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Rube Goldberg

1883 - 1970

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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.

Memorability Metrics

  • 2.0M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 49.70

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.28

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.44

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Rube Goldberg ranks 3,640 out of 5,755Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Rube Goldberg ranks 156Before 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 144Before 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.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Rube Goldberg ranks 4,843 out of 18,182Before 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).

Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Rube Goldberg ranks 409Before 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).