1572 - 1633
Cornelis Jacobszoon Drebbel (Dutch pronunciation: [kɔrˈneːlɪ ˈʃaːkɔbzoːn ˈdrɛbəl]; 1572 – 7 November 1633) was a Dutch engineer and inventor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Cornelis Drebbel has received more than 363,028 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Cornelis Drebbel is the 89th most popular inventor (up from 96th in 2019), the 113th most popular biography from Netherlands (up from 124th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Inventor.
Cornelis Drebbel is most famous for inventing the first working submarine in 1620.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among inventors, Cornelis Drebbel ranks 89 out of 354. Before him are Sakichi Toyoda, Bi Sheng, Franz Reichelt, Alois Senefelder, John Harrison, and Alphonse Bertillon. After him are Daniel Swarovski, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Étienne-Jules Marey, Elisha Otis, Leo Fender, and Johann Maria Farina.
1867 - 1930
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 83
990 - 1052
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 84
1879 - 1912
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 85
1771 - 1834
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 86
1693 - 1776
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 87
1853 - 1914
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 88
1572 - 1633
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 89
1862 - 1956
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 90
1747 - 1823
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 91
1830 - 1904
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 92
1811 - 1861
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 93
1909 - 1991
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 94
1685 - 1766
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 95
Among people born in 1572, Cornelis Drebbel ranks 4. Before him are Johann Bayer, John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, and John Donne. After him are Sigismund Báthory, Ben Jonson, Jane Frances de Chantal, Cyril Lucaris, Izumo no Okuni, Francis II, Duke of Lorraine, Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel, and Marie Elisabeth of France. Among people deceased in 1633, Cornelis Drebbel ranks 3. Before him are Jacopo Peri and Isabella Clara Eugenia. After him are Patriarch Filaret of Moscow, Scipione Borghese, Xu Guangqi, Pieter Lastman, Catherine Henriette de Balzac d'Entragues, Lew Sapieha, Archduchess Margaret of Austria, George Herbert, and Juan Pablo Bonet.
1572 - 1625
HPI: 66.15
Rank: 1
1572 - 1619
HPI: 66.01
Rank: 2
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 3
1572 - 1633
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 4
1572 - 1613
HPI: 62.13
Rank: 5
1572 - 1637
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 6
1572 - 1641
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 7
1572 - 1638
HPI: 59.89
Rank: 8
1572 - Present
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 9
1572 - 1632
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 10
1572 - 1632
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 11
1572 - 1578
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 12
1561 - 1633
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 1
1566 - 1633
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 2
1572 - 1633
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 3
1553 - 1633
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 4
1577 - 1633
HPI: 58.94
Rank: 5
1562 - 1633
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 6
1583 - 1633
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 7
1579 - 1633
HPI: 55.79
Rank: 8
1557 - 1633
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 9
1567 - 1633
HPI: 53.44
Rank: 10
1593 - 1633
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 11
1579 - 1633
HPI: 51.60
Rank: 12
Among people born in Netherlands, Cornelis Drebbel ranks 113 out of 1,427. Before him are Marinus van der Lubbe (1909), Menno Simons (1496), Pier Gerlofs Donia (1480), Isabelle de Charrière (1740), Willem Janszoon (1570), and Simon van der Meer (1925). After him are Pieter Aertsen (1508), Paulus Potter (1625), Joris Ivens (1898), Gerard Kuiper (1905), Famke Janssen (1964), and Edwin van der Sar (1970).
1909 - 1934
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 107
1496 - 1561
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 108
1480 - 1520
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 109
1740 - 1805
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 110
1570 - 1631
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 111
1925 - 2011
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 112
1572 - 1633
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 113
1508 - 1575
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 114
1625 - 1654
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 115
1898 - 1989
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 116
1905 - 1973
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 117
1964 - Present
HPI: 61.82
Rank: 118
1970 - Present
HPI: 61.72
Rank: 119
Among inventors born in Netherlands, Cornelis Drebbel ranks 1. After him are Zacharias Janssen (1585), Lou Ottens (1926), and Boyan Slat (1994).
1572 - 1633
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 1
1585 - 1635
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 2
1926 - 2021
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 3
1994 - Present
HPI: 33.52
Rank: 4