineer who developed vulcanized rubber, for which he received patent number 3633 from the United States Patent Office on June 15, 1844.Goodyear is credited with inventing the chemical process to create and manufacture pliable, waterproof, moldable rubber.Goodyear's discovery of the vulcanization process followed five years of searching for a more stable rubber and stumbling upon the effectiveness of heating after Thomas Hancock. His discovery initiated decades of successful rubber manufacturing in the Lower Naugatuck Valley in Connecticut, as rubber was adopted to multiple applications, including footwear and tires. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles Goodyear has received more than 898,455 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 47 in 2019). Charles Goodyear is the 45th most popular inventor (up from 46th in 2019), the 388th most popular biography from United States (up from 393rd in 2019) and the 9th 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, Charles Goodyear ranks 45 out of 354. Before him are Konrad Zuse, Herman Hollerith, Nicolas Appert, Igor Sikorsky, Adolphe Sax, and Richard Trevithick. After him are Karl Drais, John Herschel, William G. Morgan, Willis Carrier, Hans Lippershey, and John Boyd Dunlop.
1910 - 1995
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 39
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 40
1749 - 1841
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 41
1889 - 1972
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 42
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 43
1771 - 1833
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 44
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 45
1785 - 1851
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 46
1792 - 1871
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 47
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 48
1876 - 1950
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 49
1570 - 1619
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 50
1840 - 1921
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 51
Among people born in 1800, Charles Goodyear ranks 4. Before him are Friedrich Wöhler, Helmuth von Moltke the Elder, and Emperor Ninkō. After him are Millard Fillmore, Henry Fox Talbot, France Prešeren, James Clark Ross, John Edward Gray, Jean-Baptiste Dumas, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Ludwig Ritter von Köchel. Among people deceased in 1860, Charles Goodyear ranks 6. Before him are Arthur Schopenhauer, Phineas Gage, Désirée Clary, Jérôme Bonaparte, and Alexandra Feodorovna. After him are János Bolyai, Miloš Obrenović, Stéphanie de Beauharnais, Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, William Walker, and István Széchenyi.
1800 - 1882
HPI: 72.32
Rank: 1
1800 - 1891
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 2
1800 - 1846
HPI: 68.34
Rank: 3
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 4
1800 - 1874
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 5
1800 - 1877
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 6
1800 - 1849
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 7
1800 - 1862
HPI: 63.77
Rank: 8
1800 - 1875
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 9
1800 - 1884
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 10
1800 - 1831
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 11
1800 - 1877
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 12
1788 - 1860
HPI: 84.74
Rank: 1
1823 - 1860
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 2
1777 - 1860
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 3
1784 - 1860
HPI: 69.23
Rank: 4
1798 - 1860
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 5
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 6
1802 - 1860
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 7
1780 - 1860
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 8
1789 - 1860
HPI: 62.50
Rank: 9
1781 - 1860
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 10
1824 - 1860
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 11
1791 - 1860
HPI: 58.92
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Charles Goodyear ranks 388 out of 18,182. Before him are Chet Baker (1929), Chester W. Nimitz (1885), Kurt Russell (1951), Nicole Kidman (1967), Kevin Costner (1955), and Jeff Bridges (1949). After him are Sarah Vaughan (1924), Gertrude B. Elion (1918), Jerome Bruner (1915), Carroll Shelby (1923), Shirley Temple (1928), and Henry Clay (1777).
1929 - 1988
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 382
1885 - 1966
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 383
1951 - Present
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 384
1967 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 385
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 386
1949 - Present
HPI: 68.18
Rank: 387
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 388
1924 - 1990
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 389
1918 - 1999
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 390
1915 - 2016
HPI: 68.13
Rank: 391
1923 - 2012
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 392
1928 - 2014
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 393
1777 - 1852
HPI: 68.10
Rank: 394
Among inventors born in United States, Charles Goodyear ranks 9. Before him are Samuel Morse (1791), Samuel Colt (1814), Steve Wozniak (1950), George Westinghouse (1846), Robert Fulton (1765), and Herman Hollerith (1860). After him are William G. Morgan (1870), Willis Carrier (1876), Isaac Singer (1811), John Deere (1804), Douglas Engelbart (1925), and John Browning (1855).
1791 - 1872
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 3
1814 - 1862
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 4
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 5
1846 - 1914
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 6
1765 - 1815
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 7
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 8
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 9
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 10
1876 - 1950
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 11
1811 - 1875
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 12
1804 - 1886
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 13
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 14
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 15