1840 - 1916
Sir Hiram Stevens Maxim (5 February 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an American-British inventor best known as the creator of the first automatic machine gun, the Maxim gun. Maxim held patents on numerous mechanical devices such as hair-curling irons, a mousetrap, and steam pumps. Maxim laid claim to inventing the lightbulb.Maxim experimented with powered flight; his large aircraft designs were never successful. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hiram Maxim has received more than 718,541 page views. His biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Hiram Maxim is the 151st most popular inventor (down from 101st in 2019), the 2,065th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,139th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Inventor.
Hiram Maxim is most famous for inventing the machine gun.
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Among inventors, Hiram Maxim ranks 151 out of 354. Before him are Nikolai Kardashev, Reginald Fessenden, Jethro Tull, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Mary Anderson, and Fausto Veranzio. After him are Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, Charles Algernon Parsons, Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, Sequoyah, Christopher Latham Sholes, and Paul Baran.
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 145
1866 - 1932
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 146
1674 - 1741
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 147
1897 - 1974
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 148
1862 - 1953
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 149
1551 - 1617
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 150
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 151
1787 - 1867
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 152
1854 - 1931
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 153
1772 - 1838
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 154
1770 - 1843
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 155
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 156
1926 - 2011
HPI: 56.40
Rank: 157
Among people born in 1840, Hiram Maxim ranks 31. Before him are Princess Margaretha of Saxony, Shibusawa Eiichi, Johan Svendsen, Kuroda Kiyotaka, Sisowath of Cambodia, and Emin Pasha. After him are Namık Kemal, William, Prince of Orange, George Smith, Gall, August Leskien, and Gabriel von Max. Among people deceased in 1916, Hiram Maxim ranks 52. Before him are Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, Torakusu Yamaha, Ōyama Iwao, Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, Maria Alexandrovna Ulyanova, and Oswald Boelcke. After him are Max Immelmann, Paolo Tosti, Fredrik Idestam, Petar Kočić, Isa Boletini, and Alice Ball.
1840 - 1858
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 25
1840 - 1931
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 26
1840 - 1911
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 27
1840 - 1900
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 28
1840 - 1927
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 29
1840 - 1892
HPI: 57.16
Rank: 30
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 31
1840 - 1888
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 32
1840 - 1879
HPI: 55.28
Rank: 33
1840 - 1876
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 34
1840 - 1894
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 35
1840 - 1916
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 36
1840 - 1915
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 37
1830 - 1916
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 46
1851 - 1916
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 47
1842 - 1916
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 48
1833 - 1916
HPI: 57.15
Rank: 49
1835 - 1916
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 50
1891 - 1916
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 51
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 52
1890 - 1916
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 53
1846 - 1916
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 54
1838 - 1916
HPI: 56.48
Rank: 55
1877 - 1916
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 56
1864 - 1916
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 57
1892 - 1916
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 58
Among people born in United States, Hiram Maxim ranks 2,065 out of 18,182. Before him are Gabe Newell (1962), Brendan Fraser (1968), Joey Ramone (1951), Jack Nicklaus (1940), Armand Assante (1949), and Paul Wolfowitz (1943). After him are Linda Ronstadt (1946), Eric Adams (1952), Johnny Winter (1944), Georgina Spelvin (1936), Walter Tevis (1928), and Alan Menken (1949).
1962 - Present
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 2,059
1968 - Present
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 2,060
1951 - 2001
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 2,061
1940 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 2,062
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 2,063
1943 - Present
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 2,064
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 2,065
1946 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 2,066
1952 - Present
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 2,067
1944 - 2014
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 2,068
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 2,069
1928 - 1984
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 2,070
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.01
Rank: 2,071
Among inventors born in United States, Hiram Maxim ranks 35. Before him are Lee de Forest (1873), Elisha Gray (1835), Robert Moog (1934), Josiah Warren (1798), Alfred Vail (1807), and Mary Anderson (1862). After him are Sequoyah (1770), Christopher Latham Sholes (1819), Charles Martin Hall (1863), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Melvil Dewey (1851), and Garrett Morgan (1877).
1873 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 29
1835 - 1901
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 30
1934 - 2005
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 31
1798 - 1874
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 32
1807 - 1859
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 33
1862 - 1953
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 34
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 35
1770 - 1843
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 36
1819 - 1890
HPI: 56.44
Rank: 37
1863 - 1914
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 38
1890 - 1954
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 39
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 40
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 41