1868 - 1946
Frederick William Lanchester LLD, Hon FRAeS, FRS (23 October 1868 – 8 March 1946), was an English polymath and engineer who made important contributions to automotive engineering and to aerodynamics, and co-invented the topic of operations research. Lanchester became a pioneer British motor-car builder, a hobby which resulted in his developing a successful car company, and is considered one of the "big three" English car engineers—alongside Harry Ricardo and Henry Royce. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick W. Lanchester has received more than 117,132 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Frederick W. Lanchester is the 229th most popular engineer (down from 217th in 2019), the 2,875th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,582nd in 2019) and the 22nd most popular British Engineer.
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Among engineers, Frederick W. Lanchester ranks 229 out of 323. Before him are Alexander Mikulin, Hidetsugu Yagi, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, Eugène Belgrand, Marc Isambard Brunel, and Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont. After him are William Froude, Walter Thiel, Eugène Flachat, Burt Rutan, Johann Georg Halske, and Marcel Deprez.
1895 - 1985
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 223
1886 - 1976
HPI: 49.29
Rank: 224
1714 - 1800
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 225
1810 - 1878
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 226
1769 - 1849
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 227
1798 - 1874
HPI: 49.01
Rank: 228
1868 - 1946
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 229
1810 - 1879
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 230
1910 - 1943
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 231
1802 - 1873
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 232
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 233
1814 - 1890
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 234
1843 - 1918
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 235
Among people born in 1868, Frederick W. Lanchester ranks 135. Before him are Adolphus Cambridge, 1st Marquess of Cambridge, Ștefan Luchian, Emil Racoviță, Wallace Clement Sabine, Dinuzulu kaCetshwayo, and Arthur Gore. After him are Gustav Mie, Théodore Steeg, Constance Markievicz, Leonardus Nardus, Jonas Staugaitis, and Richard Teichmann. Among people deceased in 1946, Frederick W. Lanchester ranks 144. Before him are Shirase Nobu, Júlio Prestes, Juan Bautista Sacasa, Arthur Dove, Charles Despiau, and Carl Theodor Zahle. After him are Saint Alphonsa, Teizo Takeuchi, Giuseppe Adami, Gualberto Villarroel, I Gusti Ngurah Rai, and Alfred Stock.
1868 - 1927
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 129
1868 - 1916
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 130
1868 - 1947
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 131
1868 - 1919
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 132
1868 - 1913
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 133
1868 - 1928
HPI: 48.99
Rank: 134
1868 - 1946
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 135
1868 - 1957
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 136
1868 - 1950
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 137
1868 - 1927
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 138
1868 - 1955
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 139
1868 - 1952
HPI: 48.44
Rank: 140
1868 - 1925
HPI: 48.41
Rank: 141
1861 - 1946
HPI: 49.27
Rank: 138
1882 - 1946
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 139
1874 - 1946
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 140
1880 - 1946
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 141
1874 - 1946
HPI: 49.03
Rank: 142
1866 - 1946
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 143
1868 - 1946
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 144
1910 - 1946
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 145
1908 - 1946
HPI: 48.73
Rank: 146
1878 - 1946
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 147
1908 - 1946
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 148
1917 - 1946
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 149
1876 - 1946
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 150
Among people born in United Kingdom, Frederick W. Lanchester ranks 2,875 out of 7,765. Before him are William Knox D'Arcy (1849), Bryan Robson (1957), Ray Clemence (1948), Rupert Graves (1963), Frederick North, Lord North (1732), and Gwyneth Jones (1936). After him are William Nicol (1770), Taylor Caldwell (1900), George S. Robertson (1872), Hector Boece (1465), Archibald Scott Couper (1831), and Margaret Macdonald Mackintosh (1864).
1849 - 1917
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 2,869
1957 - Present
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 2,870
1948 - 2020
HPI: 48.93
Rank: 2,871
1963 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 2,872
1732 - 1792
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 2,873
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 2,874
1868 - 1946
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 2,875
1770 - 1851
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 2,876
1900 - 1985
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 2,877
1872 - 1967
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 2,878
1465 - 1536
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 2,879
1831 - 1892
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 2,880
1864 - 1933
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 2,881
Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Frederick W. Lanchester ranks 22. Before him are John Loudon McAdam (1756), John Bagot Glubb (1897), John Smeaton (1724), William Playfair (1759), W. Ross Ashby (1903), and André Waterkeyn (1917). After him are William Froude (1810), Mal Evans (1935), Robert W. Paul (1869), James B. Francis (1815), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), and William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810).
1756 - 1836
HPI: 53.21
Rank: 16
1897 - 1986
HPI: 52.90
Rank: 17
1724 - 1792
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 18
1759 - 1823
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 19
1903 - 1972
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 20
1917 - 2005
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 21
1868 - 1946
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 22
1810 - 1879
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 23
1935 - 1976
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 24
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 25
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 26
1882 - 1965
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 27
1810 - 1900
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 28