INVENTOR

John Philip Holland

1840 - 1914

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John Philip Holland (Irish: Seán Pilib Ó hUallacháin/Ó Maolchalann; February 24, 1841 – August 12, 1914) was an Irish marine engineer who developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the US Navy, and the first Royal Navy submarine, Holland 1. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Philip Holland has received more than 446,215 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). John Philip Holland is the 342nd most popular inventor (down from 331st in 2019), the 223rd most popular biography from Ireland (down from 218th in 2019) and the most popular Irish Inventor.

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  • 19

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  • 3.17

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, John Philip Holland ranks 342 out of 426. Before him are David Dunbar Buick, Joseph Bramah, Georges Beuchat, An Wang, Jozef Murgaš, and Joseph Timchenko. After him are George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., Hary Gunarto, Didi Senft, Joy Mangano, Albrecht Berblinger, and John Fitch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1840, John Philip Holland ranks 84. Before him are Juan Bautista Gill, Yaa Asantewaa, William Henry Conley, Simeon Solomon, Jeanna Bauck, and Ghazaros Aghayan. After him are Charles Booth, Franz Mertens, Édouard Vaillant, Jules Arsène Arnaud Claretie, Jakub Arbes, and American Horse. Among people deceased in 1914, John Philip Holland ranks 121. Before him are Eugenio Montero Ríos, Georg von Kopp, Harry Rosenbusch, Robert Hugh Benson, Constantine V of Constantinople, and Joshua Chamberlain. After him are Daniel De Leon, Jakub Arbes, Gijsbert van Tienhoven, Carl Goßler, Joan Röell, and Margaret E. Knight.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, John Philip Holland ranks 223 out of 549. Before him are James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665), Joe Kelly (1913), Oliver Plunkett (1625), Willoughby Hamilton (1864), Sean Kelly (1956), and Liam Cosgrave (1920). After him are Ray McAnally (1926), W. T. Cosgrave (1880), Finnian of Clonard (470), Rex Ingram (1892), Philip Pettit (1945), and Leo Varadkar (1979).

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Among INVENTORS In Ireland

Among inventors born in Ireland, John Philip Holland ranks 1. 

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