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 914,661 page views. His biography is available in 56 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Herman Hollerith is the 40th most popular inventor (down from 38th in 2019), the 332nd most popular biography from United States (down from 317th in 2019) and the 8th most popular American Inventor.
Herman Hollerith is most famous for inventing the punch card tabulator.
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Among inventors, Herman Hollerith ranks 40 out of 354. Before him are Joseph Marie Jacquard, Abbas ibn Firnas, László Bíró, Ismail al-Jazari, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, and Konrad Zuse. After him are Nicolas Appert, Igor Sikorsky, Adolphe Sax, Richard Trevithick, Charles Goodyear, and Karl Drais.
1752 - 1834
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 34
810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 35
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 36
1136 - 1206
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 37
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 38
1910 - 1995
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 39
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 40
1749 - 1841
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 41
1889 - 1972
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 42
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 43
1771 - 1833
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 44
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 45
1785 - 1851
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 46
Among people born in 1860, Herman Hollerith ranks 11. Before him are Alphonse Mucha, Klara Hitler, Eduard Buchner, Raymond Poincaré, Willem Einthoven, and Isaac Albéniz. After him are William Jennings Bryan, James Ensor, Niels Ryberg Finsen, J. M. Barrie, Vittorio Emanuele Orlando, and Jane Addams. Among people deceased in 1929, Herman Hollerith ranks 5. Before him are Karl Benz, Georges Clemenceau, Ferdinand Foch, and Gustav Stresemann. After him are Bernhard von Bülow, Emile Berliner, Sergei Diaghilev, Wilhelm Maybach, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and Thorstein Veblen.
1860 - 1939
HPI: 73.43
Rank: 5
1860 - 1907
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 6
1860 - 1917
HPI: 70.20
Rank: 7
1860 - 1934
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 8
1860 - 1927
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 9
1860 - 1909
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 10
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 11
1860 - 1925
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 12
1860 - 1949
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 13
1860 - 1904
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 14
1860 - 1937
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 15
1860 - 1952
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 16
1860 - 1935
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 17
1844 - 1929
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 1
1841 - 1929
HPI: 72.55
Rank: 2
1851 - 1929
HPI: 71.58
Rank: 3
1878 - 1929
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 4
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 5
1849 - 1929
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 6
1851 - 1929
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 7
1872 - 1929
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 8
1846 - 1929
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 9
1874 - 1929
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 10
1867 - 1929
HPI: 65.98
Rank: 11
1857 - 1929
HPI: 65.89
Rank: 12
Among people born in United States, Herman Hollerith ranks 332 out of 18,182. Before him are O. J. Simpson (1947), Anton LaVey (1930), Lewis H. Morgan (1818), Clinton Davisson (1881), Michael Porter (1947), and Man Ray (1890). After him are Sandra Bullock (1964), John Bardeen (1908), Bill Murray (1950), James Fenimore Cooper (1789), Truman Capote (1924), and Joseph Stiglitz (1943).
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 326
1930 - 1997
HPI: 68.87
Rank: 327
1818 - 1881
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 328
1881 - 1958
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 329
1947 - Present
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 330
1890 - 1976
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 331
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 332
1964 - Present
HPI: 68.80
Rank: 333
1908 - 1991
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 334
1950 - Present
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 335
1789 - 1851
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 336
1924 - 1984
HPI: 68.75
Rank: 337
1943 - Present
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 338
Among inventors born in United States, Herman Hollerith ranks 8. Before him are Henry Ford (1863), Samuel Morse (1791), Samuel Colt (1814), Steve Wozniak (1950), George Westinghouse (1846), and Robert Fulton (1765). After him are Charles Goodyear (1800), William G. Morgan (1870), Willis Carrier (1876), Isaac Singer (1811), John Deere (1804), and Douglas Engelbart (1925).
1863 - 1947
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 2
1791 - 1872
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 3
1814 - 1862
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 4
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 5
1846 - 1914
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 6
1765 - 1815
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 7
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 8
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 9
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 10
1876 - 1950
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 11
1811 - 1875
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 12
1804 - 1886
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 13
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 14