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Frank J. Sprague

American naval officer and railroad pioneer

1857 - 1934

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Frank J. Sprague

Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Frank J. Sprague is the 368th most popular inventor (down from 353rd in 2024), the 8,744th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,776th in 2019) and the 96th most popular American Inventor.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Frank J. Sprague ranks 368 out of 426. Before her are Phil Ramone, Orville Gibson, Andy Bechtolsheim, Norman Joseph Woodland, Ken Olsen, and Giovanni Caselli. After her are Amar Bose, Andrew Viterbi, Karl Jatho, Edward Craven Walker, Harry Ferguson, and Tabitha Babbitt.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Phil Ramone
1934 - 2013
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 362
Orville Gibson
1856 - 1918
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 363
Andy Bechtolsheim
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 364
Norman Joseph Woodland
1921 - 2012
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 365
Ken Olsen
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 366
Giovanni Caselli
1815 - 1891
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 367
Frank J. Sprague
1857 - 1934
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 368
Amar Bose
1929 - 2013
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 369
Andrew Viterbi
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 370
Karl Jatho
1873 - 1933
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 371
Edward Craven Walker
1918 - 2000
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 372
Harry Ferguson
1884 - 1960
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 373
Tabitha Babbitt
1779 - 1853
HPI: 53.88
Rank: 374

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Frank J. Sprague ranks 128. Before her are Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch, Aleksei Evert, Milton S. Hershey, John Joly, Clarence Darrow, and Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer. After her are Michael Pedersen Friis, David Prain, Leonida Bissolati, Max Weiss, Edward Henry Potthast, and Charles B. Cory. Among people deceased in 1934, Frank J. Sprague ranks 145. Before her are Jiro Sato, John Brinck, Wallace Fard Muhammad, Horace Lamb, Hélène Boucher, and Cass Gilbert. After her are Elizabeth Gertrude Britton, Augusto Pestana, Lou Tellegen, Arthur Schuster, Gustav de Vries, and Leonid Sobinov.

Others Born in 1857

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Arthur Rudolf Hantzsch
CHEMIST
1857 - 1935
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 122
Aleksei Evert
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1918
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 123
Milton S. Hershey
BUSINESSPERSON
1857 - 1945
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 124
John Joly
PHYSICIST
1857 - 1933
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 125
Clarence Darrow
LAWYER
1857 - 1938
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 126
Herbert Plumer, 1st Viscount Plumer
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1857 - 1932
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 127
Frank J. Sprague
INVENTOR
1857 - 1934
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 128
Michael Pedersen Friis
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1944
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 129
David Prain
BIOLOGIST
1857 - 1944
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 130
Leonida Bissolati
POLITICIAN
1857 - 1920
HPI: 53.39
Rank: 131
Max Weiss
CHESS PLAYER
1857 - 1927
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 132
Edward Henry Potthast
PAINTER
1857 - 1927
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 133
Charles B. Cory
BIOLOGIST
1857 - 1921
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 134