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Marion Donovan

1917 - 1998

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Marion O'Brien Donovan (October 15, 1917 – November 4, 1998) was an American inventor and entrepreneur. Recognized as one of the era's most prominent female inventors, she secured a total of 20 patents for her creations. In 1946, she created a reusable, impermeable diaper cover. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marion Donovan has received more than 192,969 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Marion Donovan is the 304th most popular inventor (up from 323rd in 2019), the 5,789th most popular biography from United States (up from 6,809th in 2019) and the 73rd most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 190k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.40

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.01

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.34

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Marion Donovan ranks 304 out of 426. Before her are Henry Shrapnel, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, William Justin Kroll, Wilhelm Bauer, Max Valier, and André Blondel. After her are Alexander Bain, Paul von Jankó, David Bushnell, Dan Bricklin, Ken Olsen, and Jack Northrop.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Marion Donovan ranks 219. Before her are Lev Kerbel, Isuzu Yamada, Ernesto Alonso, Miroslav Brozović, Laurindo Almeida, and Joshua Nkomo. After her are Fritz Honegger, Desi Arnaz, Babiker Awadalla, José Perácio, Li Rui, and Bagrat Shinkuba. Among people deceased in 1998, Marion Donovan ranks 192. Before her are Kim Ki-young, Tammy Wynette, Nicolas Bouvier, Wanda Jakubowska, Pruden, and Jean Shiley. After her are Héctor Vilches, William Gaddis, Johannes Kotkas, Consalvo Sanesi, Fred Alderman, and Vladimir Dudintsev.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marion Donovan ranks 5,789 out of 20,380. Before her are Sylvester (1947), Dick Powell (1904), Van Johnson (1916), Connie Willis (1945), Linda Perry (1965), and Josh Hutcherson (1992). After her are Gil Scott-Heron (1949), Josh Lucas (1971), Kenneth Arnold (1915), Larry Collins (1929), Louis Abell (1884), and Jason Beghe (1960).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Marion Donovan ranks 73. Before her are Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Ralph Hartley (1888), George Devol (1912), Jacob Perkins (1766), Lester Allan Pelton (1829), and Henry M. Leland (1843). After her are David Bushnell (1742), Dan Bricklin (1951), Ken Olsen (1926), Jack Northrop (1895), Wilson Greatbatch (1919), and Joseph Engelberger (1925).

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