Inventor

Robert Cailliau

Belgian engineer and computer scientist

1947 - today

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Robert Cailliau

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2024). Robert Cailliau is the 149th most popular inventor (down from 138th in 2024), the 222nd most popular biography from Belgium (down from 194th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Belgian Inventor.

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Jan 26

Robert Cailliau shares a January 26 birthday with Nicolae Ceaușescu, Charles XIV John of Sweden, and Paul Newman.

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Among Inventors

Among inventors, Robert Cailliau ranks 149 out of 426. Before him are Cornelis Drebbel, John Kay, Robert Stirling, Peter Cooper, Siegfried Marcus, and Richard Jordan Gatling. After him are Johann Nepomuk Maelzel, Henri Giffard, Mary Anderson, Peter Henlein, Robert Moog, and Friedrich Zander.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Cornelis Drebbel
1572 - 1633
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 143
John Kay
1704 - 1779
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 144
Robert Stirling
1790 - 1878
HPI: 64.85
Rank: 145
Peter Cooper
1791 - 1883
HPI: 64.84
Rank: 146
Siegfried Marcus
1831 - 1898
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 147
Richard Jordan Gatling
1818 - 1903
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 148
Robert Cailliau
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 149
Johann Nepomuk Maelzel
1772 - 1838
HPI: 64.73
Rank: 150
Henri Giffard
1825 - 1882
HPI: 64.56
Rank: 151
Mary Anderson
1862 - 1953
HPI: 64.54
Rank: 152
Peter Henlein
1479 - 1542
HPI: 64.48
Rank: 153
Robert Moog
1934 - 2005
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 154
Friedrich Zander
1887 - 1933
HPI: 64.22
Rank: 155

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Robert Cailliau ranks 158. Before him are Anne Wiazemsky, Nevio Scala, Nancy Fraser, Somchai Wongsawat, Henri Michel, and Marisa Berenson. After him are Yukiya Amano, Rob Reiner, Kathrine Switzer, Rod Evans, Joe Wilson, and Jozef De Kesel.

Others Born in 1947

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Anne Wiazemsky
ACTOR
1947 - 2017
HPI: 65.04
Rank: 152
Nevio Scala
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - Present
HPI: 65.03
Rank: 153
Nancy Fraser
PHILOSOPHER
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.98
Rank: 154
Somchai Wongsawat
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 155
Henri Michel
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - 2018
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 156
Marisa Berenson
ACTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 157
Robert Cailliau
INVENTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 158
Yukiya Amano
DIPLOMAT
1947 - 2019
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 159
Rob Reiner
FILM DIRECTOR
1947 - 2025
HPI: 64.71
Rank: 160
Kathrine Switzer
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 161
Rod Evans
SINGER
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 162
Joe Wilson
POLITICIAN
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 163
Jozef De Kesel
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 164

In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Robert Cailliau ranks 222 out of 1,190. Before him are Roelant Savery (1576), Wilfried Martens (1936), Lutgardis (1182), Hubert Pierlot (1883), Juan de Flandes (1450), and Théophile de Donder (1872). After him are Pierre Deligne (1944), Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier (1797), Adeliza of Louvain (1103), Jacob van Artevelde (1290), Adrien de Gerlache (1866), and Frans Masereel (1889).

Others born in Belgium

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Roelant Savery
PAINTER
1576 - 1639
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 216
Wilfried Martens
POLITICIAN
1936 - 2013
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 217
Lutgardis
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1182 - 1246
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 218
Hubert Pierlot
POLITICIAN
1883 - 1963
HPI: 64.82
Rank: 219
Juan de Flandes
PAINTER
1450 - 1519
HPI: 64.81
Rank: 220
Théophile de Donder
PHYSICIST
1872 - 1957
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 221
Robert Cailliau
INVENTOR
1947 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 222
Pierre Deligne
MATHEMATICIAN
1944 - Present
HPI: 64.78
Rank: 223
Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier
BIOLOGIST
1797 - 1878
HPI: 64.76
Rank: 224
Adeliza of Louvain
COMPANION
1103 - 1151
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 225
Jacob van Artevelde
POLITICIAN
1290 - 1345
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 226
Adrien de Gerlache
EXPLORER
1866 - 1934
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 227
Frans Masereel
PAINTER
1889 - 1972
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 228