1806 - 1859
Isambard Kingdom Brunel (; 9 April 1806 – 15 September 1859) was an English civil engineer who is considered "one of the most ingenious and prolific figures in engineering history", "one of the 19th-century engineering giants", and "one of the greatest figures of the Industrial Revolution, [who] changed the face of the English landscape with his groundbreaking designs and ingenious constructions". Brunel built dockyards, the Great Western Railway (GWR), a series of steamships including the first propeller-driven transatlantic steamship, and numerous important bridges and tunnels. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Isambard Kingdom Brunel has received more than 2,786,406 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Isambard Kingdom Brunel is the 53rd most popular engineer (down from 50th in 2019), the 893rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 772nd in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Engineer.
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Among engineers, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ranks 53 out of 325. Before him are Emil Škoda, Colin Chapman, Arthur Scherbius, Walter Dornberger, Jack Swigert, and Gustaf de Laval. After him are Ernst Heinkel, Henry Gantt, Bjarne Stroustrup, Alexander Wienerberger, Jimmy Doolittle, and Valdemar Poulsen.
1839 - 1900
HPI: 70.00
Rank: 47
1928 - 1982
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 48
1878 - 1929
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 49
1895 - 1980
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 50
1931 - 1982
HPI: 69.49
Rank: 51
1845 - 1913
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 52
1806 - 1859
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 53
1888 - 1958
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 54
1861 - 1919
HPI: 69.22
Rank: 55
1950 - Present
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 56
1891 - 1955
HPI: 69.17
Rank: 57
1896 - 1993
HPI: 69.16
Rank: 58
1869 - 1942
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 59
Among people born in 1806, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ranks 11. Before him are Catherine Labouré, Maria Christina of the Two Sicilies, William Webb Ellis, Emilia Plater, Omar Pasha, and Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia. After him are Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Charles Gleyre, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Alexander Andreyevich Ivanov, and Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga. Among people deceased in 1859, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ranks 17. Before him are Carl Ritter, Louis Spohr, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Bettina von Arnim, Archduke John of Austria, and Thomas De Quincey. After him are John Brown, Stephanie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, John Austin, Robert Stephenson, Marceline Desbordes-Valmore, and Abd al-Rahman of Morocco.
1806 - 1876
HPI: 72.20
Rank: 5
1806 - 1878
HPI: 72.04
Rank: 6
1806 - 1872
HPI: 70.89
Rank: 7
1806 - 1831
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 8
1806 - 1871
HPI: 70.40
Rank: 9
1806 - 1885
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 10
1806 - 1859
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 11
1806 - 1882
HPI: 68.90
Rank: 12
1806 - 1874
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 13
1806 - 1874
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 14
1806 - 1877
HPI: 67.84
Rank: 15
1806 - 1858
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 16
1806 - 1826
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 17
1779 - 1859
HPI: 73.27
Rank: 11
1784 - 1859
HPI: 72.48
Rank: 12
1786 - 1859
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 13
1785 - 1859
HPI: 70.77
Rank: 14
1782 - 1859
HPI: 69.43
Rank: 15
1785 - 1859
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 16
1806 - 1859
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 17
1800 - 1859
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 18
1837 - 1859
HPI: 68.27
Rank: 19
1790 - 1859
HPI: 67.62
Rank: 20
1803 - 1859
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 21
1786 - 1859
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 22
1779 - 1859
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 23
Among people born in United Kingdom, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ranks 893 out of 6,924. Before him are John Spencer, 8th Earl Spencer (1924), Archer Martin (1910), Peter D. Mitchell (1920), Robert Adam (1728), Peter Green (1946), and Charles Lightoller (1874). After him are Rob Halford (1951), Margaret of York (1446), William Carey (1761), Brian Josephson (1940), Ian McDiarmid (1944), and Slash (1965).
1924 - 1992
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 887
1910 - 2002
HPI: 69.32
Rank: 888
1920 - 1992
HPI: 69.30
Rank: 889
1728 - 1792
HPI: 69.29
Rank: 890
1946 - 2020
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 891
1874 - 1952
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 892
1806 - 1859
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 893
1951 - Present
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 894
1446 - 1503
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 895
1761 - 1834
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 896
1940 - Present
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 897
1944 - Present
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 898
1965 - Present
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 899
Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Isambard Kingdom Brunel ranks 6. Before him are William John Macquorn Rankine (1820), John Ambrose Fleming (1849), Oliver Heaviside (1850), Godfrey Hounsfield (1919), and Colin Chapman (1928). After him are Henry Royce (1863), Charles George Gordon (1833), Ross Brawn (1954), George Cayley (1773), Robert Stephenson (1803), and Charles Rolls (1877).
1820 - 1872
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 1
1849 - 1945
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 2
1850 - 1925
HPI: 70.94
Rank: 3
1919 - 2004
HPI: 70.63
Rank: 4
1928 - 1982
HPI: 69.84
Rank: 5
1806 - 1859
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 6
1863 - 1933
HPI: 68.72
Rank: 7
1833 - 1885
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
1954 - Present
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 9
1773 - 1857
HPI: 66.52
Rank: 10
1803 - 1859
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 11
1877 - 1910
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 12