1951 - Today
Dean Lawrence Kamen (born April 5, 1951) is an American engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is known for his invention of the Segway and iBOT, as well as founding the non-profit organization FIRST with Woodie Flowers. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dean Kamen has received more than 2,203,180 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Dean Kamen is the 350th most popular inventor (down from 316th in 2019), the 8,437th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,772nd in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Inventor.
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Among inventors, Dean Kamen ranks 350 out of 354. Before him are Kamil Tolon, Granville Woods, Kazimierz Prószyński, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Karl Jatho, and Andrew Viterbi. After him are Harold Eugene Edgerton, Robin Li, Edward Craven Walker, Elizabeth Holmes, Charles Darrow, and George Beauchamp.
1912 - 1978
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 344
1856 - 1910
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 345
1875 - 1945
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 346
1884 - 1961
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 347
1873 - 1933
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 348
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 349
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 350
1903 - 1990
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 351
1968 - Present
HPI: 43.59
Rank: 352
1918 - 2000
HPI: 43.31
Rank: 353
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 354
1889 - 1967
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 355
1899 - 1941
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 356
Among people born in 1951, Dean Kamen ranks 418. Before him are Mario Delpini, Phil Neal, Zeenat Aman, Geoff Lees, Trilok Gurtu, and John Abizaid. After him are Nana Patekar, Aleksey Buldakov, Andranik Eskandarian, Steve Prefontaine, Max Weinberg, and Ramón Heredia.
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.88
Rank: 412
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.87
Rank: 413
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.86
Rank: 414
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.76
Rank: 415
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.75
Rank: 416
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.74
Rank: 417
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 418
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.63
Rank: 419
1951 - 2019
HPI: 43.54
Rank: 420
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.51
Rank: 421
1951 - 1975
HPI: 43.49
Rank: 422
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.48
Rank: 423
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.47
Rank: 424
Among people born in United States, Dean Kamen ranks 8,437 out of 18,182. Before him are Mary Stuart Masterson (1966), Amy Acker (1976), Mark R. Hughes (1956), Wilmer Allison (1904), Frankie Muniz (1985), and Lawrence Tibbett (1896). After him are R. James Woolsey Jr. (1941), Abel P. Upshur (1790), George Nichols (1864), Lee Arenberg (1962), Crystal Reed (1985), and Desireé Cousteau (1956).
1966 - Present
HPI: 43.70
Rank: 8,431
1976 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 8,432
1956 - 2000
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 8,433
1904 - 1977
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 8,434
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 8,435
1896 - 1960
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 8,436
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 8,437
1941 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 8,438
1790 - 1844
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 8,439
1864 - 1927
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 8,440
1962 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 8,441
1985 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 8,442
1956 - Present
HPI: 43.68
Rank: 8,443
Among inventors born in United States, Dean Kamen ranks 95. Before him are George Stibitz (1904), Dan Bricklin (1951), Patricia Bath (1942), Gary Fisher (1950), Granville Woods (1856), and Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884). After him are Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Charles Darrow (1889), George Beauchamp (1899), Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), and Lewis Howard Latimer (1848).
1904 - 1995
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 89
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 90
1942 - 2019
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 91
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 92
1856 - 1910
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 93
1884 - 1961
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 94
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 95
1903 - 1990
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 96
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 97
1889 - 1967
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 98
1899 - 1941
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 99
1860 - 1930
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 100
1848 - 1928
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 101