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Robert Moog

1934 - 2005

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Robert Arthur Moog ( MOHG; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer and electronic music pioneer. He was the founder of the synthesizer manufacturer Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer, which debuted in 1964. In 1970, Moog released a more portable model, the Minimoog, described as the most famous and influential synthesizer in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Moog has received more than 957,288 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Robert Moog is the 134th most popular inventor (up from 135th in 2019), the 1,751st most popular biography from United States (up from 1,807th in 2019) and the 34th most popular American Inventor.

Robert Moog is most famous for inventing the Moog synthesizer.

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  • 960k

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  • 58.89

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.21

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Robert Moog ranks 134 out of 426. Before him are Mary Anderson, Robert Adler, Elisha Gray, Richard Jordan Gatling, Gunther von Hagens, and W. O. Bentley. After him are Zénobe Gramme, Paul Baran, Paul Otlet, Robert Cailliau, John Ericsson, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1934, Robert Moog ranks 91. Before him are Pedro Pires, Kenny Baker, Per Olov Enquist, Anton Geesink, Armi Kuusela, and Yasuo Takamori. After him are Yoshio Furukawa, Rossana Podestà, Allen Carr, Ornella Vanoni, Miguel de la Madrid, and Clive Granger. Among people deceased in 2005, Robert Moog ranks 62. Before him are Hunter S. Thompson, Richard Smalley, Carlo Maria Giulini, Arman, Aenne Burda, and Barbara Bel Geddes. After him are John Garang, Henry Taube, Maurice Trintignant, Narriman Sadek, Amrish Puri, and Charly Gaul.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Robert Moog ranks 1,751 out of 20,380. Before him are Martin Rodbell (1925), Luis Walter Alvarez (1911), Stephen Lang (1952), Aaron Copland (1900), George Gaylord Simpson (1902), and Margaret Keane (1927). After him are Emilio Estevez (1962), Billy Crystal (1948), Wolfgang Kapp (1858), Robby Krieger (1946), Lloyd Bridges (1913), and Kenneth Waltz (1924).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Robert Moog ranks 34. Before him are Josiah Warren (1798), Hiram Maxim (1840), Percy Spencer (1894), Mary Anderson (1862), Elisha Gray (1835), and Richard Jordan Gatling (1818). After him are Sequoyah (1770), Elias Howe (1819), Edwin Howard Armstrong (1890), Bob Kahn (1938), Alfred Vail (1807), and Garrett Morgan (1877).

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