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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 3,603,332 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). James Dyson is the 240th most popular inventor (down from 237th in 2019), the 2,094th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 2,174th in 2019) and the 37th most popular British Inventor.

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  • 3.6M

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  • 52.34

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, James Dyson ranks 240 out of 354. Before him are Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Eugen Langen, Fritz von Opel, Léon Gaumont, and David Schwarz. After him are Joseph Whitworth, Alexander Parkes, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Theodore Maiman, Glenn Curtiss, and Ray Dolby.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, James Dyson ranks 231. Before him are Harry Redknapp, Sergio Badilla Castillo, Mitsuo Tsukahara, Brian Herbert, Sogyal Rinpoche, and Kōzō Okamoto. After him are John Mearsheimer, Massiel, Somchai Wongsawat, Co Adriaanse, Anwar Ibrahim, and Alan Guth.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, James Dyson ranks 2,094 out of 7,765. Before him are Cynewulf of Wessex (750), John Taverner (1490), Francis Darwin (1848), Ian Dury (1942), Barbara West (1911), and Kit Harington (1986). After him are Mary Bell (1957), Princess Amelia of the United Kingdom (1783), Joseph Lancaster (1778), John Thaw (1942), Anthony Jenkinson (1529), and Thomas Beecham (1879).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, James Dyson ranks 37. Before him are John Kemp Starley (1854), Oliver Lodge (1851), Henry Maudslay (1771), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), and Elihu Thomson (1853). After him are Joseph Whitworth (1803), Alexander Parkes (1813), Samuel Morland (1625), James Nasmyth (1808), Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), and Joseph Aspdin (1778).

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