1869 - 1943
Robert William Paul (3 October 1869 – 28 March 1943) was an English pioneer of film and scientific instrument maker. He made narrative films as early as April 1895, which were shown first in Edison Kinetoscope knockoffs. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert W. Paul has received more than 98,680 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Robert W. Paul is the 253rd most popular engineer (down from 223rd in 2019), the 3,196th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,668th in 2019) and the 25th most popular British Engineer.
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Among engineers, Robert W. Paul ranks 253 out of 323. Before him are Mal Evans, Oskar von Miller, Robert Mallet, Peter Chen, Gerhard Fieseler, and Essam Sharaf. After him are Boris Chertok, James B. Francis, Rudy Van Gelder, Frederick Terman, Louis Vicat, and Hans Moravec.
1935 - 1976
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 247
1855 - 1934
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 248
1810 - 1881
HPI: 47.82
Rank: 249
1947 - Present
HPI: 47.75
Rank: 250
1896 - 1987
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 251
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 252
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 253
1912 - 2011
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 254
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 255
1924 - 2016
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 256
1900 - 1982
HPI: 47.41
Rank: 257
HPI: 47.31
Rank: 258
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 259
Among people born in 1869, Robert W. Paul ranks 115. Before him are Yervant Odian, Marcel Cachin, Augusto Tasso Fragoso, Gerrit Smith Miller, Kálmán Kandó, and Daniel Salamanca Urey. After him are Johannes Linnankoski, Rihard Jakopič, August Blom, Carlo Airoldi, Alice Hamilton, and Sergey Chaplygin. Among people deceased in 1943, Robert W. Paul ranks 143. Before him are Beatrice Webb, Helen Herron Taft, Dora Gerson, Milutin Ivković, Damrong Rajanubhab, and Frank Schlesinger. After him are Nils Dardel, Oskar Messter, Jenő Rejtő, Rihard Jakopič, Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Adolf Urban.
1869 - 1926
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 109
1869 - 1958
HPI: 48.56
Rank: 110
1869 - 1945
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 111
1869 - 1956
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 112
1869 - 1931
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 113
1869 - 1935
HPI: 47.98
Rank: 114
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 115
1869 - 1913
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 116
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 117
1869 - 1947
HPI: 47.48
Rank: 118
1869 - 1929
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 119
1869 - 1970
HPI: 47.20
Rank: 120
1869 - 1942
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 121
1858 - 1943
HPI: 48.52
Rank: 137
1861 - 1943
HPI: 48.49
Rank: 138
1899 - 1943
HPI: 48.45
Rank: 139
1906 - 1943
HPI: 48.33
Rank: 140
1862 - 1943
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 141
1871 - 1943
HPI: 47.87
Rank: 142
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 143
1888 - 1943
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 144
1866 - 1943
HPI: 47.57
Rank: 145
1905 - 1943
HPI: 47.56
Rank: 146
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.50
Rank: 147
1914 - 1943
HPI: 47.45
Rank: 148
1914 - 1943
HPI: 47.42
Rank: 149
Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert W. Paul ranks 3,196 out of 7,765. Before him are James Nesbitt (1965), Sienna Guillory (1975), Martin Parr (1952), Robin Hill (1899), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), and Charles Lee (1731). After him are Adrian Boult (1889), Bob Anderson (1922), Clint Mansell (1963), Amelia Edwards (1831), James B. Francis (1815), and John Lennard-Jones (1894).
1965 - Present
HPI: 47.67
Rank: 3,190
1975 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 3,191
1952 - Present
HPI: 47.66
Rank: 3,192
1899 - 1991
HPI: 47.65
Rank: 3,193
1850 - 1885
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 3,194
1731 - 1782
HPI: 47.64
Rank: 3,195
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 3,196
1889 - 1983
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 3,197
1922 - 2012
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 3,198
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 3,199
1831 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 3,200
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 3,201
1894 - 1954
HPI: 47.60
Rank: 3,202
Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Robert W. Paul ranks 25. Before him are William Playfair (1759), W. Ross Ashby (1903), André Waterkeyn (1917), Frederick W. Lanchester (1868), William Froude (1810), and Mal Evans (1935). After him are James B. Francis (1815), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Jesse Ramsden (1735), Isaac Roberts (1829), and R. J. Mitchell (1895).
1759 - 1823
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 19
1903 - 1972
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 20
1917 - 2005
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 21
1868 - 1946
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 22
1810 - 1879
HPI: 48.85
Rank: 23
1935 - 1976
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 24
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 25
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 26
1882 - 1965
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 27
1810 - 1900
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 28
1735 - 1800
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 29
1829 - 1904
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 30
1895 - 1937
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 31