1864 - 1950
Ransom Eli Olds (June 3, 1864 – August 26, 1950) was a pioneer of the American automotive industry, after whom the Oldsmobile and REO brands were named. He claimed to have built his first steam car as early as 1887 and his first gasoline-powered car in 1896. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ransom E. Olds has received more than 623,798 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ransom E. Olds is the 268th most popular engineer (down from 259th in 2019), the 6,434th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,321st in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Engineer.
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Among engineers, Ransom E. Olds ranks 268 out of 323. Before him are Jack Parsons, Sergey Chaplygin, Mikhail Simonov, Émile Lemoine, Markus Reiner, and Sam Eyde. After him are Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Arthur Rudolph, Peter Schreyer, Othmar Ammann, K. Eric Drexler, and Donald Wills Douglas Sr..
1914 - 1952
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 262
1869 - 1942
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 263
1929 - 2011
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 264
1840 - 1912
HPI: 46.92
Rank: 265
1886 - 1976
HPI: 46.88
Rank: 266
1866 - 1940
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 267
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 268
1881 - 1957
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 269
1906 - 1996
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 270
1953 - Present
HPI: 46.43
Rank: 271
1879 - 1965
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 272
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 273
1892 - 1981
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 274
Among people born in 1864, Ransom E. Olds ranks 124. Before him are Charles Dawson, Aleksey Shakhmatov, Herman Heijermans, John Walter Gregory, José Pardo y Barreda, and Sergei Zubatov. After him are Jozef Murgaš, Stéphane Javelle, F. Holland Day, Sándor Simonyi-Semadam, Friedrich Gustav Piffl, and Alice Tegnér. Among people deceased in 1950, Ransom E. Olds ranks 134. Before him are Giovanni Giorgi, Charles Gmelin, Frederick Twort, José Berraondo, Maurice Costello, and Luise Fleck. After him are Joe Fry, Antonina Nezhdanova, Pedro Parages, Bainbridge Colby, Arthur L. Newton, and Alice Kober.
1864 - 1916
HPI: 47.77
Rank: 118
1864 - 1920
HPI: 47.39
Rank: 119
1864 - 1924
HPI: 47.29
Rank: 120
1864 - 1932
HPI: 47.04
Rank: 121
1864 - 1947
HPI: 46.99
Rank: 122
1864 - 1917
HPI: 46.87
Rank: 123
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 124
1864 - 1929
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 125
1864 - 1917
HPI: 46.75
Rank: 126
1864 - 1933
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 127
1864 - 1946
HPI: 46.60
Rank: 128
1864 - 1932
HPI: 46.19
Rank: 129
1864 - 1943
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 130
1871 - 1950
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 128
1872 - 1950
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 129
1877 - 1950
HPI: 47.44
Rank: 130
1878 - 1950
HPI: 47.36
Rank: 131
1877 - 1950
HPI: 47.25
Rank: 132
1873 - 1950
HPI: 47.18
Rank: 133
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 134
1915 - 1950
HPI: 46.73
Rank: 135
1873 - 1950
HPI: 46.71
Rank: 136
1883 - 1950
HPI: 46.61
Rank: 137
1869 - 1950
HPI: 46.46
Rank: 138
1883 - 1950
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 139
1906 - 1950
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 140
Among people born in United States, Ransom E. Olds ranks 6,434 out of 18,182. Before him are Sasha Mitchell (1967), Gardiner Greene Hubbard (1822), Harold Osborn (1899), Marc Cherry (1962), Tony Zale (1913), and Walton Goggins (1971). After him are Ted DiBiase (1954), Robert Harron (1893), Johnny Mercer (1909), Joe Ranft (1960), Will Geer (1902), and Nancy Wilson (1937).
1967 - Present
HPI: 46.83
Rank: 6,428
1822 - 1897
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,429
1899 - 1975
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,430
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,431
1913 - 1997
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,432
1971 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,433
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,434
1954 - Present
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,435
1893 - 1920
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 6,436
1909 - 1976
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 6,437
1960 - 2005
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 6,438
1902 - 1978
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 6,439
1937 - 2018
HPI: 46.81
Rank: 6,440
Among engineers born in United States, Ransom E. Olds ranks 28. Before him are Burt Rutan (1943), Aron Ralston (1975), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), Frederick Terman (1900), and Jack Parsons (1914). After him are K. Eric Drexler (1955), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), Alan Shugart (1930), Frances Spence (1922), Butler Lampson (1943), and Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898).
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 22
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 23
1905 - 1982
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 24
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 25
1900 - 1982
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 26
1914 - 1952
HPI: 47.14
Rank: 27
1864 - 1950
HPI: 46.82
Rank: 28
1955 - Present
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 29
1892 - 1981
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 30
1930 - 2006
HPI: 45.95
Rank: 31
1922 - 2012
HPI: 45.42
Rank: 32
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 33
1898 - 1965
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 34