1854 - 1901
John Kemp Starley (24 December 1855 – 29 October 1901) was an English inventor and industrialist who is widely considered the inventor of the modern bicycle, and also originator of the name Rover. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Kemp Starley has received more than 108,119 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). John Kemp Starley is the 185th most popular inventor (down from 184th in 2019), the 1,615th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,544th in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Inventor.
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Among inventors, John Kemp Starley ranks 185 out of 355. Before him are Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Traian Vuia, Colin Archer, Orban, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, and Ruth Handler. After him are Narcís Monturiol, Eli Whitney, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Uziel Gal, and John Wesley Hyatt.
1895 - 1936
HPI: 65.38
Rank: 179
1872 - 1950
HPI: 65.35
Rank: 180
1832 - 1921
HPI: 65.30
Rank: 181
1404 - 1453
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 182
1803 - 1877
HPI: 65.28
Rank: 183
1916 - 2002
HPI: 65.25
Rank: 184
1854 - 1901
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 185
1819 - 1885
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 186
1765 - 1825
HPI: 65.19
Rank: 187
1834 - 1906
HPI: 65.15
Rank: 188
1685 - 1724
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 189
1923 - 2002
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 190
1837 - 1920
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 191
Among people born in 1854, John Kemp Starley ranks 44. Before him are Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, Lady Randolph Churchill, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Patrick Geddes, Zhang Xun, and Friedrich Alfred Krupp. After him are Aletta Jacobs, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Sergei Korsakoff, Isidor Gunsberg, Konstantin Jireček, and Victor Babeș. Among people deceased in 1901, John Kemp Starley ranks 29. Before him are Nikolaos Gyzis, Adolf Eugen Fick, George Francis FitzGerald, François-Marie Raoult, Shō Tai, and Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria. After him are Prince Henri of Orléans, Leopoldo Alas, Leon Czolgosz, Iosif Gurko, Henry Peach Robinson, and Arvid Posse.
1854 - 1912
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 38
1854 - 1921
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 39
1854 - 1924
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 40
1854 - 1932
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 41
1854 - 1923
HPI: 65.45
Rank: 42
1854 - 1902
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 43
1854 - 1901
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 44
1854 - 1929
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 45
1854 - 1941
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 46
1854 - 1900
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 47
1854 - 1930
HPI: 64.51
Rank: 48
1854 - 1918
HPI: 64.50
Rank: 49
1854 - 1926
HPI: 64.49
Rank: 50
1842 - 1901
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 23
1829 - 1901
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 24
1851 - 1901
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 25
1830 - 1901
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 26
1843 - 1901
HPI: 65.61
Rank: 27
1834 - 1901
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 28
1854 - 1901
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 29
1867 - 1901
HPI: 65.14
Rank: 30
1852 - 1901
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 31
1873 - 1901
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 32
1828 - 1901
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 33
1830 - 1901
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 34
1820 - 1901
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 35
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Kemp Starley ranks 1,615 out of 6,924. Before him are Lord Guildford Dudley (1536), Jimmy Savile (1926), Mike Leigh (1943), Algernon Blackwood (1869), Raymond Williams (1921), and Eddie the Eagle (1963). After him are Alan Sillitoe (1928), William Kent (1685), James Gillray (1756), Terry Eagleton (1943), William Renshaw (1861), and James Connolly (1868).
1536 - 1553
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 1,609
1926 - 2011
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 1,610
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.24
Rank: 1,611
1869 - 1951
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 1,612
1921 - 1988
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 1,613
1963 - Present
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 1,614
1854 - 1901
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 1,615
1928 - 2010
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 1,616
1685 - 1748
HPI: 65.22
Rank: 1,617
1756 - 1815
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 1,618
1943 - Present
HPI: 65.21
Rank: 1,619
1861 - 1904
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1,620
1868 - 1916
HPI: 65.20
Rank: 1,621
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, John Kemp Starley ranks 29. Before him are Jethro Tull (1674), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), David Edward Hughes (1831), Sandford Fleming (1827), Matthew Boulton (1728), and Hubert Cecil Booth (1871). After him are William Murdoch (1754), Oliver Lodge (1851), Joseph Whitworth (1803), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Henry Maudslay (1771), and Samuel Morland (1625).
1674 - 1741
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 23
1854 - 1931
HPI: 66.87
Rank: 24
1831 - 1900
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 25
1827 - 1915
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 26
1728 - 1809
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 27
1871 - 1955
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 28
1854 - 1901
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 29
1754 - 1839
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 30
1851 - 1940
HPI: 64.04
Rank: 31
1803 - 1887
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 32
1813 - 1857
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 33
1771 - 1831
HPI: 63.86
Rank: 34
1625 - 1695
HPI: 63.62
Rank: 35