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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

1850 - 1916

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Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener

His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2024). Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener is the 3rd most popular engineer (up from 52nd in 2024), the 9th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Engineer.

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Among Engineers

Among engineers, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ranks 3 out of 389. Before him are Gustave Eiffel, and Gottlieb Daimler. After him are Mikhail Kalashnikov, Zhuge Liang, Wernher von Braun, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, William John Macquorn Rankine, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Alexei Kosygin, and Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban.

Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia

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Gustave Eiffel
1832 - 1923
HPI: 83.25
Rank: 1
Gottlieb Daimler
1834 - 1900
HPI: 79.99
Rank: 2
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
1850 - 1916
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 3
Mikhail Kalashnikov
1919 - 2013
HPI: 79.03
Rank: 4
Zhuge Liang
181 - 234
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 5
Wernher von Braun
1912 - 1977
HPI: 77.92
Rank: 6
Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot
1796 - 1832
HPI: 77.68
Rank: 7
William John Macquorn Rankine
1820 - 1872
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 8
Frederick Winslow Taylor
1856 - 1915
HPI: 75.32
Rank: 9
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
1857 - 1935
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 10
Alexei Kosygin
1904 - 1980
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 11
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
1633 - 1707
HPI: 73.84
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1850, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ranks 3. Before him are Jack the Ripper, and Guy de Maupassant. After him are Robert Louis Stevenson, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Henry Louis Le Chatelier, Edward Smith, Sofia Kovalevskaya, Eduard Bernstein, Hermann Ebbinghaus, and Charles Richet. Among people deceased in 1916, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ranks 6. Before him are Franz Joseph I, Grigori Rasputin, Jack London, Henryk Sienkiewicz, and William Ramsay. After him are Ernst Mach, Élie Metchnikoff, Yuan Shikai, Charles Taze Russell, Klas Pontus Arnoldson, and Odilon Redon.

Others Born in 1850

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Jack the Ripper
EXTREMIST
1850 - Present
HPI: 87.14
Rank: 1
Guy de Maupassant
WRITER
1850 - 1893
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 2
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
ENGINEER
1850 - 1916
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 3
Robert Louis Stevenson
WRITER
1850 - 1894
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 4
Karl Ferdinand Braun
INVENTOR
1850 - 1918
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 5
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk
POLITICIAN
1850 - 1937
HPI: 77.19
Rank: 6
Henry Louis Le Chatelier
CHEMIST
1850 - 1936
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 7
Edward Smith
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1850 - 1912
HPI: 75.53
Rank: 8
Sofia Kovalevskaya
MATHEMATICIAN
1850 - 1891
HPI: 75.24
Rank: 9
Eduard Bernstein
POLITICIAN
1850 - 1932
HPI: 75.16
Rank: 10
Hermann Ebbinghaus
PSYCHOLOGIST
1850 - 1909
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 11
Charles Richet
BIOLOGIST
1850 - 1935
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1916

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Franz Joseph I
POLITICIAN
1830 - 1916
HPI: 90.65
Rank: 1
Grigori Rasputin
OCCULTIST
1869 - 1916
HPI: 85.15
Rank: 2
Jack London
WRITER
1876 - 1916
HPI: 81.73
Rank: 3
Henryk Sienkiewicz
WRITER
1846 - 1916
HPI: 79.31
Rank: 4
William Ramsay
CHEMIST
1852 - 1916
HPI: 79.11
Rank: 5
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
ENGINEER
1850 - 1916
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 6
Ernst Mach
PHYSICIST
1838 - 1916
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 7
Élie Metchnikoff
BIOLOGIST
1845 - 1916
HPI: 77.11
Rank: 8
Yuan Shikai
POLITICIAN
1859 - 1916
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 9
Charles Taze Russell
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1852 - 1916
HPI: 76.57
Rank: 10
Klas Pontus Arnoldson
POLITICIAN
1844 - 1916
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 11
Odilon Redon
PAINTER
1840 - 1916
HPI: 75.03
Rank: 12

In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener ranks 9 out of NaN. Before him are Richard Harris (1930), George Bernard Shaw (1856), Robert Boyle (1627), Jonathan Swift (1667), Samuel Beckett (1906), and George Berkeley (1685). After him are Mary Harris Jones (1837), John Scotus Eriugena (810), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Brigid of Kildare (451), Bram Stoker (1847), and Edmund Burke (1729).

Others born in Ireland

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Richard Harris
ACTOR
1930 - 2002
HPI: 82.51
Rank: 3
George Bernard Shaw
WRITER
1856 - 1950
HPI: 82.20
Rank: 4
Robert Boyle
CHEMIST
1627 - 1691
HPI: 80.93
Rank: 5
Jonathan Swift
WRITER
1667 - 1745
HPI: 80.20
Rank: 6
Samuel Beckett
WRITER
1906 - 1989
HPI: 79.46
Rank: 7
George Berkeley
PHILOSOPHER
1685 - 1753
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 8
Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener
ENGINEER
1850 - 1916
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 9
Mary Harris Jones
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1837 - 1930
HPI: 78.47
Rank: 10
John Scotus Eriugena
PHILOSOPHER
810 - 877
HPI: 78.15
Rank: 11
Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet
MATHEMATICIAN
1819 - 1903
HPI: 77.65
Rank: 12
Brigid of Kildare
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
451 - 525
HPI: 75.96
Rank: 13
Bram Stoker
WRITER
1847 - 1912
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 14
Edmund Burke
POLITICIAN
1729 - 1797
HPI: 75.69
Rank: 15