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Jang Yeong-sil

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Jang Yeong-sil (Korean: 장영실; Hanja: 蔣英實; Korean pronunciation: [t͡ɕɐŋ jʌŋɕiɭ]; ? – after 1442) was a Korean mechanical engineer, scientist, and inventor during the Joseon dynasty. He was born to a mother who was a government-registered courtesan (관기; 官妓) and a father of Yuan dynasty descent. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jang Yeong-sil has received more than 392,744 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Jang Yeong-sil is the 151st most popular inventor (down from 140th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from South Korea (down from 80th in 2019) and the most popular South Korean Inventor.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.14

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  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Jang Yeong-sil ranks 151 out of 426. Before him are Robert Stirling, Elias Howe, Uziel Gal, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Viktor Schauberger, and Bob Kahn. After him are Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Alfred Vail, Gideon Sundback, Peter Henlein, Heinrich Göbel, and Fausto Veranzio.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1400, Jang Yeong-sil ranks 17. Before him are Alexander I of Moldavia, Dabiša of Bosnia, Ausiàs March, Vladislav II of Wallachia, Goharshad Begum, and Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia. After him are Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, Dragoș, Voivode of Moldavia, Doukas, Bartolomeu Perestrello, Gjon Kastrioti, and Irene Asanina.

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In South Korea

Among people born in South Korea, Jang Yeong-sil ranks 94 out of 1,128. Before him are Chung Hong-won (1944), Princess Deokhye (1912), Won Gyun (1540), Kim Jong-pil (1926), Lee Byung-hun (1970), and Wallace (null). After him are Soh Jaipil (1864), Jisoo (1995), Lee Jong-wook (1945), Kim Kyu-sik (1881), David Yonggi Cho (1936), and Beopheung of Silla (500).

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Among INVENTORS In South Korea

Among inventors born in South Korea, Jang Yeong-sil ranks 1. 

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