ENGINEER
Jack Kilby
1923 - 2005
Jack Kilby
Jack St. Clair Kilby (8 November 1923 - 20 June 2005) was an American electrical engineer who took part, along with Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor, in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments (TI) in 1958.: 22 He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on 10 December 2000. Kilby was also the co-inventor of the handheld calculator and the thermal printer, for which he had the patents. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jack Kilby has received more than 816,108 page views. His biography is available in 75 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 67 in 2019). Jack Kilby is the 21st most popular engineer (down from 19th in 2019), the 597th most popular biography from United States (up from 613th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Engineer.
Jack Kilby is most famous for inventing the integrated circuit.
Memorability Metrics
820k
Page Views (PV)
65.71
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
75
Languages Editions (L)
8.62
Effective Languages (L*)
4.45
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Among ENGINEERS
Among engineers, Jack Kilby ranks 21 out of 389. Before him are Leslie Groves, Anatoly Dyatlov, Tsutomu Yamaguchi, Fritz Todt, José Echegaray, and Hans Albert Einstein. After him are Jiro Horikoshi, Andrei Tupolev, Artem Mikoyan, August Horch, Willy Messerschmitt, and Abram Petrovich Gannibal.
Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsLeslie Groves
1896 - 1970
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 15
Anatoly Dyatlov
1931 - 1995
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 16
Tsutomu Yamaguchi
1916 - 2010
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 17
Fritz Todt
1891 - 1942
HPI: 66.42
Rank: 18
José Echegaray
1832 - 1916
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 19
Hans Albert Einstein
1904 - 1973
HPI: 66.30
Rank: 20
Jack Kilby
1923 - 2005
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 21
Jiro Horikoshi
1903 - 1982
HPI: 65.62
Rank: 22
Andrei Tupolev
1888 - 1972
HPI: 65.49
Rank: 23
Artem Mikoyan
1905 - 1970
HPI: 65.40
Rank: 24
August Horch
1868 - 1951
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 25
Willy Messerschmitt
1898 - 1978
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 26
Abram Petrovich Gannibal
1696 - 1781
HPI: 64.57
Rank: 27
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1923, Jack Kilby ranks 23. Before him are Mas Oyama, György Ligeti, Val Logsdon Fitch, Roy Lichtenstein, Carroll Shelby, and Franco Zeffirelli. After him are Richard Attenborough, Yma Sumac, Lee Teng-hui, Bert Trautmann, Alan Shepard, and Antoni Tàpies. Among people deceased in 2005, Jack Kilby ranks 20. Before him are Rafic Hariri, Omar Sívori, Ezer Weizman, Kenzō Tange, Zhao Ziyang, and Zdzisław Beksiński. After him are Joseph Rotblat, Aslan Maskhadov, Sister Lúcia, Saul Bellow, James Callaghan, and Anne Bancroft.
Others Born in 1923
Go to all RankingsMas Oyama
MARTIAL ARTS
1923 - 1994
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 17
György Ligeti
COMPOSER
1923 - 2006
HPI: 67.54
Rank: 18
Val Logsdon Fitch
PHYSICIST
1923 - 2015
HPI: 67.45
Rank: 19
Roy Lichtenstein
ARTIST
1923 - 1997
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 20
Carroll Shelby
RACING DRIVER
1923 - 2012
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 21
Franco Zeffirelli
FILM DIRECTOR
1923 - 2019
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 22
Jack Kilby
ENGINEER
1923 - 2005
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 23
Richard Attenborough
FILM DIRECTOR
1923 - 2014
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 24
Yma Sumac
SINGER
1923 - 2008
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 25
Lee Teng-hui
POLITICIAN
1923 - 2020
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 26
Bert Trautmann
SOCCER PLAYER
1923 - 2013
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 27
Alan Shepard
ASTRONAUT
1923 - 1998
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 28
Antoni Tàpies
PAINTER
1923 - 2012
HPI: 64.17
Rank: 29
Others Deceased in 2005
Go to all RankingsRafic Hariri
POLITICIAN
1944 - 2005
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 14
Omar Sívori
SOCCER PLAYER
1935 - 2005
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 15
Ezer Weizman
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2005
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 16
Kenzō Tange
ARCHITECT
1913 - 2005
HPI: 66.91
Rank: 17
Zhao Ziyang
POLITICIAN
1919 - 2005
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 18
Zdzisław Beksiński
PAINTER
1929 - 2005
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 19
Jack Kilby
ENGINEER
1923 - 2005
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 20
Joseph Rotblat
PHYSICIST
1908 - 2005
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 21
Aslan Maskhadov
POLITICIAN
1951 - 2005
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 22
Sister Lúcia
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1907 - 2005
HPI: 65.39
Rank: 23
Saul Bellow
WRITER
1915 - 2005
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 24
James Callaghan
POLITICIAN
1912 - 2005
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 25
Anne Bancroft
ACTOR
1931 - 2005
HPI: 64.70
Rank: 26
In United States
Among people born in United States, Jack Kilby ranks 597 out of 20,380. Before him are Boris Johnson (1964), James Baldwin (1924), Edward Adelbert Doisy (1893), Robert Kardashian (1944), Ellen Burstyn (1932), and Sugar Ray Robinson (1921). After him are Allen Ginsberg (1926), Georgia O'Keeffe (1887), Jim Jarmusch (1953), Art Garfunkel (1941), Goldie Hawn (1945), and Ellen G. White (1827).
Others born in United States
Go to all RankingsBoris Johnson
POLITICIAN
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 591
James Baldwin
WRITER
1924 - 1987
HPI: 65.79
Rank: 592
Edward Adelbert Doisy
CHEMIST
1893 - 1986
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 593
Robert Kardashian
BUSINESSPERSON
1944 - 2003
HPI: 65.73
Rank: 594
Ellen Burstyn
ACTOR
1932 - Present
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 595
Sugar Ray Robinson
BOXER
1921 - 1989
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 596
Jack Kilby
ENGINEER
1923 - 2005
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 597
Allen Ginsberg
WRITER
1926 - 1997
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 598
Georgia O'Keeffe
PAINTER
1887 - 1986
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 599
Jim Jarmusch
FILM DIRECTOR
1953 - Present
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 600
Art Garfunkel
SINGER
1941 - Present
HPI: 65.69
Rank: 601
Goldie Hawn
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 602
Ellen G. White
WRITER
1827 - 1915
HPI: 65.67
Rank: 603
Among ENGINEERS In United States
Among engineers born in United States, Jack Kilby ranks 3. Before him are Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856), and Leslie Groves (1896). After him are Howard H. Aiken (1900), Vannevar Bush (1890), Henry Gantt (1861), Jimmy Doolittle (1896), Jack Swigert (1931), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), J. Walter Christie (1865), Joseph Strauss (1870), and Eugene Stoner (1922).
Frederick Winslow Taylor
1856 - 1915
HPI: 70.78
Rank: 1
Leslie Groves
1896 - 1970
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 2
Jack Kilby
1923 - 2005
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 3
Howard H. Aiken
1900 - 1973
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 4
Vannevar Bush
1890 - 1974
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 5
Henry Gantt
1861 - 1919
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 6
Jimmy Doolittle
1896 - 1993
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 7
Jack Swigert
1931 - 1982
HPI: 58.53
Rank: 8
Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr.
1868 - 1924
HPI: 58.29
Rank: 9
J. Walter Christie
1865 - 1944
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 10
Joseph Strauss
1870 - 1938
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 11
Eugene Stoner
1922 - 1997
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 12