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Léon Theremin

1896 - 1993

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Lev Sergeyevich Termen (Russian: Лев Сергеевич Термен, IPA: [ˈlʲef sʲɪrˈɡʲejɪvʲɪtɕ tʲɪrˈmʲen]; 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 575,395 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2019). Léon Theremin is the 100th most popular inventor (down from 92nd in 2019), the 357th most popular biography from Russia (down from 306th in 2019) and the 3rd 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 100 out of 354. Before him are Leo Fender, Johann Maria Farina, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Bob Kahn, Charles-Émile Reynaud, and Edmund Cartwright. After him are Henri Coandă, Robert Noyce, Taiichi Ohno, W. O. Bentley, Jacque Fresco, and William Webb Ellis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Léon Theremin ranks 44. Before him are Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Nobusuke Kishi, Anastasio Somoza García, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Gottlob Berger, and David Wechsler. After him are Tina Modotti, Robert S. Mulliken, Wallace Carothers, André Masson, Paulino Alcántara, and Elsa Triolet. Among people deceased in 1993, Léon Theremin ranks 34. Before him are Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Cantinflas, Robert W. Holley, Vincent Price, Arthur Ashe, and Alexandra of Yugoslavia. After him are Jean Negulesco, Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Masahiko Kimura, Yuri Lotman, Boris Christoff, and Hans Baur.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Léon Theremin ranks 357 out of 3,262. Before him are Yury of Moscow (1281), Andrey Bogolyubsky (1111), Michael Chekhov (1891), Princess Louise of Prussia (1808), Anton Arensky (1861), and Yakov Yurovsky (1878). After him are Galina Ulanova (1910), Dmitry Pavlov (1897), Viktor Kulikov (1921), Henri Troyat (1911), Sergey Ilyushin (1894), and Vasily Dokuchaev (1846).

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Among INVENTORS In Russia

Among inventors born in Russia, Léon Theremin ranks 3. Before him are Oleg Antonov (1906) and Alexander Stepanovich Popov (1859). After him are Vladimir K. Zworykin (1888), Nikolai Kardashev (1932), Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1862), Lucien Olivier (1838), Pavel Yablochkov (1847), Ivan Kulibin (1735), Rostislav Alexeyev (1916), Ivan Polzunov (1728), and Oleg Losev (1903).

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