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Lou Ottens

1926 - 2021

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Lodewijk Frederik Ottens (21 June 1926 – 6 March 2021) 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 95,155 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Lou Ottens is the 201st most popular inventor, the 352nd most popular biography from Netherlands and the 3rd most popular Dutch Inventor.

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  • 95k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.06

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.44

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.86

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Lou Ottens ranks 201 out of 354. Before him are Oskar Barnack, William Murdoch, John Kemp Starley, Yuan Longping, Hovannes Adamian, and Lagâri Hasan Çelebi. After him are Wan Hu, Georges Hébert, Oliver Lodge, Hans von Ohain, John Wesley Hyatt, and Eli Whitney.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Lou Ottens ranks 153. Before him are Mark Taimanov, Valerio Zurlini, Amadeo Carrizo, Luigi De Magistris, Claude Akins, and Jaba Ioseliani. After him are Wolfgang Iser, Peter Alexander, Juan José Linz, Alfonso Sastre, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, and John G. Kemeny. Among people deceased in 2021, Lou Ottens ranks 218. Before him are Théoneste Bagosora, Dilip Kumar, Jüri Tamm, Volodymyr Holubnychy, Andrey Myagkov, and Gregory Peter XX Ghabroyan. After him are Danilo Popivoda, Tarcísio Meira, Carlos do Carmo, Chuck Close, Susana Higuchi, and Carlos Marín.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Lou Ottens ranks 352 out of 1,427. Before him are Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1983), John de Mol Jr. (1955), Frits Philips (1905), Princess Marie of the Netherlands (1841), Aldo van Eyck (1918), and Piet de Jong (1915). After him are Jacob Cats (1577), Titus Brandsma (1881), Aert van der Neer (1603), Jacob Moleschott (1822), Sharon den Adel (1974), and Samuel Goudsmit (1902).

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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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