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Lou Ottens

1926 - 2021

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Lodewijk Frederik Ottens (21 June 1926 – 6 March 2021), known as Lou Ottens, was a Dutch engineer and inventor, best known as the inventor of the cassette tape, and for his work in helping to develop the compact disc. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lou Ottens has received more than 108,959 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Lou Ottens is the 224th most popular inventor (down from 201st in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 351st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Dutch Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 110k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 60.18

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.51

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.02

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Lou Ottens ranks 224 out of 426. Before him are Josip Belušić, Max Skladanowsky, Walter Hunt, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Vittorio Jano, and George Pullman. After him are Robert Watson-Watt, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Alexander Parkes, Aurel Stodola, Marcian Hoff, and Hubert Cecil Booth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Lou Ottens ranks 174. Before him are Georgi Lozanov, Karel Kosík, Mieczysław Rakowski, Jeffrey Hunter, Sonja Ziemann, and Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Castro. After him are Dennis W. Sciama, Mark Taimanov, Big Mama Thornton, James Samuel Coleman, Shigeru Kayano, and Alfred Pfaff. Among people deceased in 2021, Lou Ottens ranks 191. Before him are Gustavo Noboa, Otelo Saraiva de Carvalho, Eric Carle, Wilfried Van Moer, Sabah Fakhri, and Sándor Puhl. After him are Albert Vanhoye, Benigno Aquino III, Anne Buydens, Arlene Dahl, Etel Adnan, and Cicely Tyson.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Lou Ottens ranks 437 out of 1,646. Before him are Dirk Jan de Geer (1870), Pieter Corneliszoon Hooft (1581), Wil van Gogh (1862), Frits Philips (1905), Jan Miense Molenaer (1610), and Rinus Israël (1942). After him are Louis Beel (1902), Jan Akkerman (1946), Thomas de Keyser (1596), Princess Amalia of Nassau-Dietz (1710), Johanna van Gogh-Bonger (1862), and Edward, Count Palatine of Simmern (1625).

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Among INVENTORS In Netherlands

Among inventors born in Netherlands, Lou Ottens ranks 3. Before him are Cornelis Drebbel (1572), and Zacharias Janssen (1585). After him are Boyan Slat (1994).

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