1674 - 1741
Jethro Tull (baptised 30 March 1674 – 21 February 1741, New Style) was an English agriculturist from Berkshire who helped to bring about the British Agricultural Revolution of the 18th century. He perfected a horse-drawn seed drill in 1701 that economically sowed the seeds in neat rows, and later developed a horse-drawn hoe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jethro Tull has received more than 276,881 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Jethro Tull is the 147th most popular inventor (down from 136th in 2019), the 1,250th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,172nd in 2019) and the 24th most popular British Inventor.
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Among inventors, Jethro Tull ranks 147 out of 354. Before him are Georg Luger, Heinrich Göbel, Alfred Vail, Viktor Schauberger, Nikolai Kardashev, and Reginald Fessenden. After him are Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Mary Anderson, Fausto Veranzio, Hiram Maxim, Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse, and Charles Algernon Parsons.
1849 - 1923
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 141
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 142
1807 - 1859
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 143
1885 - 1958
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 144
1932 - 2019
HPI: 57.39
Rank: 145
1866 - 1932
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 146
1674 - 1741
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 147
1897 - 1974
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 148
1862 - 1953
HPI: 57.08
Rank: 149
1551 - 1617
HPI: 57.06
Rank: 150
1840 - 1916
HPI: 57.04
Rank: 151
1787 - 1867
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 152
1854 - 1931
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 153
Among people born in 1674, Jethro Tull ranks 3. Before him are Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken. After him are Reinhard Keiser, Jeremiah Clarke, Ibrahim Muteferrika, Marie of Lorraine, Margravine Elisabeth Sophie of Brandenburg, Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Dorothea Marie of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Isaac Watts, and Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend. Among people deceased in 1741, Jethro Tull ranks 7. Before him are Antonio Vivaldi, Vitus Bering, Ulrika Eleonora, Queen of Sweden, Elisabeth Therese of Lorraine, Johann Joseph Fux, and Archduchess Maria Elisabeth of Austria. After him are Pauline Félicité de Mailly-Nesle, Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, Wirich Philipp von Daun, Victor Amadeus I, Prince of Carignano, Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg, and Blas de Lezo.
1674 - 1723
HPI: 70.05
Rank: 1
1674 - 1735
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 2
1674 - 1741
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 3
1674 - 1739
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 4
1674 - 1707
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 5
1674 - 1745
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 6
1674 - 1724
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 7
1674 - 1748
HPI: 53.94
Rank: 8
1674 - 1762
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 9
1674 - 1713
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 10
1674 - 1748
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 11
1674 - 1738
HPI: 44.41
Rank: 12
1678 - 1741
HPI: 88.31
Rank: 1
1681 - 1741
HPI: 73.92
Rank: 2
1688 - 1741
HPI: 69.54
Rank: 3
1711 - 1741
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 4
1660 - 1741
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 5
1680 - 1741
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 6
1674 - 1741
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 7
1712 - 1741
HPI: 56.10
Rank: 8
1669 - 1741
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 9
1669 - 1741
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 10
1690 - 1741
HPI: 55.05
Rank: 11
1673 - 1741
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 12
1689 - 1741
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 13
Among people born in United Kingdom, Jethro Tull ranks 1,250 out of 7,765. Before him are Vera Lynn (1917), Scott Adkins (1976), Leonard Woolley (1880), Prince William, Duke of Cumberland (1721), Matthew Festing (1949), and Henry Thomas Buckle (1821). After him are Horace Walpole (1717), John Entwistle (1944), Gary Lineker (1960), David Thewlis (1963), Keith O'Brien (1938), and Elizabeth de Burgh (1289).
1917 - 2020
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,244
1976 - Present
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,245
1880 - 1960
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,246
1721 - 1765
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,247
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.27
Rank: 1,248
1821 - 1862
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,249
1674 - 1741
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 1,250
1717 - 1797
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,251
1944 - 2002
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,252
1960 - Present
HPI: 57.23
Rank: 1,253
1963 - Present
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,254
1938 - 2018
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,255
1289 - 1327
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 1,256
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Jethro Tull ranks 24. Before him are W. O. Bentley (1888), William Webb Ellis (1806), Samuel Crompton (1753), Clive Sinclair (1940), John Kay (1704), and Robert Stirling (1790). After him are Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), David Edward Hughes (1831), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Matthew Boulton (1728), Sandford Fleming (1827), and William Murdoch (1754).
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 18
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 19
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 20
1940 - 2021
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 21
1704 - 1779
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 22
1790 - 1878
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 23
1674 - 1741
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 24
1854 - 1931
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 25
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 26
1871 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 27
1728 - 1809
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 28
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 29
1754 - 1839
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 30