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Stanford R. Ovshinsky

1922 - 2012

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Stanford Robert Ovshinsky (November 24, 1922 – October 17, 2012) was an American engineer, scientist and inventor who over a span of fifty years was granted well over 400 patents, mostly in the areas of energy and information. Many of his inventions have had wide-ranging applications. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Stanford R. Ovshinsky has received more than 139,882 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Stanford R. Ovshinsky is the 404th most popular inventor (down from 377th in 2019), the 11,491st most popular biography from United States (up from 12,727th in 2019) and the 119th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

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  • 2.78

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Stanford R. Ovshinsky ranks 404 out of 426. Before him are Walter Frederick Morrison, John Whitehurst, Arnold Orville Beckman, Peter Cooper, Arthur Fry, and Charles F. Kettering. After him are Kamil Tolon, Richard Pearse, Roger C. Field, Clarence Birdseye, Charles Ammi Cutter, and Lawrence Hargrave.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Stanford R. Ovshinsky ranks 431. Before him are Emil Wolf, Dick King-Smith, Leslie Marr, Bert I. Gordon, Johnny Thomson, and John B. Anderson. After him are Helen Gurley Brown, Bill Macy, Ivor Broadis, Miloslava Misáková, Audrey Meadows, and Edwin Thompson Jaynes. Among people deceased in 2012, Stanford R. Ovshinsky ranks 450. Before him are Elizabeth Catlett, Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn, Phyllis Thaxter, Josef Kloimstein, Alan G. Poindexter, and Phillip V. Tobias. After him are Milt Campbell, Ronald Stretton, Barry Unsworth, Joe Paterno, Les Leston, and Andrew Sarris.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stanford R. Ovshinsky ranks 11,491 out of 20,380. Before him are Bruce Bueno de Mesquita (1946), Jim Nabors (1930), Jenifer Lewis (1957), Levi Leipheimer (1973), Reid Hoffman (1967), and James Corson (1906). After him are Jerry Vale (1930), Jimmy Iovine (1953), Fabiano Caruana (1992), John Henninger Reagan (1818), Benjamin Silliman (1779), and Jason Williams (1975).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Stanford R. Ovshinsky ranks 119. Before him are Bette Nesmith Graham (1924), Walter Frederick Morrison (1920), Arnold Orville Beckman (1900), Peter Cooper (1791), Arthur Fry (1931), and Charles F. Kettering (1958). After him are Clarence Birdseye (1886), Charles Ammi Cutter (1837), John F. Seitz (1892), Sarah E. Goode (1855), Marc Andreessen (1971), and Valerie Thomas (1943).

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