INVENTOR

Léon Theremin

1896 - 1993

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Lev Sergeyevich Termen (27 August [O.S. 15 August] 1896 – 3 November 1993), better known as Leon Theremin was a Russian inventor, most famous for his invention of the theremin, one of the first electronic musical instruments and the first to be mass-produced. He also worked on early television research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Theremin has received more than 584,072 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia. Léon Theremin is the 112th most popular inventor (down from 100th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from Russia (down from 356th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Russian Inventor.

Léon Theremin was a Russian scientist who invented the theremin, a musical instrument that is played without being touched. The theremin is played by moving one's hands near two metal antennas. The closer one's hand is to one antenna, the higher the pitch of the sound. The closer one's hand is to the other antenna, the lower the pitch of the sound.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Léon Theremin ranks 112 out of 426. Before him are Joseph Pilates, Johann Philipp Reis, Clément Ader, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Gaston Glock, and Lee de Forest. After him are Alfred Krupp, Zacharias Janssen, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Josiah Warren, André Michelin, and Hiram Maxim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Léon Theremin ranks 54. Before him are Mamie Eisenhower, Nikolay Semyonov, André Masson, Wallace Carothers, Paulino Alcántara, and Friedrich Hund. After him are Kenji Miyazawa, Soghomon Tehlirian, David Wechsler, Elsa Triolet, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, and Ida Noddack. Among people deceased in 1993, Léon Theremin ranks 38. Before him are Robert W. Holley, Vincent Price, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Severo Ochoa, Jean Negulesco, and Masahiko Kimura. After him are Boris Christoff, Dražen Petrović, Stewart Granger, River Phoenix, Pat Nixon, and Jimmy Doolittle.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Léon Theremin ranks 406 out of 3,761. Before him are Yuri Oganessian (1933), Grand Duchess Alexandra Pavlovna of Russia (1783), Mordechai Spiegler (1944), Galina Ulanova (1910), Bulat Okudzhava (1924), and Grand Duchess Maria Nikolaevna of Russia (1819). After him are Lev Kuleshov (1899), Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov (1737), George Balanchine (1904), Marianne von Werefkin (1860), Yakov Yurovsky (1878), and Valentin Ivanov (1934).

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Among INVENTORS In Russia

Among inventors born in Russia, Léon Theremin ranks 4. Before him are Oleg Antonov (1906), Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), and Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859). After him are Nikolai Kardashev (1932), Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1862), Lucien Olivier (1838), Pavel Yablochkov (1847), Ivan Kulibin (1735), Alexandre Alexeieff (1901), Ivan Polzunov (1728), and Rostislav Alexeyev (1916).

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