1818 - 1903
Richard Jordan Gatling (September 12, 1818 – February 26, 1903) was an American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, which is considered to be the first successful machine gun. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Richard Jordan Gatling has received more than 321,820 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Richard Jordan Gatling is the 130th most popular inventor (up from 144th in 2019), the 1,675th most popular biography from United States (up from 1,855th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular American Inventor.
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Among inventors, Richard Jordan Gatling ranks 130 out of 355. Before him are Kōnosuke Matsushita, Lee de Forest, Paul Otlet, Robert Stirling, John Ericsson, and Mary Anderson. After him are Heinrich Göbel, Josef Ressel, Christopher Latham Sholes, John Kay, Viktor Schauberger, and Jethro Tull.
1894 - 1989
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 124
1873 - 1961
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 125
1868 - 1944
HPI: 68.49
Rank: 126
1790 - 1878
HPI: 68.19
Rank: 127
1803 - 1889
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 128
1862 - 1953
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 129
1818 - 1903
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 130
1818 - 1893
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 131
1793 - 1857
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 132
1819 - 1890
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 133
1704 - 1779
HPI: 67.71
Rank: 134
1885 - 1958
HPI: 67.68
Rank: 135
1674 - 1741
HPI: 67.46
Rank: 136
Among people born in 1818, Richard Jordan Gatling ranks 30. Before him are Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Frederick Douglass, Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria, Tewodros II, Hermann Kolbe, and Max Joseph von Pettenkofer. After him are Zachris Topelius, Heinrich Göbel, Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Francesco Crispi, and Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach. Among people deceased in 1903, Richard Jordan Gatling ranks 22. Before him are Calamity Jane, Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria, Camillo Sitte, Draga Mašin, Vasily Dokuchaev, and Marcel Renault. After him are Sabino Arana, Hans Gude, Sophie Gengembre Anderson, Gaston Paris, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, and William Ernest Henley.
1818 - 1893
HPI: 69.21
Rank: 24
1818 - 1895
HPI: 69.07
Rank: 25
1818 - 1874
HPI: 68.96
Rank: 26
1818 - 1868
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 27
1818 - 1884
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 28
1818 - 1901
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 29
1818 - 1903
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 30
1818 - 1898
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 31
1818 - 1893
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 32
1818 - 1881
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 33
1818 - 1888
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 34
1818 - 1901
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 35
1818 - 1901
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 36
1852 - 1903
HPI: 70.35
Rank: 16
1831 - 1903
HPI: 69.65
Rank: 17
1843 - 1903
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 18
1864 - 1903
HPI: 68.69
Rank: 19
1846 - 1903
HPI: 68.43
Rank: 20
1872 - 1903
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 21
1818 - 1903
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 22
1865 - 1903
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 23
1825 - 1903
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 24
1823 - 1903
HPI: 65.78
Rank: 25
1839 - 1903
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 26
1829 - 1903
HPI: 65.11
Rank: 27
1849 - 1903
HPI: 65.05
Rank: 28
Among people born in United States, Richard Jordan Gatling ranks 1,675 out of 15,968. Before him are Henry Steel Olcott (1832), McCoy Tyner (1938), W. I. Thomas (1863), Jack Kevorkian (1928), Joseph Nye (1937), and Connie Francis (1938). After him are Jonathan Edwards (1703), Annette Bening (1958), George Whipple (1878), Stanley Tucci (1960), Lou Ferrigno (1951), and Joan Rivers (1933).
1832 - 1907
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 1,669
1938 - 2020
HPI: 67.98
Rank: 1,670
1863 - 1947
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 1,671
1928 - 2011
HPI: 67.97
Rank: 1,672
1937 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 1,673
1938 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 1,674
1818 - 1903
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 1,675
1703 - 1758
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 1,676
1958 - Present
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 1,677
1878 - 1976
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 1,678
1960 - Present
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 1,679
1951 - Present
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 1,680
1933 - 2014
HPI: 67.94
Rank: 1,681
Among inventors born in United States, Richard Jordan Gatling ranks 33. Before him are Robert Moog (1934), Bob Kahn (1938), Sequoyah (1770), Elisha Gray (1835), Lee de Forest (1873), and Mary Anderson (1862). After him are Christopher Latham Sholes (1819), Josiah Warren (1798), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Elias Howe (1819), Melvil Dewey (1851), and Charles Martin Hall (1863).
1934 - 2005
HPI: 69.46
Rank: 27
1938 - Present
HPI: 69.35
Rank: 28
1770 - 1843
HPI: 69.10
Rank: 29
1835 - 1901
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 30
1873 - 1961
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 31
1862 - 1953
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 32
1818 - 1903
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 33
1819 - 1890
HPI: 67.72
Rank: 34
1798 - 1874
HPI: 67.06
Rank: 35
1890 - 1954
HPI: 66.48
Rank: 36
1819 - 1867
HPI: 66.26
Rank: 37
1851 - 1931
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 38
1863 - 1914
HPI: 65.91
Rank: 39