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George Cayley

1773 - 1857

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Sir George Cayley, 6th Baronet (27 December 1773 – 15 December 1857) was an English engineer, inventor, and aviator. He is one of the most important people in the history of aeronautics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Cayley has received more than 598,916 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). George Cayley is the 101st most popular engineer (down from 99th in 2019), the 1,392nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,341st in 2019) and the 10th most popular British Engineer.

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  • 600k

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  • 56.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, George Cayley ranks 101 out of 323. Before him are Nikolai Polikarpov, André Courrèges, Claude Dornier, Mikhail Mil, Fedor Tokarev, and Charles Rolls. After him are Patrick Head, Hans Ledwinka, Nicola Romeo, Erich Topp, Moshe Arens, and Eupalinos.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, George Cayley ranks 17. Before him are Aimé Bonpland, Thérésa Tallien, Jean Charles Léonard de Sismondi, Armand-Augustin-Louis de Caulaincourt, Luisa of Naples and Sicily, and Henri Gatien Bertrand. After him are Robert Surcouf, Wilhelm Heinrich Wackenroder, Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, Tokugawa Ienari, Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, and Étienne Maurice Gérard. Among people deceased in 1857, George Cayley ranks 21. Before him are Louis Jacques Thénard, Mangal Pandey, Louis-Eugène Cavaignac, Josef Ressel, Alcide d'Orbigny, and Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg. After him are Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Marquis de Custine, Théodolinde de Beauharnais, Hinrich Lichtenstein, Augustinos Kapodistrias, and Duke Eugen of Württemberg.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, George Cayley ranks 1,392 out of 7,765. Before him are Charles Rolls (1877), Thomas Wyatt (1503), Ed Miliband (1969), Piers Courage (1942), Emily Watson (1967), and Victor McLaglen (1886). After him are Elizabeth Hurley (1965), Peter Shaffer (1926), Tom Holland (1996), Joseph Boxhall (1884), Rupert Everett (1959), and Tom Courtenay (1937).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, George Cayley ranks 10. Before him are Charles George Gordon (1833), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Colin Chapman (1928), Ross Brawn (1954), Henry Royce (1863), and Charles Rolls (1877). After him are Patrick Head (1946), Adrian Newey (1958), Alexander Cunningham (1814), Robert Stephenson (1803), Hertha Ayrton (1854), and John Loudon McAdam (1756).

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