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David Hahn

1976 - 2016

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David Charles Hahn (October 30, 1976 – September 27, 2016), sometimes called the "Radioactive Boy Scout" and the "Nuclear Boy Scout" was an American nuclear radiation enthusiast who built a homemade neutron source at the age of seventeen. A scout in the Boy Scouts of America, Hahn conducted his experiments in secret in a backyard shed at his mother's house in Commerce Township, Michigan. Hahn's goal was to build and demonstrate a homemade breeder reactor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of David Hahn has received more than 5,658,413 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). David Hahn is the 420th most popular inventor (down from 379th in 2019), the 15,953rd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,847th in 2019) and the 128th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 34.54

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, David Hahn ranks 420 out of 426. Before him are Marc Andreessen, Valerie Thomas, Harold Stephen Black, Jarkko Oikarinen, Boyan Slat, and Tony Fadell. After him are Wendell Brown, Franky Zapata, George Hotz, Simone Giertz, and Jack Andraka.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, David Hahn ranks 675. Before him are Luke Mably, Delio Toledo, Yuliya Chepalova, Yevgeniya Medvedeva, Tiko, and Reyes Estévez. After him are André Bucher, Joey Lawrence, Haruchika Aoki, Bob de Jong, Gilles Marini, and Ehren McGhehey. Among people deceased in 2016, David Hahn ranks 614. Before him are Arthur Maia, Ralph Stanley, Henry Worsley, Bruno Rangel, René Marsiglia, and Deborah S. Jin. After him are Frank Kelly, Rémy Vogel, Rose Mofford, Carlos Loyzaga, Ananias Eloi Castro Monteiro, and Rob Ford.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Hahn ranks 15,953 out of 20,380. Before him are Ashton Eaton (1988), Walt Dohrn (1970), Jason Dohring (1982), Selenis Leyva (1972), Jason London (1972), and Danny Strong (1974). After him are Mike Lindell (1961), Lori McNeil (1963), Jay O'Brien (1883), Michael Welch (1987), Lauren Lapkus (1985), and Dan Futterman (1967).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, David Hahn ranks 128. Before him are John F. Seitz (1892), Sarah E. Goode (1855), Marc Andreessen (1971), Valerie Thomas (1943), Harold Stephen Black (1898), and Tony Fadell (1969). After him are Wendell Brown (1961), George Hotz (1989), and Jack Andraka (1997).

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