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Eugene Polley

1915 - 2012

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Eugene Polley (November 29, 1915 – May 20, 2012) was an electrical engineer and engineering manager for Zenith Electronics who invented the first wireless remote control for television. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugene Polley has received more than 64,730 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Eugene Polley is the 263rd most popular engineer (down from 215th in 2019), the 5,894th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,762nd in 2019) and the 23rd most popular American Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 65k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.23

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Eugene Polleys by language

Over the past year Eugene Polley has had the most page views in the with 7,542 views, followed by Arabic (1,670), and Chinese (1,194). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Basque (69.70%), Polish (59.17%), and Catalan (45.65%)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Eugene Polley ranks 263 out of 389. Before him are Louis Vicat, Jean-Augustin Barral, William Froude, Gioacchino Colombo, Butler Lampson, and Markus Reiner. After him are Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Ernest Goüin, Sergey Chaplygin, Mikhail Simonov, Boris Chertok, and Verghese Kurien.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1915, Eugene Polley ranks 174. Before him are Harry Morgan, John C. Lilly, Ann Sheridan, Kenneth Arnold, Johannes Kotkas, and Gozo Shioda. After him are Lamberto Gardelli, John Randolph, Joseph Arthur Ankrah, Teoctist Arăpașu, Fuad Abdurahmanov, and Else Krüger. Among people deceased in 2012, Eugene Polley ranks 257. Before him are Carmen Basilio, Rafael Lesmes, Florence Green, Vadim Glowna, Andy Griffith, and Edvard Mirzoyan. After him are François Migault, Otto Stich, Lupe Ontiveros, Aleksandr Belyavsky, Heino Kruus, and Davy Jones.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Eugene Polley ranks 5,894 out of 20,380. Before him are Buddy Rogers (1921), James Hansen (1941), Kathy Najimy (1957), Penn Badgley (1986), Ernie Terrell (1939), and Chuck Close (1940). After him are Rachel Jackson (1767), Samuel Alito (1950), Efraim Zuroff (1948), Ed Helms (1974), George Kennan (1845), and Herschel Savage (1952).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Eugene Polley ranks 23. Before him are Seymour Cray (1925), Ed Heinemann (1908), Kenneth Nichols (1907), Aron Ralston (1975), Jon Postel (1943), and Butler Lampson (1943). After him are Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Preston Tucker (1903), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Ransom E. Olds (1864), Burt Rutan (1943), and Alan Shugart (1930).

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