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Hideo Itokawa

1912 - 1999

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Hideo Itokawa (糸川 英夫, Itokawa Hideo, July 20, 1912 – February 21, 1999) was a pioneer of Japanese rocketry, popularly known as "Dr. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hideo Itokawa has received more than 55,843 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Hideo Itokawa is the 284th most popular engineer (down from 278th in 2019).

Memorability Metrics

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  • 47.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.58

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Hideo Itokawa ranks 284 out of 389. Before him are Mikhail Tikhonravov, Eilmer of Malmesbury, Arthur Rudolph, Ransom E. Olds, Pierre-François Bouchard, and Georgy Langemak. After him are Burt Rutan, Alan Shugart, Frances Spence, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Peter Chen, and Pavel Solovyov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Hideo Itokawa ranks 290. Before him are Nelly Diener, Silviu Bindea, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Carmen Barth, Juan Antonio Ipiña, and Conlon Nancarrow. After him are Horace W. Babcock, Bill Roberts, František Šterc, Wálter Guevara, Connie Sawyer, and Willy Kaiser. Among people deceased in 1999, Hideo Itokawa ranks 204. Before him are Abraham Polonsky, Lester Bowie, Fritzi Burger, Tamás Mendelényi, Alain Peyrefitte, and John Van Ryn. After him are Robert Douglas, Owen Hart, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Nikolay Latyshev, Josef Zeman, and Celso Torrelio.

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