1856 - 1915
Frederick Winslow Taylor (March 20, 1856 – March 21, 1915) was an American mechanical engineer. He was widely known for his methods to improve industrial efficiency. He was one of the first management consultants. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frederick Winslow Taylor has received more than 2,642,993 page views. His biography is available in 45 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 46 in 2019). Frederick Winslow Taylor is the 7th most popular engineer, the 167th most popular biography from United States (up from 196th in 2019) and the most popular American Engineer.
Frederick Winslow Taylor is most famous for his "scientific management" approach to the workplace. He is credited with inventing time-and-motion studies, which study the best way to complete a task in the most efficient way possible.
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Among engineers, Frederick Winslow Taylor ranks 7 out of 323. Before him are Gustave Eiffel, Mikhail Kalashnikov, Wernher von Braun, Gottlieb Daimler, Zhuge Liang, and Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot. After him are Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Sergei Korolev, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, André Citroën, Anatoly Dyatlov, and Alexei Kosygin.
1832 - 1923
HPI: 78.75
Rank: 1
1919 - 2013
HPI: 76.61
Rank: 2
1912 - 1977
HPI: 74.86
Rank: 3
1834 - 1900
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 4
181 - 234
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 5
1796 - 1832
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 6
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 7
1857 - 1935
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 8
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 9
1633 - 1707
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 10
1878 - 1935
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 11
1931 - 1995
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 12
1904 - 1980
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 13
Among people born in 1856, Frederick Winslow Taylor ranks 7. Before him are Nikola Tesla, Sigmund Freud, George Bernard Shaw, Woodrow Wilson, Philippe Pétain, and J. J. Thomson. After him are Louis Sullivan, Archduchess Gisela of Austria, Robert Peary, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Emil Kraepelin, and Georgi Plekhanov. Among people deceased in 1915, Frederick Winslow Taylor ranks 1. After him are Alois Alzheimer, Alexander Scriabin, Paul Ehrlich, Henry Moseley, Ellen G. White, Porfirio Díaz, Jean-Henri Fabre, Clara Immerwahr, Sergei Witte, Wilhelm Windelband, and Gopal Krishna Gokhale.
1856 - 1943
HPI: 90.69
Rank: 1
1856 - 1939
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 2
1856 - 1950
HPI: 77.10
Rank: 3
1856 - 1924
HPI: 77.07
Rank: 4
1856 - 1951
HPI: 76.59
Rank: 5
1856 - 1940
HPI: 73.01
Rank: 6
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 7
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 8
1856 - 1932
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 9
1856 - 1920
HPI: 69.94
Rank: 10
1856 - 1879
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 11
1856 - 1926
HPI: 68.47
Rank: 12
1856 - 1918
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 13
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 1
1864 - 1915
HPI: 72.56
Rank: 2
1871 - 1915
HPI: 72.39
Rank: 3
1854 - 1915
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 4
1887 - 1915
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 5
1827 - 1915
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 6
1830 - 1915
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 7
1823 - 1915
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 8
1870 - 1915
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 9
1849 - 1915
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 10
1848 - 1915
HPI: 62.24
Rank: 11
1866 - 1915
HPI: 61.66
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Frederick Winslow Taylor ranks 167 out of 18,182. Before him are Samuel L. Jackson (1948), Lee Harvey Oswald (1939), Gregory Peck (1916), George Gershwin (1898), Ava Gardner (1922), and Buzz Aldrin (1930). After him are John Williams (1932), Robert K. Merton (1910), Emily Dickinson (1830), Louis Sullivan (1856), Denzel Washington (1954), and Herman Melville (1819).
1948 - Present
HPI: 72.84
Rank: 161
1939 - 1963
HPI: 72.83
Rank: 162
1916 - 2003
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 163
1898 - 1937
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 164
1922 - 1990
HPI: 72.66
Rank: 165
1930 - Present
HPI: 72.64
Rank: 166
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 167
1932 - Present
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 168
1910 - 2003
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 169
1830 - 1886
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 170
1856 - 1924
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 171
1954 - Present
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 172
1819 - 1891
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 173
Among engineers born in United States, Frederick Winslow Taylor ranks 1. After him are Jack Kilby (1923), Howard H. Aiken (1900), Henry Gantt (1861), Leslie Groves (1896), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Jack Swigert (1931), Vannevar Bush (1890), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), J. Walter Christie (1865), Eugene Stoner (1922), and Kelly Johnson (1910).
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 1
1923 - 2005
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 2
1900 - 1973
HPI: 62.11
Rank: 3
1861 - 1919
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 4
1896 - 1970
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 5
1896 - 1993
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 6
1931 - 1982
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 7
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 8
1868 - 1924
HPI: 56.86
Rank: 9
1865 - 1944
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 10
1922 - 1997
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 11
1910 - 1990
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 12