1827 - 1915
Sir Sandford Fleming (January 7, 1827 – July 22, 1915) was a Scottish Canadian engineer and inventor. Born and raised in Scotland, he emigrated to colonial Canada at the age of 18. He promoted worldwide standard time zones, a prime meridian, and use of the 24-hour clock as key elements to communicating the accurate time, all of which influenced the creation of Coordinated Universal Time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sandford Fleming has received more than 1,165,211 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Sandford Fleming is the 191st most popular inventor (down from 170th in 2019), the 1,654th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,513th in 2019) and the 29th most popular British Inventor.
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Among inventors, Sandford Fleming ranks 191 out of 354. Before him are Royal Rife, J. Presper Eckert, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Charles Xavier Thomas, Lars Magnus Ericsson, and Narcís Monturiol. After him are Édouard Branly, Samuel Pierpont Langley, Philo Farnsworth, Oskar Barnack, William Murdoch, and John Kemp Starley.
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 185
1919 - 1995
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 186
1685 - 1724
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 187
1785 - 1870
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 188
1846 - 1926
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 189
1819 - 1885
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 190
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 191
1844 - 1940
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 192
1834 - 1906
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 193
1906 - 1971
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 194
1879 - 1936
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 195
1754 - 1839
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 196
1854 - 1901
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 197
Among people born in 1827, Sandford Fleming ranks 30. Before him are Pyotr Semyonov-Tyan-Shansky, Grand Duchess Catherine Mikhailovna of Russia, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, Jules Breton, Archduke Wilhelm Franz of Austria, and Lew Wallace. After him are Paul de Lagarde, Nikolai Severtzov, Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Prince Francis, Count of Trapani, Pierre Cuypers, and Duke William of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Among people deceased in 1915, Sandford Fleming ranks 39. Before him are Friedrich Loeffler, Ankō Itosu, Oswald Külpe, Vazha-Pshavela, Gabriel von Max, and Walter Crane. After him are Morgan Robertson, Akaki Tsereteli, Hans Gross, Inoue Kaoru, Otto Weddigen, and Nagakura Shinpachi.
1827 - 1914
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 24
1827 - 1894
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 25
1827 - 1913
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 26
1827 - 1906
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 27
1827 - 1894
HPI: 55.12
Rank: 28
1827 - 1905
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 29
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 30
1827 - 1891
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 31
1827 - 1885
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 32
1827 - 1900
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 33
1827 - 1892
HPI: 53.72
Rank: 34
1827 - 1921
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 35
1827 - 1879
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 36
1852 - 1915
HPI: 55.51
Rank: 33
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 34
1862 - 1915
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 35
1861 - 1915
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 36
1840 - 1915
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 37
1845 - 1915
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 38
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 39
1861 - 1915
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 40
1840 - 1915
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 41
1847 - 1915
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 42
1836 - 1915
HPI: 54.11
Rank: 43
1882 - 1915
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 44
1839 - 1915
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 45
Among people born in United Kingdom, Sandford Fleming ranks 1,654 out of 7,765. Before him are John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713), Dunstan (909), Herbert James Draper (1863), Vera Brittain (1893), William Watson (1715), and Arnold Toynbee (1852). After him are Thomas Gray (1716), Eric Campbell (1880), Harriet Martineau (1802), Sidney Webb, 1st Baron Passfield (1859), Wendy Hiller (1912), and Christina Rossetti (1830).
1713 - 1792
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 1,648
909 - 988
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 1,649
1863 - 1920
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 1,650
1893 - 1970
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 1,651
1715 - 1787
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,652
1852 - 1883
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,653
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,654
1716 - 1771
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,655
1880 - 1917
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 1,656
1802 - 1876
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 1,657
1859 - 1947
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 1,658
1912 - 2003
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,659
1830 - 1894
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 1,660
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Sandford Fleming ranks 29. Before him are Robert Stirling (1790), Jethro Tull (1674), Charles Algernon Parsons (1854), David Edward Hughes (1831), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), and Matthew Boulton (1728). After him are William Murdoch (1754), John Kemp Starley (1854), Oliver Lodge (1851), Henry Maudslay (1771), Robert Watson-Watt (1892), and Frederick Scott Archer (1813).
1790 - 1878
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 23
1674 - 1741
HPI: 57.24
Rank: 24
1854 - 1931
HPI: 56.95
Rank: 25
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 26
1871 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 27
1728 - 1809
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 28
1827 - 1915
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 29
1754 - 1839
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 30
1854 - 1901
HPI: 54.37
Rank: 31
1851 - 1940
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 32
1771 - 1831
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 33
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 34
1813 - 1857
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 35