1871 - 1946
George Constant Louis Washington (May 20, 1871 – March 29, 1946) was an American inventor and businessman. He is best remembered for his invention of an early instant coffee process and for the company he founded to mass-produce it, the G. Washington Coffee Company.An emigrant from his native Belgium, he arrived in the New York area in 1897 and dabbled in several technical fields before hitting upon instant coffee manufacture during a sojourn in Central America in 1906 or 1907. He began selling his coffee in 1909 and founded a company to manufacture it in 1910. Based in New York and New Jersey, his company prospered and became an important military supplier during World War I. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of George Washington has received more than 36,006,033 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). George Washington is the 231st most popular inventor (up from 238th in 2019), the 367th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 353rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Inventor.
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Among inventors, George Washington ranks 231 out of 355. Before him are Marcian Hoff, Eugen Langen, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Émile Baudot, Gaston Glock, and Alexander Parkes. After him are Pavel Yablochkov, Aurel Stodola, Michael S. Hart, Léon Gaumont, Hovannes Adamian, and James Dyson.
1937 - Present
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 225
1833 - 1895
HPI: 63.30
Rank: 226
1897 - 1974
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 227
1845 - 1903
HPI: 63.27
Rank: 228
1929 - Present
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 229
1813 - 1890
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 230
1871 - 1946
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 231
1847 - 1894
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 232
1859 - 1942
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 233
1947 - 2011
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 234
1864 - 1946
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 235
1879 - 1932
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 236
1947 - Present
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 237
Among people born in 1871, George Washington ranks 71. Before him are John Millington Synge, Gustavs Zemgals, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Ernst II, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Hermann Abert, and Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich. After him are Segundo de Chomón, Gyula Kellner, Guglielmo Ferrero, Alexander Spendiaryan, Arthur Griffith, and Daniel Alomía Robles. Among people deceased in 1946, George Washington ranks 96. Before him are Konstantin Rodzaevsky, Jorge Ubico, Johannes Vares, Gerda Steinhoff, George Arliss, and István Bethlen. After him are Dion Fortune, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, Ahmad Kasravi, Léon Gaumont, Madan Mohan Malaviya, and Heinrich George.
1871 - 1909
HPI: 63.59
Rank: 65
1871 - 1939
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 66
1871 - 1922
HPI: 63.53
Rank: 67
1871 - 1955
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 68
1871 - 1927
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 69
1871 - 1937
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 70
1871 - 1946
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 71
1871 - 1929
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 72
1871 - 1940
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 73
1871 - 1942
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 74
1871 - 1928
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 75
1871 - 1922
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 76
1871 - 1942
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 77
1907 - 1946
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 90
1878 - 1946
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 91
1890 - 1946
HPI: 63.57
Rank: 92
1922 - 1946
HPI: 63.54
Rank: 93
1868 - 1946
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 94
1874 - 1946
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 95
1871 - 1946
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 96
1890 - 1946
HPI: 63.07
Rank: 97
1886 - 1946
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 98
1890 - 1946
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 99
1864 - 1946
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 100
1861 - 1946
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 101
1893 - 1946
HPI: 62.81
Rank: 102
Among people born in Belgium, George Washington ranks 367 out of 899. Before him are Romelu Lukaku (1993), Gillis van Coninxloo (1544), Paul Anspach (1882), Prince Laurent of Belgium (1963), Louis Michel (1947), and Jaco Van Dormael (1957). After him are Hieronymus Cock (1518), Eugène Boch (1855), Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662), Arnulf, Count of Holland (951), Adam van Noort (1562), and Daniël Heinsius (1580).
1993 - Present
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 361
1544 - 1607
HPI: 63.24
Rank: 362
1882 - 1981
HPI: 63.17
Rank: 363
1963 - Present
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 364
1947 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 365
1957 - Present
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 366
1871 - 1946
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 367
1518 - 1570
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 368
1855 - 1941
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 369
1662 - 1749
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 370
951 - 993
HPI: 63.05
Rank: 371
1562 - 1641
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 372
1580 - 1655
HPI: 63.02
Rank: 373
Among inventors born in Belgium, George Washington ranks 6. Before him are Adolphe Sax (1814), Jacques Piccard (1922), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Paul Otlet (1868), and Robert Cailliau (1947).
1814 - 1894
HPI: 77.56
Rank: 1
1922 - 2008
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 2
1826 - 1901
HPI: 69.39
Rank: 3
1868 - 1944
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 4
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 5
1871 - 1946
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 6