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Theodore Maiman

1927 - 2007

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Theodore Harold Maiman (July 11, 1927 – May 5, 2007) was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser. Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other types of lasers. The laser was successfully fired on May 16, 1960. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodore Maiman has received more than 274,490 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia. Theodore Maiman is the 275th most popular inventor (down from 244th in 2019), the 4,845th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,744th in 2019) and the 65th most popular American Inventor.

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  • 57.55

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.33

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.16

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Theodore Maiman ranks 275 out of 426. Before him are François Isaac de Rivaz, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Glenn Curtiss, Adolf Martens, Cyrus McCormick, and Sven Gustaf Wingqvist. After him are Samuel Morland, Michael S. Hart, John Barnard, Whitcomb L. Judson, Joseph Aspdin, and Ralph Hartley.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1927, Theodore Maiman ranks 230. Before him are Jerry Schatzberg, William Perry, David Hedison, Simin Behbahani, Theodor Wagner, and Robert N. Bellah. After him are Franco Donatoni, Hsing Yun, Eileen Ryan, Don Revie, Leontyne Price, and Herbert Ross. Among people deceased in 2007, Theodore Maiman ranks 198. Before him are Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe, Kirill Lavrov, Luis Herrera Campins, Driss Chraïbi, Mariano Gonzalvo, and Vlatko Pavletić. After him are Walter Kempowski, Néstor Rossi, Mark St. John, Jörg Immendorff, Nicolae Dobrin, and Paek Nam-sun.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theodore Maiman ranks 4,845 out of 20,380. Before him are Josephine Hull (1877), Edwin Austin Abbey (1852), Dennis Dugan (1946), Gloria Vanderbilt (1924), Louise Arner Boyd (1887), and Charles Grandison Finney (1792). After him are John G. Trump (1907), Johnny Nash (1940), Levon Helm (1940), Justin Theroux (1971), Sam Wanamaker (1919), and Chester Thompson (1948).

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Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Theodore Maiman ranks 65. Before him are Ray Dolby (1933), Frank Zamboni (1901), Laurens Hammond (1895), Robert Cornelius (1809), Glenn Curtiss (1878), and Cyrus McCormick (1809). After him are Michael S. Hart (1947), Whitcomb L. Judson (1846), Ralph Hartley (1888), George Devol (1912), Jacob Perkins (1766), and Lester Allan Pelton (1829).

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