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Gary Fisher

1950 - Today

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Gary Christopher Fisher (born November 5, 1950) is considered one of the inventors of the modern mountain bike. Fisher started competing in road and track races at age 12. He was suspended in 1968 because race organizers cited a rule that his hair was too long. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gary Fisher has received more than 523,779 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gary Fisher is the 392nd most popular inventor (down from 343rd in 2019), the 9,356th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,647th in 2019) and the 109th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 520k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.58

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Gary Fisher ranks 392 out of 426. Before him are Oleg Losev, John Shepherd-Barron, Mark Rober, Norman Joseph Woodland, Robin Li, and Bill Atkinson. After him are George Beauchamp, Dean Kamen, Granville Woods, Bette Nesmith Graham, Yvonne Brill, and Walter Frederick Morrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1950, Gary Fisher ranks 515. Before him are Ramón Quiroga, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski, Tadeusz Ślusarski, Luciano Spinosi, and Kenneth Marshall. After him are Danny Sullivan, Loris Kessel, Michael Swanwick, Paola del Medico, Marc Aaronson, and Géza Csapó.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Gary Fisher ranks 9,356 out of 20,380. Before him are Russell Wong (1963), Johnny Unitas (1933), Gregg Araki (1959), Gary Hart (1936), Judd Apatow (1967), and Sterling Holloway (1905). After him are Elizabeth Gutiérrez (1979), Linda Yaccarino (1963), Ken Henry (1929), Taboo (1975), Frances Schroth (1893), and Guy Siner (1947).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Gary Fisher ranks 109. Before him are Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), Herbert E. Ives (1882), Robert S. Langer (1948), Mark Rober (1980), and Norman Joseph Woodland (1921). After him are George Beauchamp (1899), Dean Kamen (1951), Granville Woods (1856), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), and Arnold Orville Beckman (1900).

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