1855 - 1926
John Moses Browning (January 23, 1855 – November 26, 1926) was an American firearm designer who developed many varieties of military and civilian firearms, cartridges, and gun mechanisms, many of which are still in use around the world. He made his first firearm at age 13 in his father's gun shop and was awarded the first of his 128 firearm patents on October 7, 1879, at the age of 24. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Browning has received more than 2,575,669 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia. John Browning is the 62nd most popular inventor (up from 67th in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from United States (down from 620th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Inventor.
John Browning is most famous for being the inventor of the M1911 pistol, which was the US military's standard sidearm for over 50 years. He also invented the first semi-automatic rifle, the Winchester rifle, and the Browning machine gun.
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Among inventors, John Browning ranks 62 out of 354. Before him are Adam Opel, John Deere, Louis Blériot, Douglas Engelbart, Henry Fox Talbot, and Louis Renault. After him are Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Jimmy Wales, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Josephine Cochrane, Étienne Lenoir, and Les Paul.
1837 - 1895
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 56
1804 - 1886
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 57
1872 - 1936
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 58
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 59
1800 - 1877
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 60
1877 - 1944
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 61
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 62
1860 - 1940
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 63
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 64
1873 - 1932
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 65
1839 - 1913
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 66
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 67
1915 - 2009
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 68
Among people born in 1855, John Browning ranks 3. Before him are Ferdinand Tönnies and Archduchess Sophie of Austria. After him are Houston Stewart Chamberlain, Otto Liman von Sanders, Émile Verhaeren, Ernest Chausson, Eleanor Marx, Percival Lowell, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Paul Deschanel, and Ned Kelly. Among people deceased in 1926, John Browning ranks 20. Before him are Gertrude Bell, Rudolph Valentino, Symon Petliura, Aleksei Brusilov, Louise of Sweden, and Margherita of Savoy. After him are Olga Constantinovna of Russia, Nikola Pašić, Karl Harrer, Viktor Vasnetsov, Kim Hyong-jik, and Mikao Usui.
1855 - 1936
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 1
1855 - 1857
HPI: 69.40
Rank: 2
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 3
1855 - 1927
HPI: 64.63
Rank: 4
1855 - 1929
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 5
1855 - 1916
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 6
1855 - 1899
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 7
1855 - 1898
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 8
1855 - 1916
HPI: 62.08
Rank: 9
1855 - 1935
HPI: 61.95
Rank: 10
1855 - 1922
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 11
1855 - 1880
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 12
1868 - 1926
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 14
1895 - 1926
HPI: 67.29
Rank: 15
1879 - 1926
HPI: 67.15
Rank: 16
1853 - 1926
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 17
1851 - 1926
HPI: 66.07
Rank: 18
1851 - 1926
HPI: 65.70
Rank: 19
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 20
1851 - 1926
HPI: 64.05
Rank: 21
1845 - 1926
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 22
1890 - 1926
HPI: 63.13
Rank: 23
1848 - 1926
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 24
1894 - 1926
HPI: 61.94
Rank: 25
1865 - 1926
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 26
Among people born in United States, John Browning ranks 633 out of 18,182. Before him are Jonas Salk (1914), Robert Wagner (1930), Thomas Wolfe (1900), Raquel Welch (1940), Talia Shire (1946), and Jimmy Hoffa (1913). After him are Michael Crichton (1942), Martha Graham (1894), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Edgar Cayce (1877), Jimmy Wales (1966), and Martin Lewis Perl (1927).
1914 - 1995
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 627
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 628
1900 - 1938
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 629
1940 - 2023
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 630
1946 - Present
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 631
1913 - 1975
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 632
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 633
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 634
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 635
1926 - 2022
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 636
1877 - 1945
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 637
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 638
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 639
Among inventors born in United States, John Browning ranks 15. Before him are Charles Goodyear (1800), William G. Morgan (1870), Willis Carrier (1876), Isaac Singer (1811), John Deere (1804), and Douglas Engelbart (1925). After him are Jimmy Wales (1966), Josephine Cochrane (1839), Les Paul (1915), George Eastman (1854), Ray Tomlinson (1941), and Elisha Otis (1811).
1800 - 1860
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 9
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 10
1876 - 1950
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 11
1811 - 1875
HPI: 66.16
Rank: 12
1804 - 1886
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 13
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 14
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 15
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 16
1839 - 1913
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 17
1915 - 2009
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 18
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 19
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 20
1811 - 1861
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 21