1856 - 1910
Granville Tailer Woods (April 23, 1856 – January 30, 1910) was an American inventor who held more than 50 patents in the United States. He was the first African American mechanical and electrical engineer after the Civil War. Self-taught, he concentrated most of his work on trains and streetcars. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Granville Woods has received more than 575,396 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Granville Woods is the 345th most popular inventor (down from 302nd in 2019), the 7,761st most popular biography from United States (down from 6,089th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Inventor.
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Among inventors, Granville Woods ranks 345 out of 354. Before him are Dan Bricklin, Arthur Wynne, Patricia Bath, Yvonne Brill, Gary Fisher, and Kamil Tolon. After him are Kazimierz Prószyński, Alfred Carlton Gilbert, Karl Jatho, Andrew Viterbi, Dean Kamen, and Harold Eugene Edgerton.
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 339
1871 - 1945
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 340
1942 - 2019
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 341
1924 - 2013
HPI: 44.90
Rank: 342
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 343
1912 - 1978
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 344
1856 - 1910
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 345
1875 - 1945
HPI: 44.62
Rank: 346
1884 - 1961
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 347
1873 - 1933
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 348
1935 - Present
HPI: 44.47
Rank: 349
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 350
1903 - 1990
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 351
Among people born in 1856, Granville Woods ranks 109. Before him are Edward Goodrich Acheson, Wovoka, Belisario Porras Barahona, Colin Campbell Cooper, Wilhelm Geiger, and Anton Aškerc. After him are Manuel Allendesalazar y Muñoz de Salazar, Karolina Widerström, Paul Henri Lecomte, Keir Hardie, William Wallace Denslow, and Frank Harris. Among people deceased in 1910, Granville Woods ranks 84. Before him are Heinrich Caro, Julia Ward Howe, Stamatios Nikolopoulos, Zdenko Hans Skraup, Octave Chanute, and Boyd Alexander. After him are Georges de la Falaise, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Hans Jæger, Hugo Erdmann, John La Farge, and Melville Fuller.
1856 - 1931
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 103
1856 - 1932
HPI: 45.41
Rank: 104
1856 - 1942
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 105
1856 - 1937
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 106
1856 - 1943
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 107
1856 - 1912
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 108
1856 - 1910
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 109
1856 - 1923
HPI: 44.45
Rank: 110
1856 - 1949
HPI: 44.23
Rank: 111
1856 - 1934
HPI: 44.07
Rank: 112
1856 - 1915
HPI: 43.46
Rank: 113
1856 - 1915
HPI: 42.24
Rank: 114
1856 - 1931
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 115
1834 - 1910
HPI: 46.33
Rank: 78
1819 - 1910
HPI: 46.23
Rank: 79
1900 - 1910
HPI: 45.73
Rank: 80
1850 - 1910
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 81
1832 - 1910
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 82
1873 - 1910
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 83
1856 - 1910
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 84
1866 - 1910
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 85
1845 - 1910
HPI: 43.60
Rank: 86
1854 - 1910
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 87
1862 - 1910
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 88
1835 - 1910
HPI: 41.65
Rank: 89
1833 - 1910
HPI: 41.32
Rank: 90
Among people born in United States, Granville Woods ranks 7,761 out of 18,182. Before him are Peter Jason (1944), Gailard Sartain (1946), John Billingsley (1960), Ted Schroeder (1921), Tadd Dameron (1917), and John Lawrence LeConte (1825). After him are Joe Roberts (1871), Melora Hardin (1967), Jason Sudeikis (1975), Seasick Steve (1951), Della Reese (1931), and Andra Day (1984).
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,755
1946 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,756
1960 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,757
1921 - 2006
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,758
1917 - 1965
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,759
1825 - 1883
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,760
1856 - 1910
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,761
1871 - 1923
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,762
1967 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,763
1975 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,764
1951 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,765
1931 - 2017
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,766
1984 - Present
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 7,767
Among inventors born in United States, Granville Woods ranks 93. Before him are Frank Piasecki (1919), Amar Bose (1929), George Stibitz (1904), Dan Bricklin (1951), Patricia Bath (1942), and Gary Fisher (1950). After him are Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Dean Kamen (1951), Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Elizabeth Holmes (1984), Charles Darrow (1889), and George Beauchamp (1899).
1919 - 2008
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 87
1929 - 2013
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 88
1904 - 1995
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 89
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 90
1942 - 2019
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 91
1950 - Present
HPI: 44.82
Rank: 92
1856 - 1910
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 93
1884 - 1961
HPI: 44.56
Rank: 94
1951 - Present
HPI: 43.69
Rank: 95
1903 - 1990
HPI: 43.62
Rank: 96
1984 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 97
1889 - 1967
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 98
1899 - 1941
HPI: 43.21
Rank: 99