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Martin Cooper

1928 - Today

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Martin Cooper (born December 26, 1928) is an American engineer. He is a pioneer in the wireless communications industry, especially in radio spectrum management, with eleven patents in the field. On April 3, 1973, he placed the first public call from a handheld portable cell phone while working at Motorola, from a Manhattan sidewalk to his counterpart at competitor Bell Labs. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Martin Cooper has received more than 76,947 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Martin Cooper is the 61st most popular businessperson (up from 67th in 2019), the 640th most popular biography from United States (up from 698th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Businessperson.

He is most famous for his invention of the first cell phone.

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  • 77k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 64.91

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.70

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Martin Cooper ranks 61 out of 601. Before him are Richard Branson, Aga Khan IV, Bernie Ecclestone, Robert Kardashian, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jack Ma. After him are Lee Byung-chul, Roman Abramovich, Frank Williams, Margaret Hamilton, Helena Rubinstein, and Robert McNamara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1928, Martin Cooper ranks 35. Before him are Elie Wiesel, George Peppard, James Coburn, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, Martin Landau, and Alberto Korda. After him are Hans Küng, Geert Hofstede, Maya Angelou, Domenico Modugno, Carlos Fuentes, and Lina Wertmüller.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Martin Cooper ranks 640 out of 18,182. Before him are Michael Crichton (1942), Martha Graham (1894), Ben Roy Mottelson (1926), Edgar Cayce (1877), Jimmy Wales (1966), and Martin Lewis Perl (1927). After him are Hulk Hogan (1953), John Cazale (1935), Dennis Ritchie (1941), Bill Cosby (1937), Tommy Hilfiger (1951), and Anne Rice (1941).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In United States

Among businesspeople born in United States, Martin Cooper ranks 22. Before him are J. Paul Getty (1892), Robert Kiyosaki (1947), Bernie Madoff (1938), Ronald Wayne (1934), Robert Kardashian (1944), and Mark Zuckerberg (1984). After him are Margaret Hamilton (1936), Robert McNamara (1916), Larry Ellison (1944), Kris Jenner (1955), Estée Lauder (1906), and Paul Allen (1953).

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