1944 - Today
Ernő Rubik (Hungarian: [ˈrubik ˈɛrnøː]; born 13 July 1944) is a Hungarian inventor. He is best-known for creating the Rubik's Cube (1974), Rubik's Magic, Rubik's Magic: Master Edition, and Rubik's Snake.While Rubik became famous for inventing the Rubik's Cube and his other puzzles, much of his recent work involves the promotion of science in education. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ernő Rubik has received more than 1,578,184 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Ernő Rubik is the 30th most popular inventor (up from 37th in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Hungary (up from 25th in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Inventor.
Erno Rubik is most famous for inventing the Rubik's Cube.
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Among inventors, Ernő Rubik ranks 30 out of 354. Before him are Thomas Newcomen, Antonio Meucci, Werner von Siemens, James Naismith, Steve Wozniak, and Denis Papin. After him are Bartolomeo Cristofori, George Westinghouse, Robert Fulton, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Abbas ibn Firnas, and László Bíró.
1663 - 1729
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 24
1808 - 1889
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 25
1816 - 1892
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 26
1861 - 1939
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 27
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 28
1647 - 1712
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 29
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 30
1655 - 1731
HPI: 70.07
Rank: 31
1846 - 1914
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 32
1765 - 1815
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 33
1752 - 1834
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 34
810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 35
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 36
Among people born in 1944, Ernő Rubik ranks 12. Before him are George Lucas, Barry White, Jeff Beck, Alexander Van der Bellen, Reinhold Messner, and Rutger Hauer. After him are Geraldine Chaplin, Dzhokhar Dudayev, Joe Cocker, Jimmy Page, Carlos Alberto Torres, and Sepp Maier.
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.63
Rank: 6
1944 - 2003
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 7
1944 - 2023
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 8
1944 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.91
Rank: 10
1944 - 2019
HPI: 70.48
Rank: 11
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 12
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.53
Rank: 13
1944 - 1996
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 14
1944 - 2014
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 15
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 16
1944 - 2016
HPI: 68.24
Rank: 17
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 18
Among people born in Hungary, Ernő Rubik ranks 24 out of 866. Before him are Jadwiga of Poland (1374), Count of St. Germain (1712), Robert Capa (1913), Árpád (845), György Lukács (1885), and Victor Vasarely (1906). After him are Ilona Staller (1951), Andrew II of Hungary (1175), Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria (1868), Mary, Queen of Hungary (1371), László Bíró (1899), and Sándor Kocsis (1929).
1374 - 1399
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 18
1712 - 1784
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 19
1913 - 1954
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 20
845 - 907
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 21
1885 - 1971
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 22
1906 - 1997
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 23
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 24
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.93
Rank: 25
1175 - 1235
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 26
1868 - 1924
HPI: 69.77
Rank: 27
1371 - 1395
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 28
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 29
1929 - 1979
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 30
Among inventors born in Hungary, Ernő Rubik ranks 1. After him are László Bíró (1899), David Schwarz (1850), Ottó Bláthy (1860), Tivadar Puskás (1844), Paul von Jankó (1856), Peter Carl Goldmark (1906), and Kálmán Kandó (1869).
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 1
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 2
1850 - 1897
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 3
1860 - 1939
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 4
1844 - 1893
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 5
1856 - 1919
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 6
1906 - 1977
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 7
1869 - 1931
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 8