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Norman Joseph Woodland

1921 - 2012

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Norman Joseph Woodland (September 6, 1921 – December 9, 2012) was an American inventor and engineer, best known as one of the inventors of the barcode, for which he received a patent in October 1952. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Norman Joseph Woodland has received more than 204,166 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Norman Joseph Woodland is the 389th most popular inventor (down from 324th in 2019), the 9,020th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,839th in 2019) and the 108th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.06

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Norman Joseph Woodland ranks 389 out of 426. Before him are Mohamed M. Atalla, Herbert E. Ives, Robert S. Langer, Oleg Losev, John Shepherd-Barron, and Mark Rober. After him are Robin Li, Bill Atkinson, Gary Fisher, George Beauchamp, Dean Kamen, and Granville Woods.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Norman Joseph Woodland ranks 386. Before him are Julia Hartwig, Yevgeni Babich, Kjell Rosén, Al Pease, Walter Kaufmann, and Big Walter Horton. After him are Lennart Strand, Ron Greenwood, Geoffrey Crossley, Rodger Ward, Walter Mirisch, and Usmar Ismail. Among people deceased in 2012, Norman Joseph Woodland ranks 380. Before him are Susan Tyrrell, Vincenzo Consolo, Ivan Calin, Dick Clark, Robert Sabatier, and Frank Pierson. After him are Joe South, Georg Leber, J. J. C. Smart, Luke Askew, Vasily Belov, and Doc Watson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Joseph Woodland ranks 9,020 out of 20,380. Before him are Jeannie Pepper (1958), Mark R. Hughes (1956), Ashley Benson (1989), Allen Stack (1928), Mark Rober (1980), and Frances Dee (1909). After him are Mel Tormé (1925), Hoyt Axton (1938), Ray Evans (1915), Mary Miles Minter (1902), D. B. Woodside (1969), and Joe South (1940).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Norman Joseph Woodland ranks 108. Before him are Alfred Carlton Gilbert (1884), Harold Eugene Edgerton (1903), Elmer Ambrose Sperry (1860), Herbert E. Ives (1882), Robert S. Langer (1948), and Mark Rober (1980). After him are Gary Fisher (1950), George Beauchamp (1899), Dean Kamen (1951), Granville Woods (1856), Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), and Walter Frederick Morrison (1920).

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