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Dean Kamen

1951 - Today

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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 2,331,218 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Dean Kamen is the 394th most popular inventor (down from 350th in 2019), the 9,436th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,419th in 2019) and the 111th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 2.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.81

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Dean Kamen ranks 394 out of 426. Before him are Mark Rober, Norman Joseph Woodland, Robin Li, Bill Atkinson, Gary Fisher, and George Beauchamp. After him are Granville Woods, Bette Nesmith Graham, Yvonne Brill, Walter Frederick Morrison, John Whitehurst, and Arnold Orville Beckman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Dean Kamen ranks 492. Before him are Pany Yathotou, Marcel Dionne, Bill Atkinson, Roy A. Tucker, Lyn McClements, and Jóannes Eidesgaard. After him are Vytenis Andriukaitis, Terry McDermott, Ian Buruma, Sylvia Rivera, Brian Grazer, and Júlio César Leal.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dean Kamen ranks 9,436 out of 20,380. Before him are Dickey Betts (1943), Jason Lewis (1971), Nelson Riddle (1921), Dustin Poirier (1989), Margaret Osborne duPont (1918), and Bob Foster (1942). After him are Marc Aaronson (1950), John Berryman (1914), Michael Dunn (1934), Lance Larson (1940), Don Dokken (1953), and Ted Lange (1948).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Dean Kamen ranks 111. Before him are Herbert E. Ives (1882), Robert S. Langer (1948), Mark Rober (1980), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Gary Fisher (1950), and George Beauchamp (1899). After him are Granville Woods (1856), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Peter Cooper (1791), and Arthur Fry (1931).

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