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Elias Howe

1819 - 1867

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Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Elias Howe has received more than 679,597 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Elias Howe is the 146th most popular inventor (down from 116th in 2019), the 1,978th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,468th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 34

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.67

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.36

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Elias Howes by language

Over the past year Elias Howe has had the most page views in the with 55,483 views, followed by Spanish (9,717), and Arabic (5,567). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Malagasy (51.25%), Silesian (36.68%), and Finnish (30.10%)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Elias Howe ranks 146 out of 426. Before him are Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Georg Luger, John Kay, Sequoyah, Charles Algernon Parsons, and Robert Stirling. After him are Uziel Gal, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Viktor Schauberger, Bob Kahn, Jang Yeong-sil, and Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1819, Elias Howe ranks 31. Before him are Francis V, Duke of Modena, Allan Pinkerton, Johan Jongkind, Théodore Chassériau, Annibale de Gasparis, and Milan Obrenović II, Prince of Serbia. After him are Abner Doubleday, Wilhelm Marr, Roger Fenton, Felice Orsini, Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, and Franz Abt. Among people deceased in 1867, Elias Howe ranks 20. Before him are William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse, Princess Sophie of Saxony, Peter von Cornelius, Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, and Princess Louise Caroline of Hesse-Kassel. After him are Théophile-Jules Pelouze, Giovanni Pacini, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Takasugi Shinsaku, Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuán, and Miguel Miramón.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Elias Howe ranks 1,978 out of 20,380. Before him are David Crosby (1941), Michael Phelps (1985), Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. (1915), Sydney Chaplin (1926), Christina Aguilera (1980), and Carl Reiner (1922). After him are Janet Gaynor (1906), Judd Hirsch (1935), Henry Calvin (1918), John Carradine (1906), Philip José Farmer (1918), and Joe Lynn Turner (1951).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Elias Howe ranks 36. Before him are Percy Spencer (1894), Mary Anderson (1862), Elisha Gray (1835), Richard Jordan Gatling (1818), Robert Moog (1934), and Sequoyah (1770). After him are Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Bob Kahn (1938), Alfred Vail (1807), Garrett Morgan (1877), Royal Rife (1888), and Philo Farnsworth (1906).

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