1819 - 1890
Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 – February 17, 1890) was an American inventor who invented the QWERTY keyboard, and, along with Samuel W. Soule, Carlos Glidden and John Pratt, has been contended to be one of the inventors of the first typewriter in the United States. He was also a newspaper publisher and Wisconsin politician. In his time, Sholes went by the names C. Latham Sholes, Latham Sholes, or C. L. Sholes, but never "Christopher Sholes" or "Christopher L. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Christopher Latham Sholes has received more than 709,839 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Christopher Latham Sholes is the 156th most popular inventor (down from 133rd in 2019), the 2,227th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,756th in 2019) and the 37th most popular American Inventor.
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Among inventors, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 156 out of 354. Before him are Fausto Veranzio, Hiram Maxim, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Charles Algernon Parsons, Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, and Sequoyah. After him are Paul Baran, Joseph Monier, Uziel Gal, Charles Martin Hall, Guillaume Amontons, and Orban.
1551 - 1617
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 150
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 151
1787 - 1867
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 152
1854 - 1931
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 153
1772 - 1838
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 154
1770 - 1843
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 155
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 156
1926 - 2011
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 157
1823 - 1906
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 158
1923 - 2002
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 159
1863 - 1914
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 160
1663 - 1705
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 161
1404 - 1453
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 162
Among people born in 1819, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 35. Before him are Théodore Chassériau, Roger Fenton, Annibale de Gasparis, Abner Doubleday, Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia, and Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein. After him are Felice Orsini, Wilhelm Marr, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Alfred Escher, Estanislao Figueras, and Narcís Monturiol. Among people deceased in 1890, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 25. Before him are Princess Zorka of Montenegro, Gottfried Keller, Lorenz von Stein, Louis Le Prince, Carl Bloch, and Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters. After him are Vasile Alecsandri, Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria, Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, Ivan Mažuranić, Camilo Castelo Branco, and Alexander Georg von Bunge.
1819 - 1856
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 29
1819 - 1869
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 30
1819 - 1892
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 31
1819 - 1893
HPI: 56.93
Rank: 32
1819 - 1839
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 33
1819 - 1887
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 34
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 35
1819 - 1858
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 36
1819 - 1904
HPI: 55.45
Rank: 37
1819 - 1874
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 38
1819 - 1882
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 39
1819 - 1882
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 40
1819 - 1885
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 41
1864 - 1890
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 19
1819 - 1890
HPI: 59.64
Rank: 20
1815 - 1890
HPI: 59.36
Rank: 21
1841 - 1890
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 22
1834 - 1890
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 23
1813 - 1890
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 24
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 25
1821 - 1890
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 26
1852 - 1890
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 27
1808 - 1890
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 28
1814 - 1890
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 29
1825 - 1890
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 30
1803 - 1890
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 31
Among people born in United States, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 2,227 out of 18,182. Before him are Daryl Hannah (1960), Cloris Leachman (1926), David Soul (1943), Robert Plutchik (1927), Paul Bowles (1910), and Alicia Rhett (1915). After him are Clark Ashton Smith (1893), Robert Todd Lincoln (1843), Ivan Sutherland (1938), Ricky Nelson (1940), Richard Sennett (1943), and Chet Atkins (1924).
1960 - Present
HPI: 56.46
Rank: 2,221
1926 - 2021
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 2,222
1943 - 2024
HPI: 56.45
Rank: 2,223
1927 - 2006
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 2,224
1910 - 1999
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 2,225
1915 - 2014
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 2,226
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 2,227
1893 - 1961
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 2,228
1843 - 1926
HPI: 56.43
Rank: 2,229
1938 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 2,230
1940 - 1985
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 2,231
1943 - Present
HPI: 56.42
Rank: 2,232
1924 - 2001
HPI: 56.41
Rank: 2,233
Among inventors born in United States, Christopher Latham Sholes ranks 37. Before him are Robert Moog (1934), Josiah Warren (1798), Alfred Vail (1807), Mary Anderson (1862), Hiram Maxim (1840), and Sequoyah (1770). After him are Charles Martin Hall (1863), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Melvil Dewey (1851), Garrett Morgan (1877), George Pullman (1831), and Royal Rife (1888).
1934 - 2005
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 31
1798 - 1874
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 32
1807 - 1859
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 33
1862 - 1953
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 34
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 35
1770 - 1843
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 36
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 37
1863 - 1914
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 38
1890 - 1954
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 39
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 40
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 41
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 42
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 43