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Henry M. Leland

1843 - 1932

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Henry Martyn Leland (February 16, 1843 – March 26, 1932) was an American machinist, inventor, engineer, and automotive entrepreneur. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry M. Leland has received more than 356,028 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Henry M. Leland is the 294th most popular inventor (up from 297th in 2019), the 5,438th most popular biography from United States (up from 5,648th in 2019) and the 72nd most popular American Inventor.

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  • 49.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.56

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Henry M. Leland ranks 294 out of 426. Before him are Lester Allan Pelton, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Ivan Kulibin, Alexander P. de Seversky, Alexandre Alexeieff, and Jacob Ellehammer. After him are Štefan Banič, Rowland Hill, George Graham, Henry Shrapnel, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, and William Justin Kroll.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1843, Henry M. Leland ranks 77. Before him are Otto Kuntze, Paul Cambon, Fazlullah Nouri, Kristian Zahrtmann, Mark Antokolsky, and Frank James. After him are Petko Karavelov, Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas, Kitty Lange Kielland, Georg von Rosen, Samuel Garman, and Gleb Uspensky. Among people deceased in 1932, Henry M. Leland ranks 94. Before him are Duke Alexander of Oldenburg, Ali Rıza Pasha, Sibylle Riqueti de Mirabeau, Hermann Gunkel, John Walter Gregory, and Agha Petros. After him are Paul Warburg, Herbert Norkus, Hart Crane, Ellen Churchill Semple, Frederik van Eeden, and Maironis.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry M. Leland ranks 5,438 out of 20,380. Before him are Babushka Lady (1930), John Ashton (1948), Richard Helms (1913), Joel-Peter Witkin (1939), William R. Pogue (1930), and Kathy Acker (1947). After him are Mark Donohue (1937), Jennifer Esposito (1973), Vinnie Colaiuta (1956), William D. Coolidge (1873), Ernest Fenollosa (1853), and Maura Healey (1971).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Henry M. Leland ranks 72. Before him are Michael S. Hart (1947), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Ralph Hartley (1888), George Devol (1912), Jacob Perkins (1766), and Lester Allan Pelton (1829). After him are Marion Donovan (1917), David Bushnell (1742), Dan Bricklin (1951), Ken Olsen (1926), Jack Northrop (1895), and Wilson Greatbatch (1919).

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