1843 - 1903
Emily Warren Roebling (September 23, 1843 – February 28, 1903) was an engineer known for her contributions over a period of more than 10 years to the completion of the Brooklyn Bridge after her husband Washington Roebling developed caisson disease (a.k.a. decompression disease) and became bedridden. She served as a liaison and supervisor of construction through communicating between her husband and on-site personnel. Her husband was the chief engineer during construction of the Brooklyn Bridge, which had been designed by his late father, John A. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emily Warren Roebling has received more than 631,278 page views. Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Emily Warren Roebling is the 215th most popular engineer (up from 234th in 2019), the 4,724th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,174th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Engineer.
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Among engineers, Emily Warren Roebling ranks 215 out of 323. Before her are Franz Grashof, Paul Mauser, André Waterkeyn, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Anousheh Ansari, and Ferdinand Mannlicher. After her are Benoît Fourneyron, Eugene Polley, Georgy Beriev, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Arkhip Lyulka, and Gioacchino Colombo.
1826 - 1893
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 209
1838 - 1914
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 210
1917 - 2005
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 211
1874 - 1966
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 212
1966 - Present
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 213
1848 - 1904
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 214
1843 - 1903
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 215
1802 - 1867
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 216
1915 - 2012
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 217
1903 - 1979
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 218
1921 - 2003
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 219
1908 - 1984
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 220
1903 - 1987
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 221
Among people born in 1843, Emily Warren Roebling ranks 62. Before her are David Gill, Adolf Mayer, Henri Regnault, Gaston Tissandier, Louis Duchesne, and Gertrude Jekyll. After her are Mark Antokolsky, Frank James, Paul Cambon, Georg von Rosen, Frederic W. H. Myers, and Ernest Mason Satow. Among people deceased in 1903, Emily Warren Roebling ranks 52. Before her are Ozaki Kōyō, Karl Gegenbaur, Eugène-Anatole Demarçay, Harriet Lane, Tang Jingsong, and Lina Sandell. After her are Konstantinos Paspatis, Henri Alexis Brialmont, George Gissing, Girolamo de Rada, Gustav Radde, and Paul Du Chaillu.
1843 - 1914
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 56
1843 - 1942
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 57
1843 - 1871
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 58
1843 - 1899
HPI: 50.52
Rank: 59
1843 - 1922
HPI: 50.12
Rank: 60
1843 - 1932
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 61
1843 - 1903
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 62
1843 - 1902
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 63
1843 - 1915
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 64
1843 - 1924
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 65
1843 - 1923
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 66
1843 - 1901
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 67
1843 - 1929
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 68
1868 - 1903
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 46
1826 - 1903
HPI: 51.06
Rank: 47
1852 - 1903
HPI: 50.13
Rank: 48
1830 - 1903
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 49
1841 - 1903
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 50
1832 - 1903
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 51
1843 - 1903
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 52
1878 - 1903
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 53
1821 - 1903
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 54
1857 - 1903
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 55
1814 - 1903
HPI: 49.14
Rank: 56
1831 - 1903
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 57
1835 - 1903
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 58
Among people born in United States, Emily Warren Roebling ranks 4,724 out of 18,182. Before her are David Paich (1954), Gerard K. O'Neill (1927), Jimi Jamison (1951), Jonathan Winters (1925), Layne Staley (1967), and Daniel Kirkwood (1814). After her are Edmund Muskie (1914), W. Averell Harriman (1891), Zakk Wylde (1967), Samuel T. Cohen (1921), Gregg Henry (1952), and Marc Lawrence (1910).
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,718
1927 - 1992
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,719
1951 - 2014
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,720
1925 - 2013
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 4,721
1967 - 2002
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,722
1814 - 1895
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,723
1843 - 1903
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,724
1914 - 1996
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,725
1891 - 1986
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,726
1967 - Present
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,727
1921 - 2010
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 4,728
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 4,729
1910 - 2005
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 4,730
Among engineers born in United States, Emily Warren Roebling ranks 20. Before her are Gene Kranz (1933), Jon Postel (1943), Seymour Cray (1925), Charles F. Brush (1849), Preston Tucker (1903), and Ed Heinemann (1908). After her are Eugene Polley (1915), Burt Rutan (1943), Aron Ralston (1975), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), and Frederick Terman (1900).
1933 - Present
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 14
1943 - 1998
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 15
1925 - 1996
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 16
1849 - 1929
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 17
1903 - 1956
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 18
1908 - 1991
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 19
1843 - 1903
HPI: 49.91
Rank: 20
1915 - 2012
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 21
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 22
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 23
1905 - 1982
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 24
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 25
1900 - 1982
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 26