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James Dyson

1947 - Today

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Sir James Dyson (born 2 May 1947) is a British inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the Dyson company. He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he is the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of James Dyson has received more than 3,817,772 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). James Dyson is the 179th most popular inventor (up from 240th in 2019), the 1,546th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,089th in 2019) and the 27th most popular British Inventor.

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  • 3.8M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.09

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.16

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.28

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, James Dyson ranks 179 out of 426. Before him are Charles Cros, Matthew Boulton, Friedrich Zander, Joseph Monier, Philo Farnsworth, and Henrich Focke. After him are Georges Claude, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Charles Martin Hall, Larry Sanger, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, and George de Mestral.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, James Dyson ranks 176. Before him are Christian Jacq, Kōzō Okamoto, Aleksander Krupa, Jaume Cabré, Aad de Mos, and Greg Lake. After him are Sergio Badilla Castillo, Alain Connes, Malam Bacai Sanhá, Mario Aurelio Poli, Godfrey Chitalu, and Mary Simon.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Dyson ranks 1,546 out of 8,785. Before him are Nathan Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840), Anne Conway (1631), Jack W. Szostak (1952), Karen Armstrong (1944), William Walton (1902), and Henry Tandey (1891). After him are David Icke (1952), Lionel Robbins (1898), Norman Davies (1939), Boy George (1961), John Maynard Smith (1920), and Dick Taylor (1943).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, James Dyson ranks 27. Before him are John Kay (1704), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), Robert Stirling (1790), William Murdoch (1754), Elihu Thomson (1853), and Matthew Boulton (1728). After him are Sandford Fleming (1827), Jethro Tull (1674), David Edward Hughes (1831), Henry Maudslay (1771), Oliver Lodge (1851), and Robert Watson-Watt (1892).

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