INVENTOR
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
1871 - 1922
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (Croatian pronunciation: [slâʋɔʎuːb ɛ̂duard pɛŋkǎːla]; 20 April 1871 – 5 February 1922) was a Croatian engineer and inventor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Slavoljub Eduard Penkala has received more than 167,993 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Slavoljub Eduard Penkala is the 221st most popular inventor (down from 218th in 2019), the 81st most popular biography from Slovakia (down from 76th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Slovak Inventor.
Memorability Metrics
170k
Page Views (PV)
53.95
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
19
Languages Editions (L)
4.28
Effective Languages (L*)
2.22
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among INVENTORS
Among inventors, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala ranks 221 out of 426. Before her are John Wesley Hyatt, Artur Fischer, George Washington, Josip Belušić, Max Skladanowsky, and Walter Hunt. After her are Vittorio Jano, George Pullman, Lou Ottens, Robert Watson-Watt, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, and Alexander Parkes.
Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsJohn Wesley Hyatt
1837 - 1920
HPI: 54.41
Rank: 215
Artur Fischer
1919 - 2016
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 216
George Washington
1871 - 1946
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 217
Josip Belušić
1847 - 1905
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 218
Max Skladanowsky
1863 - 1939
HPI: 54.12
Rank: 219
Walter Hunt
1796 - 1859
HPI: 54.03
Rank: 220
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
1871 - 1922
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 221
Vittorio Jano
1891 - 1965
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 222
George Pullman
1831 - 1897
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 223
Lou Ottens
1926 - 2021
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 224
Robert Watson-Watt
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 225
Robert Ludvigovich Bartini
1897 - 1974
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 226
Alexander Parkes
1813 - 1890
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 227
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1871, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala ranks 72. Before her are Abanindranath Tagore, Giuseppe Motta, George Washington, John Millington Synge, Wilhelm von Mirbach, and Arthur Tansley. After her are Ivan Poddubny, Claus Schilling, David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty, Hubert Cecil Booth, Emily Carr, and Kōtoku Shūsui. Among people deceased in 1922, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala ranks 67. Before her are Michael Mayr, Arthur Griffith, Géza Gárdonyi, Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Jules Guesde, and Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov. After her are John Butler Yeats, Dimitrios Gounaris, Max Abraham, Luigi Denza, Christiaan de Wet, and Felip Pedrell.
Others Born in 1871
Go to all RankingsAbanindranath Tagore
PAINTER
1871 - 1951
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 66
Giuseppe Motta
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1940
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 67
George Washington
INVENTOR
1871 - 1946
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 68
John Millington Synge
WRITER
1871 - 1909
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 69
Wilhelm von Mirbach
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1918
HPI: 54.23
Rank: 70
Arthur Tansley
BIOLOGIST
1871 - 1955
HPI: 54.18
Rank: 71
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
INVENTOR
1871 - 1922
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 72
Ivan Poddubny
WRESTLER
1871 - 1949
HPI: 53.81
Rank: 73
Claus Schilling
PHYSICIAN
1871 - 1946
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 74
David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1871 - 1936
HPI: 53.54
Rank: 75
Hubert Cecil Booth
INVENTOR
1871 - 1955
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 76
Emily Carr
PAINTER
1871 - 1945
HPI: 53.30
Rank: 77
Kōtoku Shūsui
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1871 - 1911
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 78
Others Deceased in 1922
Go to all RankingsMichael Mayr
POLITICIAN
1864 - 1922
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 61
Arthur Griffith
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1922
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 62
Géza Gárdonyi
WRITER
1863 - 1922
HPI: 54.15
Rank: 63
Princess Marie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt
POLITICIAN
1850 - 1922
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 64
Jules Guesde
WRITER
1845 - 1922
HPI: 53.98
Rank: 65
Vladimir Dmitrievich Nabokov
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1922
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 66
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
INVENTOR
1871 - 1922
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 67
John Butler Yeats
ARTIST
1839 - 1922
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 68
Dimitrios Gounaris
POLITICIAN
1867 - 1922
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 69
Max Abraham
PHYSICIST
1875 - 1922
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 70
Luigi Denza
COMPOSER
1846 - 1922
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 71
Christiaan de Wet
POLITICIAN
1854 - 1922
HPI: 53.24
Rank: 72
Felip Pedrell
COMPOSER
1841 - 1922
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 73
In Slovakia
Among people born in Slovakia, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala ranks 81 out of 418. Before her are Marián Čalfa (1946), Alajos Szokolyi (1871), Anton Ondruš (1950), Maximilian Hell (1720), Vladimír Dzurilla (1942), and Marek Hamšík (1987). After her are Andrej Kvašňák (1936), Artúr Görgei (1818), Martina Hingis (1980), Aurel Stodola (1859), Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav (1849), and Frederick Stafford (1928).
Others born in Slovakia
Go to all RankingsMarián Čalfa
POLITICIAN
1946 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 75
Alajos Szokolyi
ATHLETE
1871 - 1932
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 76
Anton Ondruš
SOCCER PLAYER
1950 - Present
HPI: 54.20
Rank: 77
Maximilian Hell
ASTRONOMER
1720 - 1792
HPI: 54.08
Rank: 78
Vladimír Dzurilla
ATHLETE
1942 - 1995
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 79
Marek Hamšík
SOCCER PLAYER
1987 - Present
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 80
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
INVENTOR
1871 - 1922
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 81
Andrej Kvašňák
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2007
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 82
Artúr Görgei
POLITICIAN
1818 - 1916
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 83
Martina Hingis
TENNIS PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 84
Aurel Stodola
INVENTOR
1859 - 1942
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 85
Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav
WRITER
1849 - 1921
HPI: 53.45
Rank: 86
Frederick Stafford
ACTOR
1928 - 1979
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 87
Among INVENTORS In Slovakia
Among inventors born in Slovakia, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala ranks 2. Before her are Wolfgang von Kempelen (1734). After her are Aurel Stodola (1859), Jozef Murgaš (1864), and Kálmán Tihanyi (1897).
Wolfgang von Kempelen
1734 - 1804
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 1
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
1871 - 1922
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 2
Aurel Stodola
1859 - 1942
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 3
Jozef Murgaš
1864 - 1929
HPI: 47.38
Rank: 4
Kálmán Tihanyi
1897 - 1947
HPI: 45.18
Rank: 5