1928 - Today
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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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.
1950 - Present
HPI: 65.83
Rank: 55
1936 - Present
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 56
1930 - Present
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 57
1944 - 2003
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 58
1984 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 59
1964 - Present
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 60
1928 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 61
1910 - 1987
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 62
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.86
Rank: 63
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 64
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 65
1872 - 1965
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 66
1916 - 2009
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 67
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.
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 29
1928 - 1994
HPI: 66.22
Rank: 30
1928 - 2002
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 31
1928 - 2014
HPI: 66.11
Rank: 32
1928 - 2017
HPI: 65.72
Rank: 33
1928 - 2001
HPI: 65.08
Rank: 34
1928 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 35
1928 - 2021
HPI: 64.58
Rank: 36
1928 - 2020
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 37
1928 - 2014
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 38
1928 - 1994
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 39
1928 - 2012
HPI: 63.80
Rank: 40
1928 - 2021
HPI: 63.56
Rank: 41
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).
1942 - 2008
HPI: 64.99
Rank: 634
1894 - 1991
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 635
1926 - 2022
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 636
1877 - 1945
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 637
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 638
1927 - 2014
HPI: 64.93
Rank: 639
1928 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 640
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 641
1935 - 1978
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 642
1941 - 2011
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 643
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.90
Rank: 644
1951 - Present
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 645
1941 - 2021
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 646
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).
1892 - 1976
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 16
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 17
1938 - 2021
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 18
1934 - Present
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 19
1944 - 2003
HPI: 65.64
Rank: 20
1984 - Present
HPI: 65.63
Rank: 21
1928 - Present
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 22
1936 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 23
1916 - 2009
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 24
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.94
Rank: 25
1955 - Present
HPI: 63.50
Rank: 26
1906 - 2004
HPI: 63.47
Rank: 27
1953 - 2018
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 28