1968 - Today
Lawrence Mark Sanger (; born July 16, 1968) is an American Internet project developer and philosopher who was the editor-in-chief of the online encyclopedia Nupedia and co-founded its successor Wikipedia along with Jimmy Wales. Sanger coined the name 'Wikipedia', and wrote many of Wikipedia's early guidelines, including the "Neutral point of view" and "Ignore all rules" policies. Sanger later worked on other encyclopedic projects, including Encyclopedia of Earth, Citizendium, and Everipedia, and advised the nonprofit American political encyclopedia Ballotpedia.While in college, Sanger developed an interest in using the Internet for educational purposes and joined the online encyclopedia Nupedia as editor-in-chief in 2000. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Larry Sanger has received more than 2,646,415 page views. His biography is available in 85 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Larry Sanger is the 213th most popular inventor (down from 207th in 2019), the 3,147th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,091st in 2019) and the 50th most popular American Inventor.
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Among inventors, Larry Sanger ranks 213 out of 354. Before him are Eli Whitney, Helmut Gröttrup, Max Skladanowsky, Robert Cornelius, Henry Maudslay, and George de Mestral. After him are Gaston Glock, Émile Baudot, François Isaac de Rivaz, Josip Belušić, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, and Henrich Focke.
1765 - 1825
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 207
1916 - 1981
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 208
1863 - 1939
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 209
1809 - 1893
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 210
1771 - 1831
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 211
1907 - 1990
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 212
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 213
1929 - 2023
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 214
1845 - 1903
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 215
1752 - 1828
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 216
1847 - 1905
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 217
1871 - 1922
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 218
1890 - 1979
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 219
Among people born in 1968, Larry Sanger ranks 62. Before him are Prince Friso of Orange-Nassau, Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh, Aidan Gillen, DJ BoBo, Carlos Marín, and Hervé Renard. After him are Stefan Effenberg, Adam McKay, Jovenel Moïse, Oleg Deripaska, Damon Albarn, and Thom Yorke.
1968 - 2013
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 56
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.06
Rank: 57
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 58
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.84
Rank: 59
1968 - 2021
HPI: 53.70
Rank: 60
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 61
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 62
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 63
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 64
1968 - 2021
HPI: 53.46
Rank: 65
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.33
Rank: 66
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 67
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.23
Rank: 68
Among people born in United States, Larry Sanger ranks 3,147 out of 18,182. Before him are Leslie Lamport (1941), Clara Barton (1821), James W. Christy (1938), Cedric Gibbons (1893), John C. Mather (1946), and Alvin E. Roth (1951). After him are Eric F. Wieschaus (1947), Susan Sullivan (1942), Art Metrano (1936), Kamehameha V (1830), Barbara Hendricks (1948), and Richard Holbrooke (1941).
1941 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3,141
1821 - 1912
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3,142
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 3,143
1893 - 1960
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 3,144
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 3,145
1951 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 3,146
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 3,147
1947 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 3,148
1942 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 3,149
1936 - 2021
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 3,150
1830 - 1872
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 3,151
1948 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 3,152
1941 - 2010
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 3,153
Among inventors born in United States, Larry Sanger ranks 50. Before him are J. Presper Eckert (1919), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Philo Farnsworth (1906), John Wesley Hyatt (1837), Eli Whitney (1765), and Robert Cornelius (1809). After him are Raymond Damadian (1936), Laurens Hammond (1895), Marcian Hoff (1937), Ruth Handler (1916), Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), and Theodore Maiman (1927).
1919 - 1995
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 44
1834 - 1906
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 45
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 46
1837 - 1920
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 47
1765 - 1825
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 48
1809 - 1893
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 49
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 50
1936 - 2022
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 51
1895 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 52
1937 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 53
1916 - 2002
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 54
1878 - 1972
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 55
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 56