INVENTOR

Kálmán Kandó

1869 - 1931

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Kálmán Kandó de Egerfarmos et Sztregova (egerfarmosi és sztregovai Kandó Kálmán; 10 July 1869 – 13 January 1931) was a Hungarian engineer, the inventor of phase converter and a pioneer in the development of AC electric railway traction. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kálmán Kandó has received more than 58,052 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Kálmán Kandó is the 320th most popular inventor (down from 294th in 2019), the 512th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 427th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Hungarian Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 58k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 48.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.10

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Kálmán Kandó by language

Over the past year Kálmán Kandó has had the most page views in the with 19,212 views, followed by English (7,812), and German (1,841). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (54.55%), Macedonian (35.98%), and Malagasy (33.44%)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Kálmán Kandó ranks 320 out of 426. Before her are Peter Carl Goldmark, Ernst Alexanderson, Walter Bruch, Heinrich Gerber, Thomas Wedgwood, and Victor Hasselblad. After her are Tabitha Babbitt, Lynn Conway, Patricia Bath, Jay Miner, Harry Ferguson, and John Wilkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Kálmán Kandó ranks 125. Before her are Yervant Odian, Sergey Chaplygin, Harald Sohlberg, Henry Wood, Carlo Airoldi, and Levon Shant. After her are Robert W. Paul, Oton Iveković, Juan Bautista Pérez, Alwin Mittasch, Myriam Harry, and Bainbridge Colby. Among people deceased in 1931, Kálmán Kandó ranks 117. Before her are Jetze Doorman, Kinue Hitomi, Günther Beck von Mannagetta und Lerchenau, Federico Tinoco Granados, Alma Rubens, and Marvin Hart. After her are Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, Eugen Schmidt, Richard Wettstein, Emiliano Figueroa, John Isaac Briquet, and William Frederick Denning.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Kálmán Kandó ranks 512 out of 1,077. Before her are Alfréd Haar (1885), Lily Kronberger (1890), László Kovács (1933), Gyula Polgár (1912), Judit Temes (1930), and Ede Király (1926). After her are Ferenc Szojka (1931), István Balogh (1912), Victor Basch (1863), Imre Komora (1940), George Gerbner (1919), and Lajos Werkner (1883).

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Among INVENTORS In Hungary

Among inventors born in Hungary, Kálmán Kandó ranks 8. Before her are László Bíró (1899), David Schwarz (1850), Tivadar Puskás (1844), Ottó Bláthy (1860), Paul von Jankó (1856), and Peter Carl Goldmark (1906).

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