1761 - 1842
Lieutenant general Henry Shrapnel (3 June 1761 – 13 March 1842) was a British Army officer whose name has entered the English language as the inventor of the shrapnel shell. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Shrapnel has received more than 583,210 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Henry Shrapnel is the 320th most popular inventor (down from 293rd in 2019), the 3,513th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,087th in 2019) and the 55th most popular British Inventor.
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Among inventors, Henry Shrapnel ranks 320 out of 354. Before him are Jozef Murgaš, Alexandre Alexeieff, Victor Hasselblad, Harry Brearley, Albrecht Berblinger, and Kirkpatrick Macmillan. After him are Georges Beuchat, Phil Ramone, Marion Donovan, Norman Joseph Woodland, Roland Moreno, and Per Georg Scheutz.
1864 - 1929
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 314
1901 - 1982
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 315
1906 - 1978
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 316
1871 - 1948
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 317
1770 - 1829
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 318
1835 - 1867
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 319
1761 - 1842
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 320
1910 - 1992
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 321
1934 - 2013
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 322
1917 - 1998
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 323
1921 - 2012
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 324
1945 - 2012
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 325
1785 - 1873
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 326
Among people born in 1761, Henry Shrapnel ranks 35. Before him are Gottlob Ernst Schulze, John Moore, Marie-Gabrielle Capet, Dorothea Jordan, Ludwig Abeille, and Jacob Hübner. After him are August Batsch, Richard Anthony Salisbury, Samuel Dexter, Albert Gallatin, Blasius Merrem, and Joshua Brookes. Among people deceased in 1842, Henry Shrapnel ranks 36. Before him are Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, Nodira, Wilhelm Gesenius, James Ivory, Aleksey Koltsov, and Letitia Christian Tyler. After him are William Ellery Channing, Archibald Menzies, Rowland Hill, 1st Viscount Hill, James Barbour, and Amos Eaton.
1761 - 1833
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 29
1761 - 1809
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 30
1761 - 1818
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 31
1761 - 1816
HPI: 47.85
Rank: 32
1761 - 1838
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 33
1761 - 1826
HPI: 47.33
Rank: 34
1761 - 1842
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 35
1761 - 1802
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 36
1761 - 1829
HPI: 45.14
Rank: 37
1761 - 1816
HPI: 45.06
Rank: 38
1761 - 1849
HPI: 44.78
Rank: 39
1761 - 1824
HPI: 43.45
Rank: 40
1761 - 1833
HPI: 42.94
Rank: 41
1774 - 1842
HPI: 49.38
Rank: 30
1792 - 1842
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 31
1786 - 1842
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 32
1765 - 1842
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 33
1809 - 1842
HPI: 47.01
Rank: 34
1790 - 1842
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 35
1761 - 1842
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 36
1780 - 1842
HPI: 44.16
Rank: 37
1754 - 1842
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 38
1772 - 1842
HPI: 38.54
Rank: 39
1775 - 1842
HPI: 38.45
Rank: 40
1776 - 1842
HPI: 37.89
Rank: 41
Among people born in United Kingdom, Henry Shrapnel ranks 3,513 out of 7,765. Before him are Nigel Terry (1945), Herbert Hall Turner (1861), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), Joe Wright (1972), Frederick Stanley, 16th Earl of Derby (1841), and Barbara Windsor (1937). After him are Stanley Holloway (1890), Myra Hess (1890), Herbert Marshall (1890), Amira Casar (1971), Simon McBurney (1957), and William Camden (1551).
1945 - 2015
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 3,507
1861 - 1930
HPI: 46.49
Rank: 3,508
1835 - 1867
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 3,509
1972 - Present
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 3,510
1841 - 1908
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 3,511
1937 - 2020
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 3,512
1761 - 1842
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 3,513
1890 - 1982
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 3,514
1890 - 1965
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 3,515
1890 - 1966
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 3,516
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 3,517
1957 - Present
HPI: 46.47
Rank: 3,518
1551 - 1623
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 3,519
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Henry Shrapnel ranks 55. Before him are David Dunbar Buick (1854), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), William Friese-Greene (1855), Isaac Pitman (1813), Harry Brearley (1871), and Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835). After him are Barnes Wallis (1887), George Graham (1673), Arthur Wynne (1871), John Whitehurst (1713), Roger C. Field (1945), and Lawrence Hargrave (1850).
1854 - 1929
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 49
1850 - 1885
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 50
1855 - 1921
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 51
1813 - 1897
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 52
1871 - 1948
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 53
1835 - 1867
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 54
1761 - 1842
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 55
1887 - 1979
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 56
1673 - 1751
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 57
1871 - 1945
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 58
1713 - 1788
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 59
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 60
1850 - 1915
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 61