1860 - 1929
Herman Hollerith (February 29, 1860 – November 17, 1929) was a German-American statistician, inventor, and businessman who developed an electromechanical tabulating machine for punched cards to assist in summarizing information and, later, in accounting. His invention of the punched card tabulating machine, patented in 1884, marks the beginning of the era of mechanized binary code and semiautomatic data processing systems, and his concept dominated that landscape for nearly a century.Hollerith founded a company that was amalgamated in 1911 with several other companies to form the Computing-Tabulating-Recording Company. In 1924, the company was renamed "International Business Machines" (IBM) and became one of the largest and most successful companies of the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herman Hollerith has received more than 672,501 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Herman Hollerith is the 38th most popular inventor (up from 40th in 2019), the 317th most popular biography from United States (up from 352nd in 2019) and the 9th most popular American Inventor.
Herman Hollerith is most famous for inventing the punch card tabulator.
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Among inventors, Herman Hollerith ranks 38 out of 355. Before him are Nicolas Appert, Jimmy Wales, Konrad Zuse, William G. Morgan, John Herschel, and Ernő Rubik. After him are Igor Sikorsky, Ismail al-Jazari, Abbas ibn Firnas, Isaac Singer, László Bíró, and Elon Musk.
1749 - 1841
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 32
1966 - Present
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 33
1910 - 1995
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 34
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 35
1792 - 1871
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 36
1944 - Present
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 37
1860 - 1929
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 38
1889 - 1972
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 39
1136 - 1206
HPI: 76.15
Rank: 40
810 - 887
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 41
1811 - 1875
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 42
1899 - 1985
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 43
1971 - Present
HPI: 75.67
Rank: 44
Among people born in 1860, Herman Hollerith ranks 12. Before him are Alphonse Mucha, Isaac Albéniz, Kanō Jigorō, Raymond Poincaré, J. M. Barrie, and William Jennings Bryan. After him are Willem Einthoven, James Ensor, Anders Zorn, Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Hugo Wolf, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando. Among people deceased in 1929, Herman Hollerith ranks 4. Before him are Karl Benz, Georges Clemenceau, and Ferdinand Foch. After him are Gustav Stresemann, Wilhelm Maybach, Sergei Diaghilev, Emile Berliner, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Bernhard von Bülow, Otto Liman von Sanders, and Prince Maximilian of Baden.
1860 - 1939
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 6
1860 - 1909
HPI: 76.70
Rank: 7
1860 - 1938
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 8
1860 - 1934
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 9
1860 - 1937
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 10
1860 - 1925
HPI: 76.46
Rank: 11
1860 - 1929
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 12
1860 - 1927
HPI: 76.16
Rank: 13
1860 - 1949
HPI: 75.91
Rank: 14
1860 - 1920
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 15
1860 - 1941
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 16
1860 - 1903
HPI: 73.09
Rank: 17
1860 - 1952
HPI: 72.86
Rank: 18
1844 - 1929
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 1
1841 - 1929
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 2
1851 - 1929
HPI: 78.37
Rank: 3
1860 - 1929
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 4
1878 - 1929
HPI: 75.80
Rank: 5
1846 - 1929
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 6
1872 - 1929
HPI: 74.81
Rank: 7
1851 - 1929
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 8
1874 - 1929
HPI: 74.15
Rank: 9
1849 - 1929
HPI: 73.77
Rank: 10
1855 - 1929
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 11
1867 - 1929
HPI: 73.45
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Herman Hollerith ranks 317 out of 15,968. Before him are William Howard Taft (1857), Bruce Springsteen (1949), Kevin Costner (1955), Brian Wilson (1942), Raymond Chandler (1888), and Napoleon Hill (1883). After him are James Madison (1751), Henry James (1843), Anton LaVey (1930), Edwin McMillan (1907), Ben Affleck (1972), and Wilt Chamberlain (1936).
1857 - 1930
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 311
1949 - Present
HPI: 76.36
Rank: 312
1955 - Present
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 313
1942 - Present
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 314
1888 - 1959
HPI: 76.34
Rank: 315
1883 - 1970
HPI: 76.33
Rank: 316
1860 - 1929
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 317
1751 - 1836
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 318
1843 - 1916
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 319
1930 - 1997
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 320
1907 - 1991
HPI: 76.30
Rank: 321
1972 - Present
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 322
1936 - 1999
HPI: 76.28
Rank: 323
Among inventors born in United States, Herman Hollerith ranks 9. Before him are Samuel Morse (1791), Samuel Colt (1814), George Westinghouse (1846), Robert Fulton (1765), Jimmy Wales (1966), and William G. Morgan (1870). After him are Isaac Singer (1811), Charles Goodyear (1800), Willis Carrier (1876), Douglas Engelbart (1925), Steve Wozniak (1950), and Josephine Cochrane (1839).
1791 - 1872
HPI: 81.45
Rank: 3
1814 - 1862
HPI: 79.10
Rank: 4
1846 - 1914
HPI: 77.91
Rank: 5
1765 - 1815
HPI: 77.57
Rank: 6
1966 - Present
HPI: 76.73
Rank: 7
1870 - 1942
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 8
1860 - 1929
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 9
1811 - 1875
HPI: 75.87
Rank: 10
1800 - 1860
HPI: 75.39
Rank: 11
1876 - 1950
HPI: 75.38
Rank: 12
1925 - 2013
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 13
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 14
1839 - 1913
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 15