1877 - 1963
Garrett Augustus Morgan Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an American inventor, businessman, and community leader. His most notable inventions were a type of three-way traffic light, and a protective 'smoke hood' notably used in a 1916 tunnel construction disaster rescue. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Garrett Morgan has received more than 1,910,029 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Garrett Morgan is the 180th most popular inventor, the 2,584th most popular biography from United States and the 41st most popular American Inventor.
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Among inventors, Garrett Morgan ranks 180 out of 354. Before him are Peter Henlein, Hubert Cecil Booth, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Melvil Dewey, Matthew Boulton, and Johann Christoph Denner. After him are Traian Vuia, Friedrich Zander, Gerald Bull, George Pullman, Royal Rife, and J. Presper Eckert.
1479 - 1542
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 174
1871 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 175
1862 - 1919
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 176
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 177
1728 - 1809
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 178
1655 - 1707
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 179
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 180
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 181
1887 - 1933
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 182
1928 - 1990
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 183
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 184
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 185
1919 - 1995
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 186
Among people born in 1877, Garrett Morgan ranks 57. Before him are Petar Kočić, Pavel Bermondt-Avalov, James Montgomery Flagg, Edmond Locard, Wilhelm Adam, and Frank Marshall. After him are Henri Breuil, Edmund Landau, Max Factor, Vladimir Minorsky, Princess Mathilde of Bavaria, and Oscar Milosz. Among people deceased in 1963, Garrett Morgan ranks 60. Before him are Fritz Reiner, Fridolin von Senger und Etterlin, Georg Lindemann, Jacob Gade, Ferenc Fricsay, and Rikidōzan. After him are Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Ernst Kantorowicz, Ramón Gómez de la Serna, Gustaf Gründgens, Fazlollah Zahedi, and Sarit Thanarat.
1877 - 1916
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 51
1877 - 1974
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 52
1877 - 1960
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 53
1877 - 1966
HPI: 55.78
Rank: 54
1877 - 1949
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 55
1877 - 1944
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 56
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 57
1877 - 1961
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 58
1877 - 1938
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 59
1877 - 1938
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 60
1877 - 1966
HPI: 54.97
Rank: 61
1877 - 1906
HPI: 54.67
Rank: 62
1877 - 1939
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 63
1888 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 54
1891 - 1963
HPI: 55.99
Rank: 55
1884 - 1963
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 56
1879 - 1963
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 57
1914 - 1963
HPI: 55.50
Rank: 58
1924 - 1963
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 59
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 60
1905 - 1963
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 61
1895 - 1963
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 62
1888 - 1963
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 63
1899 - 1963
HPI: 55.03
Rank: 64
1897 - 1963
HPI: 54.94
Rank: 65
1908 - 1963
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 66
Among people born in United States, Garrett Morgan ranks 2,584 out of 18,182. Before him are Don Rickles (1926), Ralph Waite (1928), Martha Scott (1912), Jeffrey Hunter (1926), Carl Sandburg (1878), and Jeffrey Wright (1965). After him are Donald P. Bellisario (1935), Pauley Perrette (1969), Robert W. Wood (1868), J. J. Abrams (1966), Marshall Sahlins (1930), and Leslie Easterbrook (1949).
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,578
1928 - 2014
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,579
1912 - 2003
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,580
1926 - 1969
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,581
1878 - 1967
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 2,582
1965 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 2,583
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 2,584
1935 - Present
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 2,585
1969 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 2,586
1868 - 1955
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 2,587
1966 - Present
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 2,588
1930 - 2021
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 2,589
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 2,590
Among inventors born in United States, Garrett Morgan ranks 41. Before him are Hiram Maxim (1840), Sequoyah (1770), Christopher Latham Sholes (1819), Charles Martin Hall (1863), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), and Melvil Dewey (1851). After him are George Pullman (1831), Royal Rife (1888), J. Presper Eckert (1919), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Philo Farnsworth (1906), and John Wesley Hyatt (1837).
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 35
1770 - 1843
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 36
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 37
1863 - 1914
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 38
1890 - 1954
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 39
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 40
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 41
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 42
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 43
1919 - 1995
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 44
1834 - 1906
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 45
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 46
1837 - 1920
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 47