1883 - 1970
Reuben Garrett Lucius Goldberg (July 4, 1883 – December 7, 1970), better known as Rube Goldberg (), was an American cartoonist, sculptor, author, engineer, and inventor. Goldberg is best known for his popular cartoons depicting complicated gadgets performing simple tasks in indirect, convoluted ways. The cartoons led to the expression "Rube Goldberg machines" to describe similar gadgets and processes. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rube Goldberg has received more than 1,967,861 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Rube Goldberg is the 3,640th most popular writer (down from 3,317th in 2019), the 4,843rd most popular biography from United States (down from 4,384th in 2019) and the 409th most popular American Writer.
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Among writers, Rube Goldberg ranks 3,640 out of 5,755. Before him are Simon Leys, Viktor Nekrasov, Antoine Furetière, Peter Bichsel, Sakyo Komatsu, and Elaine May. After him are George Washington Williams, Lars Saabye Christensen, Jules Janin, Lesches, Murray Leinster, and Jean-Pierre Thiollet.
1935 - 2014
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 3,634
1911 - 1987
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 3,635
1619 - 1688
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 3,636
1935 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 3,637
1931 - 2011
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 3,638
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 3,639
1883 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 3,640
1849 - 1891
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 3,641
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 3,642
1804 - 1874
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 3,643
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 3,644
1896 - 1975
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 3,645
1956 - Present
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 3,646
Among people born in 1883, Rube Goldberg ranks 156. Before him are Pavel Filonov, Maximilian Steinberg, Trần Trọng Kim, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, Charles Demuth, and Raimu. After him are Gheorghe Argeșanu, Luigi Ganna, William J. Donovan, Joachim Ringelnatz, Olaf Bull, and Tom Moore. Among people deceased in 1970, Rube Goldberg ranks 144. Before him are Kurt Feldt, Sydney Chapman, Alf Prøysen, Nathan Altman, Julius Pokorny, and Vince Lombardi. After him are Tammi Terrell, Shaken Aimanov, Giuseppe Pizzardo, Konstantinos Tsaldaris, Ștefan Barbu, and Robert Gerhard.
1883 - 1941
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 150
1883 - 1946
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 151
1883 - 1953
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 152
1883 - 1963
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 153
1883 - 1935
HPI: 49.72
Rank: 154
1883 - 1946
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 155
1883 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 156
1883 - 1940
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 157
1883 - 1957
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 158
1883 - 1959
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 159
1883 - 1934
HPI: 49.06
Rank: 160
1883 - 1933
HPI: 48.98
Rank: 161
1883 - 1955
HPI: 48.89
Rank: 162
1897 - 1970
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 138
1888 - 1970
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 139
1914 - 1970
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 140
1889 - 1970
HPI: 50.11
Rank: 141
1887 - 1970
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 142
1913 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 143
1883 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 144
1945 - 1970
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 145
1914 - 1970
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 146
1877 - 1970
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 147
1884 - 1970
HPI: 49.41
Rank: 148
1908 - 1970
HPI: 49.26
Rank: 149
1896 - 1970
HPI: 49.25
Rank: 150
Among people born in United States, Rube Goldberg ranks 4,843 out of 18,182. Before him are Mathew Brady (1822), Kenny Burrell (1931), Vince Lombardi (1913), Maggie Q (1979), Antonio Fargas (1946), and Elaine May (1932). After him are George Washington Williams (1849), Bob Crane (1928), Vincent Gigante (1928), Murray Leinster (1896), Wesley Clair Mitchell (1874), and Charles Hallahan (1943).
1822 - 1896
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4,837
1931 - Present
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 4,838
1913 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,839
1979 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,840
1946 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,841
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,842
1883 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,843
1849 - 1891
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 4,844
1928 - 1978
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 4,845
1928 - 2005
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 4,846
1896 - 1975
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 4,847
1874 - 1948
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 4,848
1943 - 1997
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 4,849
Among writers born in United States, Rube Goldberg ranks 409. Before him are Joe Haldeman (1943), Octavia E. Butler (1947), Gene Wolfe (1931), Charles Brockden Brown (1771), Connie Willis (1945), and Elaine May (1932). After him are George Washington Williams (1849), Murray Leinster (1896), Katherine Anne Porter (1890), E. B. White (1899), Dennis Lehane (1965), and Donald Barthelme (1931).
1943 - Present
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 403
1947 - 2006
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 404
1931 - 2019
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 405
1771 - 1810
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 406
1945 - Present
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 407
1932 - Present
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 408
1883 - 1970
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 409
1849 - 1891
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 410
1896 - 1975
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 411
1890 - 1980
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 412
1899 - 1985
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 413
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.53
Rank: 414
1931 - 1989
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 415