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George Beauchamp

1899 - 1941

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George Delmetia Beauchamp (; March 18, 1899 – March 30, 1941) was an American inventor of musical instruments. He is known for designing the first electrically amplified guitar to be marketed commercially. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Beauchamp has received more than 173,988 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). George Beauchamp is the 393rd most popular inventor (down from 356th in 2019), the 9,428th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,739th in 2019) and the 110th most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.82

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.07

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.95

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, George Beauchamp ranks 393 out of 426. Before him are John Shepherd-Barron, Mark Rober, Norman Joseph Woodland, Robin Li, Bill Atkinson, and Gary Fisher. After him are Dean Kamen, Granville Woods, Bette Nesmith Graham, Yvonne Brill, Walter Frederick Morrison, and John Whitehurst.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, George Beauchamp ranks 283. Before him are Neil Hamilton, Salomon Bochner, Folke Rogard, Renato Sáinz, Ladislav Vácha, and Frits Kuipers. After him are Edward Charles Titchmarsh, Esna Boyd, Lucie Mannheim, Phyllis Haver, Nikolay Bogolyubov, and Jean Cugnot. Among people deceased in 1941, George Beauchamp ranks 195. Before him are Matt McGrath, José Leite de Vasconcelos, Frederick Moloney, Lucien Mérignac, Hugo Strauß, and Juan Corzo. After him are Edu Snethlage, Noël Liétaer, Alexander Afinogenov, Victor Schertzinger, Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Austin, and Herbert Adamski.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, George Beauchamp ranks 9,428 out of 20,380. Before him are Charles Sumner (1811), Edward S. Holden (1846), Buddy Miles (1947), Joe Fulks (1921), Elsie Janis (1889), and Daniel Barringer (1860). After him are Brandon Routh (1979), Dickey Betts (1943), Jason Lewis (1971), Nelson Riddle (1921), Dustin Poirier (1989), and Margaret Osborne duPont (1918).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, George Beauchamp ranks 110. Before him are Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), Herbert E. Ives (1882), Robert S. Langer (1948), Mark Rober (1980), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), and Gary Fisher (1950). After him are Dean Kamen (1951), Granville Woods (1856), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), and Peter Cooper (1791).

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