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Elisha Gray

1835 - 1901

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Elisha Gray

His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia. Elisha Gray is the 134th most popular inventor (down from 130th in 2024), the 2,027th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,642nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular American Inventor.

Elisha Gray is most famous for inventing the telephone.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Elisha Gray ranks 134 out of 426. Before him are Alfred Krupp, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Robert Adler, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, W. O. Bentley, and Percy Spencer. After him are Josef Ressel, Hugo Schmeisser, Zénobe Gramme, Elias Howe, Mary the Jewess, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Alfred Krupp
1812 - 1887
HPI: 66.09
Rank: 128
Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
1924 - 2019
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 129
Robert Adler
1913 - 2007
HPI: 65.95
Rank: 130
Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville
1817 - 1879
HPI: 65.93
Rank: 131
W. O. Bentley
1888 - 1971
HPI: 65.86
Rank: 132
Percy Spencer
1894 - 1970
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 133
Elisha Gray
1835 - 1901
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 134
Josef Ressel
1793 - 1857
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 135
Hugo Schmeisser
1884 - 1953
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 136
Zénobe Gramme
1826 - 1901
HPI: 65.54
Rank: 137
Elias Howe
1819 - 1867
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 138
Mary the Jewess
100 - 100
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 139
Jean-Pierre Blanchard
1753 - 1809
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 140

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1835, Elisha Gray ranks 27. Before him are Alexander Agassiz, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Hijikata Toshizō, John La Farge, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, and Adolph Wagner. After him are Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany, Mendele Mocher Sforim, Sai Baba of Shirdi, Alexandrine Tinné, Shoqan Walikhanov, and Simon Newcomb. Among people deceased in 1901, Elisha Gray ranks 22. Before him are Fukuzawa Yukichi, Abdur Rahman Khan, Peter Tait, Adolf Eugen Fick, Gaetano Bresci, and Francesco Crispi. After him are Josef Rheinberger, Zénobe Gramme, Paul Rée, Nikolaos Gyzis, Frederic W. H. Myers, and François-Marie Raoult.

Others Born in 1835

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Alexander Agassiz
BIOLOGIST
1835 - 1910
HPI: 67.55
Rank: 21
Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern
POLITICIAN
1835 - 1905
HPI: 67.16
Rank: 22
Hijikata Toshizō
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1835 - 1869
HPI: 66.88
Rank: 23
John La Farge
PAINTER
1835 - 1910
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 24
Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1835 - 1916
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 25
Adolph Wagner
ECONOMIST
1835 - 1917
HPI: 65.82
Rank: 26
Elisha Gray
INVENTOR
1835 - 1901
HPI: 65.77
Rank: 27
Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany
POLITICIAN
1835 - 1908
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 28
Mendele Mocher Sforim
WRITER
1835 - 1917
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 29
Sai Baba of Shirdi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1835 - 1918
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 30
Alexandrine Tinné
EXPLORER
1835 - 1869
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 31
Shoqan Walikhanov
HISTORIAN
1835 - 1865
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 32
Simon Newcomb
MATHEMATICIAN
1835 - 1909
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 33