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 tradename Rover. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Kemp Starley has received more than 136,614 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. John Kemp Starley is the 197th most popular inventor (down from 185th in 2019), the 1,713th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,614th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Inventor.
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Among inventors, John Kemp Starley ranks 197 out of 354. Before him are Sandford Fleming, Édouard Branly, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Philo Farnsworth, Oskar Barnack, and William Murdoch. After him are Yuan Longping, Hovannes Adamian, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, Lou Ottens, Wan Hu, and Georges Hébert.
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 191
1844 - 1940
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 192
1834 - 1906
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 193
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 194
1879 - 1936
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 195
1754 - 1839
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 196
1854 - 1901
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 197
1930 - 2021
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 198
1879 - 1932
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 199
1600 - 1700
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 200
1926 - 2021
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 201
1510 - 1500
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 202
1875 - 1957
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 203
Among people born in 1854, John Kemp Starley ranks 44. Before him are Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Takahashi Korekiyo, Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Hertha Ayrton, Jean-Marie Guyau, and Thomas R. Marshall. After him are Aletta Jacobs, Sergei Shchukin, Jacek Malczewski, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Sergei Korsakoff, and Stefan Stambolov. Among people deceased in 1901, John Kemp Starley ranks 32. Before him are Iosif Gurko, Princess Januária of Brazil, Lev Ivanov, Shō Tai, François-Marie Raoult, and Nikolaos Gyzis. After him are Leopoldo Alas, Leon Czolgosz, Mahadev Govind Ranade, Albert, 4th duc de Broglie, Archduchess Maria Isabella of Austria, and Dagny Juel.
1854 - 1924
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 38
1854 - 1936
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 39
1854 - 1902
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 40
1854 - 1923
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 41
1854 - 1888
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 42
1854 - 1925
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 43
1854 - 1901
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 44
1854 - 1929
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 45
1854 - 1936
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 46
1854 - 1929
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 47
1854 - 1941
HPI: 54.01
Rank: 48
1854 - 1900
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 49
1854 - 1895
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 50
1828 - 1901
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 26
1822 - 1901
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 27
1834 - 1901
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 28
1843 - 1901
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 29
1830 - 1901
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 30
1842 - 1901
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 31
1854 - 1901
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 32
1852 - 1901
HPI: 54.28
Rank: 33
1873 - 1901
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 34
1842 - 1901
HPI: 53.80
Rank: 35
1821 - 1901
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 36
1834 - 1901
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 37
1867 - 1901
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 38
Among people born in United Kingdom, John Kemp Starley ranks 1,713 out of 7,765. Before him are Rupert Grint (1988), James Connolly (1868), John Kerr (1824), Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (1936), Eystein II of Norway (1125), and William Murdoch (1754). After him are Miranda Richardson (1958), Phil Jones (1992), Geoff Hurst (1941), James Finlayson (1887), Richard Aldington (1892), and Peter Vaughan (1923).
1988 - Present
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 1,707
1868 - 1916
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 1,708
1824 - 1907
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 1,709
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 1,710
1125 - 1157
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 1,711
1754 - 1839
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 1,712
1854 - 1901
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 1,713
1958 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 1,714
1992 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 1,715
1941 - Present
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 1,716
1887 - 1953
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 1,717
1892 - 1962
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 1,718
1923 - 2016
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 1,719
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, John Kemp Starley ranks 31. Before him are Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), David Edward Hughes (1831), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Matthew Boulton (1728), Sandford Fleming (1827), and William Murdoch (1754). After him are Oliver Lodge (1851), Henry Maudslay (1771), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), Frederick Scott Archer (1813), Elihu Thomson (1853), and James Dyson (1947).
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
1854 - 1901
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 31
1851 - 1940
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 32
1771 - 1831
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 33
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 34
1813 - 1857
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 35
1853 - 1937
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 36
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 37