1926 - 2011
Kenneth Harry Olsen (February 20, 1926 – February 6, 2011) was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ken Olsen has received more than 253,120 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Ken Olsen is the 329th most popular inventor (down from 312th in 2019), the 7,009th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,655th in 2019) and the 85th most popular American Inventor.
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Among inventors, Ken Olsen ranks 329 out of 354. Before him are Marion Donovan, Norman Joseph Woodland, Roland Moreno, Per Georg Scheutz, Barnes Wallis, and Margaret E. Knight. After him are Joseph Engelberger, John Philip Holland, Frank Piasecki, Amar Bose, George Graham, and George Stibitz.
1917 - 1998
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 323
1921 - 2012
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 324
1945 - 2012
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 325
1785 - 1873
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 326
1887 - 1979
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 327
1838 - 1914
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 328
1926 - 2011
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 329
1925 - 2015
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 330
1840 - 1914
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 331
1919 - 2008
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 332
1929 - 2013
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 333
1673 - 1751
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 334
1904 - 1995
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 335
Among people born in 1926, Ken Olsen ranks 329. Before him are Joseíto, Metaksia Simonyan, John Gardner, Giancarlo Bergamini, K. D. Jadhav, and Pedro Dellacha. After him are David Malet Armstrong, Heikki Hasu, Clifford Husbands, José Manuel Caballero, Fred Ramdat Misier, and William Wakefield Baum. Among people deceased in 2011, Ken Olsen ranks 300. Before him are Mario Echandi Jiménez, Ferenc Szojka, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Shrilal Shukla, Leonid Abalkin, and Ilmar Kullam. After him are Grete Waitz, Milton Babbitt, Juan Tuñas, George Cadle Price, Szeto Wah, and Nat Lofthouse.
1926 - 2007
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 323
1926 - 1987
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 324
1926 - 2007
HPI: 46.06
Rank: 325
1926 - 2020
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 326
1926 - 1984
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 327
1926 - 2010
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 328
1926 - 2011
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 329
1926 - 2014
HPI: 45.88
Rank: 330
1926 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 331
1926 - 2017
HPI: 45.74
Rank: 332
1926 - 2021
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 333
1926 - 2004
HPI: 45.57
Rank: 334
1926 - 2015
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 335
1915 - 2011
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 294
1931 - 2011
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 295
1924 - 2011
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 296
1925 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 297
1930 - 2011
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 298
1922 - 2011
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 299
1926 - 2011
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 300
1953 - 2011
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 301
1916 - 2011
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 302
1917 - 2011
HPI: 45.71
Rank: 303
1919 - 2011
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 304
1931 - 2011
HPI: 45.58
Rank: 305
1925 - 2011
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 306
Among people born in United States, Ken Olsen ranks 7,009 out of 18,182. Before him are Tom Robbins (1932), Richard Portnow (1947), Joseph Bologna (1934), Jason Kidd (1973), Walter Block (1941), and Robert T. Bakker (1945). After him are Walter M. Miller Jr. (1923), William T. Anderson (1839), Joseph Engelberger (1925), Maury Chaykin (1949), Skeeter Davis (1931), and Skeet Ulrich (1970).
1932 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 7,003
1947 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 7,004
1934 - 2017
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 7,005
1973 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,006
1941 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,007
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,008
1926 - 2011
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,009
1923 - 1996
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,010
1839 - 1864
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,011
1925 - 2015
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,012
1949 - 2010
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,013
1931 - 2004
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 7,014
1970 - Present
HPI: 45.89
Rank: 7,015
Among inventors born in United States, Ken Olsen ranks 85. Before him are John Fitch (1743), Jay Miner (1932), Robert S. Langer (1948), Marion Donovan (1917), Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), and Margaret E. Knight (1838). After him are Joseph Engelberger (1925), Frank Piasecki (1919), Amar Bose (1929), George Stibitz (1904), Dan Bricklin (1951), and Patricia Bath (1942).
1743 - 1798
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 79
1932 - 1994
HPI: 47.10
Rank: 80
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.80
Rank: 81
1917 - 1998
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 82
1921 - 2012
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 83
1838 - 1914
HPI: 45.92
Rank: 84
1926 - 2011
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 85
1925 - 2015
HPI: 45.90
Rank: 86
1919 - 2008
HPI: 45.76
Rank: 87
1929 - 2013
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 88
1904 - 1995
HPI: 45.53
Rank: 89
1951 - Present
HPI: 45.08
Rank: 90
1942 - 2019
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 91