1941 - 2016
Raymond Samuel Tomlinson (April 23, 1941 – March 5, 2016) was an American computer programmer who implemented the first email program on the ARPANET system, the precursor to the Internet, in 1971; It was the first system able to send mail between users on different hosts connected to ARPANET. Previously, mail could be sent only to others who used the same computer. To achieve this, he used the @ sign to separate the user name from the name of their machine, a scheme which has been used in email addresses ever since. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ray Tomlinson has received more than 961,678 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Ray Tomlinson is the 82nd most popular inventor (down from 81st in 2019), the 932nd most popular biography from United States (down from 888th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Inventor.
Ray Tompkins is most famous for his comic strip, "Calvin and Hobbes."
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Among inventors, Ray Tomlinson ranks 82 out of 354. Before him are Alexander Stepanovich Popov, James Hargreaves, André-Jacques Garnerin, Claude Chappe, Henry Bessemer, and Momofuku Ando. After him are Sakichi Toyoda, Bi Sheng, Franz Reichelt, Alois Senefelder, John Harrison, and Alphonse Bertillon.
1859 - 1906
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 76
1720 - 1778
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 77
1769 - 1823
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 78
1763 - 1805
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 79
1813 - 1898
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 80
1910 - 2007
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 81
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 82
1867 - 1930
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 83
990 - 1052
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 84
1879 - 1912
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 85
1771 - 1834
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 86
1693 - 1776
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 87
1853 - 1914
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 88
Among people born in 1941, Ray Tomlinson ranks 63. Before him are Abdelkader Bensalah, Roberto Carlos, Frank Farian, Dan Shechtman, Otis Redding, and Pete Best. After him are Milan Kučan, Franco Columbu, Paul Anka, Claudine Auger, Igor Smirnov, and Mohamed Ghannouchi. Among people deceased in 2016, Ray Tomlinson ranks 48. Before him are Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, René Angélil, Robert Vaughn, Reinhard Selten, Zsa Zsa Gabor, and George Kennedy. After him are Junko Tabei, Michel Galabru, Vera Rubin, Ettore Scola, George Martin, and Konstantinos Stephanopoulos.
1941 - 2021
HPI: 62.93
Rank: 57
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 58
1941 - 2024
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 59
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.86
Rank: 60
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 61
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 62
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 63
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 64
1941 - 2019
HPI: 62.18
Rank: 65
1941 - Present
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 66
1941 - 2019
HPI: 62.02
Rank: 67
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 68
1941 - Present
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 69
1920 - 2016
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 42
1942 - 2016
HPI: 63.10
Rank: 43
1932 - 2016
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 44
1930 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 45
1917 - 2016
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 46
1925 - 2016
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 47
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 48
1939 - 2016
HPI: 62.53
Rank: 49
1922 - 2016
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 50
1928 - 2016
HPI: 62.19
Rank: 51
1931 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 52
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.87
Rank: 53
1926 - 2016
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 54
Among people born in United States, Ray Tomlinson ranks 932 out of 18,182. Before him are Jerry Goldsmith (1929), Neale Donald Walsch (1943), David Lee (1931), Otis Redding (1941), Tony Bennett (1926), and Sarah Knauss (1880). After him are Jennifer Connelly (1970), William Hurt (1950), Ambrose Bierce (1842), Louise Fletcher (1934), Whoopi Goldberg (1955), and George Jung (1942).
1929 - 2004
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 926
1943 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 927
1931 - Present
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 928
1941 - 1967
HPI: 62.63
Rank: 929
1926 - 2023
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 930
1880 - 1999
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 931
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 932
1970 - Present
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 933
1950 - 2022
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 934
1842 - 1914
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 935
1934 - 2022
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 936
1955 - Present
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 937
1942 - 2021
HPI: 62.56
Rank: 938
Among inventors born in United States, Ray Tomlinson ranks 20. Before him are Douglas Engelbart (1925), John Browning (1855), Jimmy Wales (1966), Josephine Cochrane (1839), Les Paul (1915), and George Eastman (1854). After him are Elisha Otis (1811), Leo Fender (1909), Bob Kahn (1938), Robert Noyce (1927), Jacque Fresco (1916), and Percy Spencer (1894).
1925 - 2013
HPI: 65.53
Rank: 14
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 15
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 16
1839 - 1913
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 17
1915 - 2009
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 18
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 19
1941 - 2016
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 20
1811 - 1861
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 21
1909 - 1991
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 22
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 23
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 24
1916 - 2017
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 25
1894 - 1970
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 26