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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 5,481,950 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). David Hahn is the 379th most popular inventor (down from 349th in 2019), the 13,881st most popular biography from United States (down from 13,218th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 34.36

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, David Hahn ranks 379 out of 354. Before him are John F. Seitz, Lawrence Hargrave, Charles F. Kettering, Marc Andreessen, Stanford R. Ovshinsky, and Jarkko Oikarinen. After him are Boyan Slat, Wendell Brown, Tony Fadell, Jack Andraka, George Hotz, and Franky Zapata.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, David Hahn ranks 513. Before him are Momodu Mutairu, Ken Anderson, Travis Kalanick, Mark Philippoussis, Angelica Lee, and Erica Leerhsen. After him are Elvir Rahimić, Ivan Vicelich, Tami Kiuru, David Di Michele, Tammy Blanchard, and Susan Ward. Among people deceased in 2016, David Hahn ranks 533. Before him are Bill Johnson, Ralph Stanley, Bruno Rangel, Ronnie Corbett, Luis Salom, and Dalian Atkinson. After him are Dale Bumpers, David Cañada, Wendell R. Anderson, Marvin Kaplan, Mike Oxley, and René Marsiglia.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, David Hahn ranks 13,881 out of 18,182. Before him are Ike Barinholtz (1977), Rebecca Pidgeon (1965), Mike Johanns (1950), Erica Leerhsen (1976), Chris Weidman (1984), and Arden Cho (1985). After him are Tanner Buchanan (1998), J. R. Smith (1985), Chynna Phillips (1968), Chelsea Noble (1964), Lewis Tewanima (1888), and Mary L. Trump (1965).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, David Hahn ranks 114. Before him are Arthur Fry (1931), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), John F. Seitz (1892), Charles F. Kettering (1958), Marc Andreessen (1971), and Stanford R. Ovshinsky (1922). After him are Wendell Brown (1961), Tony Fadell (1969), Jack Andraka (1997), and George Hotz (1989).

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