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John Lombe

1693 - 1722

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John Lombe (1693 in Norwich – 20 November 1722 in Derby) was a silk spinner in the 18th century Derby, England. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Lombe has received more than 62,907 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. John Lombe is the 357th most popular engineer (down from 326th in 2019), the 5,636th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,069th in 2019) and the 43rd most popular British Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 63k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.98

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.27

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.80

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, John Lombe ranks 357 out of 389. Before him are Sergey Volkov, Mehdi Jomaa, Gordon Bell, Kevin Warwick, Pat Fry, and Willy Rampf. After him are James Allison, Sydney Camm, Mike Gascoyne, Mike Coughlan, C. H. Douglas, and Bob Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1693, John Lombe ranks 12. Before him are Louise Élisabeth de Bourbon, Abul Khair Khan, Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste Sofie of Neuburg, Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, Georg Rafael Donner, and Alexey Bestuzhev-Ryumin.  Among people deceased in 1722, John Lombe ranks 21. Before him are Antoine Coypel, Christine Wilhelmine of Hesse-Homburg, Johann Jacob Bach, Sébastien Vaillant, Giovanni II Cornaro, and Christoph Dientzenhofer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, John Lombe ranks 5,636 out of 8,785. Before him are Katie Leung (1987), Kate Mosse (1961), Shashi Tharoor (1956), Tim Henman (1974), Andy Fairweather Low (1948), and Nathaniel Phillips (1997). After him are James Bowen (1979), Madge Adam (1912), Michael Moran (1948), Kalvin Phillips (1995), Anna of East Anglia (null), and Micah Richards (1988).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, John Lombe ranks 43. Before him are Tommy Flowers (1905), Harry Ricardo (1885), Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), Ralph Bagnold (1896), Kevin Warwick (1954), and Pat Fry (1964). After him are James Allison (1968), Sydney Camm (1893), Mike Gascoyne (1963), Mike Coughlan (1959), C. H. Douglas (1879), and Bob Bell (1958).

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