1906 - 1971
Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer. He made the critical contributions to electronic television that made possible all the video in the world today. He is best known for his 1927 invention of the first fully functional all-electronic image pickup device (video camera tube), the image dissector, as well as the first fully functional and complete all-electronic television system. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Philo Farnsworth has received more than 2,550,450 page views. His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Philo Farnsworth is the 194th most popular inventor (up from 219th in 2019), the 2,784th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,365th in 2019) and the 46th most popular American Inventor.
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Among inventors, Philo Farnsworth ranks 194 out of 354. Before him are Charles Xavier Thomas, Lars Magnus Ericsson, Narcís Monturiol, Sandford Fleming, Édouard Branly, and Samuel Pierpont Langley. After him are Oskar Barnack, William Murdoch, John Kemp Starley, Yuan Longping, Hovannes Adamian, and Lagâri Hasan Çelebi.
1785 - 1870
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 188
1846 - 1926
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 189
1819 - 1885
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 190
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 191
1844 - 1940
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 192
1834 - 1906
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 193
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 194
1879 - 1936
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 195
1754 - 1839
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 196
1854 - 1901
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 197
1930 - 2021
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 198
1879 - 1932
HPI: 54.30
Rank: 199
1600 - 1700
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 200
Among people born in 1906, Philo Farnsworth ranks 118. Before him are Antal Doráti, Chester Carlson, Denis de Rougemont, Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Samad Vurgun, and Piero Taruffi. After him are Jean Dieudonné, Mary Astor, Princess Anne of Orléans, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Anton Karas, and Sait Faik Abasıyanık. Among people deceased in 1971, Philo Farnsworth ranks 72. Before him are August Derleth, John W. Campbell, T. V. Soong, Joseph Valachi, Royal Rife, and Viktor Patsayev. After him are József Zakariás, Amet-khan Sultan, Mak Dizdar, Dimitrios Loundras, Yrjö Väisälä, and Paul Lévy.
1906 - 1988
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 112
1906 - 1968
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 113
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 114
1906 - 1977
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 115
1906 - 1956
HPI: 54.88
Rank: 116
1906 - 1988
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 117
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 118
1906 - 1992
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 119
1906 - 1987
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 120
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 121
1906 - 1988
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 122
1906 - 1985
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 123
1906 - 1954
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 124
1909 - 1971
HPI: 55.04
Rank: 66
1910 - 1971
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 67
1894 - 1971
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 68
1904 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 69
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 70
1933 - 1971
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 71
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 72
1924 - 1971
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 73
1920 - 1971
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 74
1917 - 1971
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 75
1885 - 1971
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 76
1891 - 1971
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 77
1886 - 1971
HPI: 54.22
Rank: 78
Among people born in United States, Philo Farnsworth ranks 2,784 out of 18,182. Before him are James Remar (1953), Heather Locklear (1961), Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834), Susan Wojcicki (1968), Clair Cameron Patterson (1922), and Machine Gun Kelly (1990). After him are Jack Johnson (1878), Dan Quayle (1947), Darlene Hard (1936), Gerry Mulligan (1927), Fiorello H. La Guardia (1882), and Ernest Guiraud (1837).
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 2,778
1961 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 2,779
1834 - 1906
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 2,780
1968 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 2,781
1922 - 1995
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 2,782
1990 - Present
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 2,783
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 2,784
1878 - 1946
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 2,785
1947 - Present
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 2,786
1936 - 2021
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 2,787
1927 - 1996
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 2,788
1882 - 1947
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 2,789
1837 - 1892
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 2,790
Among inventors born in United States, Philo Farnsworth ranks 46. Before him are Melvil Dewey (1851), Garrett Morgan (1877), George Pullman (1831), Royal Rife (1888), J. Presper Eckert (1919), and Samuel Pierpont Langley (1834). After him are John Wesley Hyatt (1837), Eli Whitney (1765), Robert Cornelius (1809), Larry Sanger (1968), Raymond Damadian (1936), and Laurens Hammond (1895).
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 40
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 41
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 42
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 43
1919 - 1995
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 44
1834 - 1906
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 45
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 46
1837 - 1920
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 47
1765 - 1825
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 48
1809 - 1893
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 49
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 50
1936 - 2022
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 51
1895 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 52