1885 - 1957
Major-General Sir Percy Cleghorn Stanley Hobart, (14 June 1885 – 19 February 1957), also known as "Hobo", was a British military engineer noted for his command of the 79th Armoured Division during the Second World War. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Percy Hobart has received more than 219,702 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Percy Hobart is the 241st most popular engineer (down from 237th in 2019), the 474th most popular biography from India (down from 416th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Engineer.
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Among engineers, Percy Hobart ranks 241 out of 323. Before him are Marcel Deprez, Aron Ralston, Johannes Winkler, Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Verghese Kurien, and Jean-Augustin Barral. After him are Hendrik Wade Bode, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, Sherif Ismail, Ernest Goüin, Georgy Langemak, and Mal Evans.
1843 - 1918
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 235
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 236
1897 - 1947
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 237
1902 - 1978
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 238
1921 - 2012
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 239
1819 - 1884
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 240
1885 - 1957
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 241
1905 - 1982
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 242
1747 - 1827
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 243
1955 - 2023
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 244
1815 - 1885
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 245
1898 - 1938
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 246
1935 - 1976
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 247
Among people born in 1885, Percy Hobart ranks 151. Before him are Kazimierz Sosnkowski, Juhan Kukk, Charles Bacon, Edna Ferber, Giovanni Martinelli, and Nadezhda Udaltsova. After him are Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt, Saneatsu Mushanokōji, Anna Hübler, Mae Murray, Anna Louise Strong, and Alfréd Haar. Among people deceased in 1957, Percy Hobart ranks 143. Before him are Ferenc Hirzer, Théophile de Donder, Gustav Mie, Tomitaro Makino, Heinrich Campendonk, and Leopold Staff. After him are Carl Bonde, Ronald Knox, Lasar Segall, P. C. Chang, Viggo Larsen, and Walter Jakobsson.
1885 - 1969
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 145
1885 - 1942
HPI: 48.96
Rank: 146
1885 - 1968
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 147
1885 - 1968
HPI: 48.83
Rank: 148
1885 - 1969
HPI: 48.55
Rank: 149
1885 - 1961
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 150
1885 - 1957
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 151
1885 - 1964
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 152
1885 - 1976
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 153
1885 - 1976
HPI: 48.30
Rank: 154
1885 - 1965
HPI: 48.18
Rank: 155
1885 - 1970
HPI: 48.13
Rank: 156
1885 - 1933
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 157
1902 - 1957
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 137
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.88
Rank: 138
1868 - 1957
HPI: 48.75
Rank: 139
1862 - 1957
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 140
1889 - 1957
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 141
1878 - 1957
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 142
1885 - 1957
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 143
1872 - 1957
HPI: 48.38
Rank: 144
1888 - 1957
HPI: 48.35
Rank: 145
1891 - 1957
HPI: 48.16
Rank: 146
1892 - 1957
HPI: 48.11
Rank: 147
1880 - 1957
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 148
1882 - 1957
HPI: 48.06
Rank: 149
Among people born in India, Percy Hobart ranks 474 out of 1,493. Before him are Nutan (1936), Muhammad Azam Shah (1653), Azim Premji (1945), Verghese Kurien (1921), H. D. Deve Gowda (1933), and Rajendra K. Pachauri (1940). After him are Sanjay Gandhi (1946), Frederick Lugard, 1st Baron Lugard (1858), Sharmila Tagore (1944), Kamini Roy (1864), Vyjayanthimala Bali (1936), and Robert Swinhoe (1836).
1936 - 1991
HPI: 48.58
Rank: 468
1653 - 1707
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 469
1945 - Present
HPI: 48.51
Rank: 470
1921 - 2012
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 471
1933 - Present
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 472
1940 - 2020
HPI: 48.46
Rank: 473
1885 - 1957
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 474
1946 - 1980
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 475
1858 - 1945
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 476
1944 - Present
HPI: 48.39
Rank: 477
1864 - 1933
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 478
1936 - Present
HPI: 48.22
Rank: 479
1836 - 1877
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 480
Among engineers born in India, Percy Hobart ranks 2. Before him are Verghese Kurien (1921). After him are Arthur E. Kennelly (1861) and Tessy Thomas (1963).
1921 - 2012
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 1
1885 - 1957
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 2
1861 - 1939
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 3
1963 - Present
HPI: 38.73
Rank: 4