INVENTOR
Roger C. Field
1945 - Today
Roger C. Field
Roger C. Field (born 31 July 1945) is an English designer and the inventor of the Foldaxe folding electric guitar, which won the Designers' Choice Award for the United States in 1980. He is also an inventor with over 100 patents, an industrial designer, and a guitarist. He has been written about in Playboy magazine 21 times in 16 countries, in Penthouse magazine four times in Europe, and in Esquire. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roger C. Field has received more than 39,007 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Roger C. Field is the 364th most popular inventor (down from 332nd in 2019), the 4,710th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 4,294th in 2019) and the 60th most popular British Inventor.
Memorability Metrics
39k
Page Views (PV)
41.89
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
17
Languages Editions (L)
5.67
Effective Languages (L*)
1.95
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
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Among INVENTORS
Among inventors, Roger C. Field ranks 364 out of 354. Before him are Andy Bechtolsheim, John Whitehurst, Elmer Ambrose Sperry, Lewis Howard Latimer, Bette Nesmith Graham, and Frank J. Sprague. After him are Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Charles Ammi Cutter, Peter Cooper, Mohamed M. Atalla, Arnold Orville Beckman, and Richard Pearse.
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Andy Bechtolsheim
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 358
John Whitehurst
1713 - 1788
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 359
Elmer Ambrose Sperry
1860 - 1930
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 360
Lewis Howard Latimer
1848 - 1928
HPI: 42.52
Rank: 361
Bette Nesmith Graham
1924 - 1980
HPI: 42.47
Rank: 362
Frank J. Sprague
1857 - 1934
HPI: 42.45
Rank: 363
Roger C. Field
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 364
Christopher C. Kraft Jr.
1924 - 2019
HPI: 41.79
Rank: 365
Charles Ammi Cutter
1837 - 1903
HPI: 41.51
Rank: 366
Peter Cooper
1791 - 1883
HPI: 41.12
Rank: 367
Mohamed M. Atalla
1924 - 2009
HPI: 40.90
Rank: 368
Arnold Orville Beckman
1900 - 2004
HPI: 40.83
Rank: 369
Richard Pearse
1877 - 1953
HPI: 40.31
Rank: 370
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1945, Roger C. Field ranks 494. Before him are Terry Callier, Shirley Walker, Wolfgang Seguin, Henri Emmanuelli, Vladimir Nazlymov, and Dan Harrington. After him are Cliff DeYoung, Uri Rosenthal, Christian Noël, Daniel Ona Ondo, César Maluco, and Ghiță Licu.
Others Born in 1945
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Terry Callier
1945 - 2012
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 488
Shirley Walker
1945 - 2006
HPI: 42.00
Rank: 489
Wolfgang Seguin
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.99
Rank: 490
Henri Emmanuelli
1945 - 2017
HPI: 41.98
Rank: 491
Vladimir Nazlymov
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.91
Rank: 492
Dan Harrington
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 493
Roger C. Field
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 494
Cliff DeYoung
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 495
Uri Rosenthal
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.82
Rank: 496
Christian Noël
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.81
Rank: 497
Daniel Ona Ondo
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.67
Rank: 498
César Maluco
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 499
Ghiță Licu
1945 - 2014
HPI: 41.66
Rank: 500
In United Kingdom
Among people born in United Kingdom, Roger C. Field ranks 4,710 out of 7,765. Before him are Billy Fury (1940), Ernest Dowson (1867), Dorothy Holman (1883), Andrea Riseborough (1981), Kenneth Connor (1918), and John Barbour (1316). After him are Mackenzie Bowell (1823), Joe Spence (1898), Davey Boy Smith (1962), Ronald Drever (1931), Lancelot Hogben (1895), and John Pendry (1943).
Others born in United Kingdom
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Billy Fury
1940 - 1983
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 4,704
Ernest Dowson
1867 - 1900
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 4,705
Dorothy Holman
1883 - 1968
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 4,706
Andrea Riseborough
1981 - Present
HPI: 41.92
Rank: 4,707
Kenneth Connor
1918 - 1993
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 4,708
John Barbour
1316 - 1395
HPI: 41.90
Rank: 4,709
Roger C. Field
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 4,710
Mackenzie Bowell
1823 - 1917
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 4,711
Joe Spence
1898 - 1966
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 4,712
Davey Boy Smith
1962 - 2002
HPI: 41.88
Rank: 4,713
Ronald Drever
1931 - 2017
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 4,714
Lancelot Hogben
1895 - 1975
HPI: 41.86
Rank: 4,715
John Pendry
1943 - Present
HPI: 41.85
Rank: 4,716
Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Roger C. Field ranks 60. Before him are Kirkpatrick Macmillan (1835), Henry Shrapnel (1761), Barnes Wallis (1887), George Graham (1673), Arthur Wynne (1871), and John Whitehurst (1713). After him are Lawrence Hargrave (1850).
Kirkpatrick Macmillan
1835 - 1867
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 54
Henry Shrapnel
1761 - 1842
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 55
Barnes Wallis
1887 - 1979
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 56
George Graham
1673 - 1751
HPI: 45.54
Rank: 57
Arthur Wynne
1871 - 1945
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 58
John Whitehurst
1713 - 1788
HPI: 42.64
Rank: 59
Roger C. Field
1945 - Present
HPI: 41.89
Rank: 60
Lawrence Hargrave
1850 - 1915
HPI: 39.13
Rank: 61
