1663 - 1729
Thomas Newcomen (; February 1664 – 5 August 1729) was an English inventor who created the atmospheric engine, the first practical fuel-burning engine in 1712. He was an ironmonger by trade and a Baptist lay preacher by calling. He was born in Dartmouth, in Devon, England, to a merchant family and baptised at St. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Newcomen has received more than 610,038 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). Thomas Newcomen is the 24th most popular inventor (down from 20th in 2019), the 192nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 154th in 2019) and the 6th most popular British Inventor.
Thomas Newcomen is most famous for inventing the first practical steam engine in 1712.
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Among inventors, Thomas Newcomen ranks 24 out of 354. Before him are Louis Daguerre, Nicéphore Niépce, John Logie Baird, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Samuel Colt, and Charles K. Kao. After him are Antonio Meucci, Werner von Siemens, James Naismith, Steve Wozniak, Denis Papin, and Ernő Rubik.
1787 - 1851
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 18
1765 - 1833
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 19
1888 - 1946
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 20
1850 - 1918
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 21
1814 - 1862
HPI: 72.01
Rank: 22
1933 - 2018
HPI: 71.90
Rank: 23
1663 - 1729
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 24
1808 - 1889
HPI: 71.10
Rank: 25
1816 - 1892
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 26
1861 - 1939
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 27
1950 - Present
HPI: 70.31
Rank: 28
1647 - 1712
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 29
1944 - Present
HPI: 70.08
Rank: 30
Among people born in 1663, Thomas Newcomen ranks 2. Before him is Prince Eugene of Savoy. After him are Ferdinando de' Medici, Grand Prince of Tuscany, Árni Magnússon, Guillaume Amontons, August Hermann Francke, Tomaso Antonio Vitali, Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow, Cotton Mather, Agafya Grushetskaya, Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama, and Princess Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach. Among people deceased in 1729, Thomas Newcomen ranks 1. After him are John Law, Leopold, Duke of Lorraine, Jacob Roggeveen, Jean Meslier, Alexander Danilovich Menshikov, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Johann David Heinichen, William Congreve, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, and Samuel Clarke.
1663 - 1736
HPI: 74.30
Rank: 1
1663 - 1729
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 2
1663 - 1713
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 3
1663 - 1730
HPI: 56.35
Rank: 4
1663 - 1705
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 5
1663 - 1727
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 6
1663 - 1745
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 7
1663 - 1712
HPI: 52.95
Rank: 8
1663 - 1728
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 9
1663 - 1681
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 10
1663 - 1737
HPI: 50.19
Rank: 11
1663 - 1724
HPI: 48.68
Rank: 12
1663 - 1729
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 1
1671 - 1729
HPI: 69.62
Rank: 2
1679 - 1729
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 3
1659 - 1729
HPI: 65.42
Rank: 4
1664 - 1729
HPI: 65.13
Rank: 5
1673 - 1729
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 6
1665 - 1729
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 7
1658 - 1729
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 8
1683 - 1729
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 9
1670 - 1729
HPI: 53.28
Rank: 10
1666 - 1729
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 11
1675 - 1729
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 12
Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Newcomen ranks 192 out of 7,765. Before him are Elizabeth Woodville (1437), Mary Boleyn (1499), Jeff Beck (1944), Arnold J. Toynbee (1889), J. K. Rowling (1965), and Mary Tudor, Queen of France (1496). After him are Roald Dahl (1916), Roger Taylor (1949), Cat Stevens (1948), George Best (1946), Edward the Black Prince (1330), and Duns Scotus (1265).
1437 - 1492
HPI: 71.34
Rank: 186
1499 - 1543
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 187
1944 - 2023
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 188
1889 - 1975
HPI: 71.26
Rank: 189
1965 - Present
HPI: 71.17
Rank: 190
1496 - 1533
HPI: 71.16
Rank: 191
1663 - 1729
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 192
1916 - 1990
HPI: 71.13
Rank: 193
1949 - Present
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 194
1948 - Present
HPI: 71.08
Rank: 195
1946 - 2005
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 196
1330 - 1376
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 197
1265 - 1308
HPI: 71.00
Rank: 198
Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Thomas Newcomen ranks 6. Before him are James Watt (1736), Alexander Graham Bell (1847), Charles Babbage (1791), George Stephenson (1781), and John Logie Baird (1888). After him are Richard Trevithick (1771), John Herschel (1792), John Boyd Dunlop (1840), Frank Whittle (1907), Henry Fox Talbot (1800), and Thomas Savery (1650).
1736 - 1819
HPI: 86.42
Rank: 1
1847 - 1922
HPI: 82.97
Rank: 2
1791 - 1871
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 3
1781 - 1848
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 4
1888 - 1946
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 5
1663 - 1729
HPI: 71.14
Rank: 6
1771 - 1833
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 7
1792 - 1871
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 8
1840 - 1921
HPI: 66.90
Rank: 9
1907 - 1996
HPI: 66.20
Rank: 10
1800 - 1877
HPI: 65.48
Rank: 11
1650 - 1715
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 12