1748 - 1814
Joseph Bramah (13 April 1748 – 9 December 1814) was an English inventor and locksmith. He is best known for having improved the flush toilet and inventing the hydraulic press. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Bramah has received more than 231,964 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph Bramah is the 295th most popular inventor (down from 285th in 2019), the 3,044th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,864th in 2019) and the 48th most popular British Inventor.
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Among inventors, Joseph Bramah ranks 295 out of 354. Before him are Tabitha Babbitt, John Barnard, Walter Bruch, Bernard Lown, Almon Brown Strowger, and Kálmán Kandó. After him are Harry Ferguson, Henry M. Leland, Max Valier, Henry J. Kaiser, Whitcomb L. Judson, and David Dunbar Buick.
1779 - 1853
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 289
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 290
1908 - 1990
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 291
1921 - 2021
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 292
1839 - 1902
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 293
1869 - 1931
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 294
1748 - 1814
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 295
1884 - 1960
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 296
1843 - 1932
HPI: 48.15
Rank: 297
1895 - 1930
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 298
1882 - 1967
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 299
1846 - 1909
HPI: 48.03
Rank: 300
1854 - 1929
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 301
Among people born in 1748, Joseph Bramah ranks 24. Before him are Anders Sparrman, Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, Frederick V, Landgrave of Hesse-Homburg, Timur Shah Durrani, Francesco Mario Pagano, and John Playfair. After him are Martha Jefferson, John Marshall, Asaf-ud-Daula, Charles Blagden, and William Few. Among people deceased in 1814, Joseph Bramah ranks 29. Before him are Frederick, Hereditary Prince of Anhalt-Dessau, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Johan Tobias Sergel, Charles Burney, Jean Reynier, and Évariste de Parny. After him are Andrey Voronikhin, August Wilhelm Iffland, Robert Treat Paine, Mercy Otis Warren, and Nicholas Gilman.
1748 - 1820
HPI: 53.20
Rank: 18
1748 - 1794
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 19
1748 - 1820
HPI: 51.08
Rank: 20
1748 - 1793
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 21
1748 - 1799
HPI: 48.76
Rank: 22
1748 - 1819
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 23
1748 - 1814
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 24
1748 - 1782
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 25
1748 - 1819
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 26
1748 - 1797
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 27
1748 - 1820
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 28
1748 - 1828
HPI: 34.90
Rank: 29
1769 - 1814
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 23
1752 - 1814
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 24
1740 - 1814
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 25
1726 - 1814
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 26
1771 - 1814
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 27
1753 - 1814
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 28
1748 - 1814
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 29
1759 - 1814
HPI: 48.00
Rank: 30
1759 - 1814
HPI: 47.08
Rank: 31
1731 - 1814
HPI: 38.73
Rank: 32
1728 - 1814
HPI: 36.29
Rank: 33
1755 - 1814
HPI: 36.27
Rank: 34
Among people born in United Kingdom, Joseph Bramah ranks 3,044 out of 7,765. Before him are Michael Oakeshott (1901), Christopher Eccleston (1964), Herbert Lawford (1851), Paul Day (1956), Martin Birch (1948), and Henry Cooper (1934). After him are Louis Tomlinson (1991), James Ivory (1765), Teddy Sheringham (1966), Kenneth MacMillan (1929), Phyllida Law (1932), and Reece James (1999).
1901 - 1990
HPI: 48.24
Rank: 3,038
1964 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 3,039
1851 - 1925
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 3,040
1956 - Present
HPI: 48.23
Rank: 3,041
1948 - 2020
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,042
1934 - 2011
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,043
1748 - 1814
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 3,044
1991 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 3,045
1765 - 1842
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 3,046
1966 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 3,047
1929 - 1992
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 3,048
1932 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 3,049
1999 - Present
HPI: 48.20
Rank: 3,050
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Joseph Bramah ranks 48. Before him are Walter Clopton Wingfield (1833), Joseph Aspdin (1778), John Wilkinson (1728), Thomas Wedgwood (1771), Rowland Hill (1795), and John Barnard (1946). After him are David Dunbar Buick (1854), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), William Friese-Greene (1855), Isaac Pitman (1813), Harry Brearley (1871), and Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835).
1833 - 1912
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 42
1778 - 1855
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 43
1728 - 1808
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 44
1771 - 1805
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 45
1795 - 1879
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 46
1946 - Present
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 47
1748 - 1814
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 48
1854 - 1929
HPI: 47.97
Rank: 49
1850 - 1885
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 50
1855 - 1921
HPI: 46.95
Rank: 51
1813 - 1897
HPI: 46.91
Rank: 52
1871 - 1948
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 53
1835 - 1867
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 54