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Thomas Sopwith

1888 - 1989

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Sir Thomas Octave Murdoch Sopwith, CBE, Hon FRAeS (18 January 1888 – 27 January 1989) was a British aviation pioneer, businessman and yachtsman. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thomas Sopwith has received more than 196,211 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Thomas Sopwith is the 373rd most popular engineer (down from 328th in 2019), the 6,245th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,223rd in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

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  • 46.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Thomas Sopwith ranks 373 out of 389. Before him are David S. Johnson, Tom Kilburn, Charles Ingram, John Rennie the Elder, Naoki Hattori, and Peter Hirsch. After him are Beatrice Hicks, Henry M. Morris, Brian McGuire, Nicholas Tombazis, James Key, and Ted Jensen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Thomas Sopwith ranks 279. Before him are Paul Cavanagh, Marguerite Marsh, Tor Lund, Clemence Dane, Lucien Hubbard, and John Crowe Ransom. After him are Clarence DeMar, Hazel Abel, Jay Gould II, and Lewis Tewanima. Among people deceased in 1989, Thomas Sopwith ranks 297. Before him are Jack Smith, Duncan Gregg, Beatrice Lillie, Frank Adams, Nilufer Hanımsultan, and Shamil Serikov. After him are Andrey Prokofyev, Frances Bavier, Timoci Bavadra, Merritt Butrick, and Victor Davis.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Thomas Sopwith ranks 6,245 out of 8,785. Before him are Stanley Middleton (1919), Adrian Metcalfe (1942), Elkie Brooks (1945), Dave Sexton (1930), Colin Todd (1948), and Rachel Hurd-Wood (1990). After him are Charley Boorman (1966), Raquel Cassidy (1968), Michael Fallon (1952), Nina Bawden (1925), Aaron Ramsdale (1998), and Mark E. Smith (1957).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Thomas Sopwith ranks 54. Before him are C. H. Douglas (1879), Bob Bell (1958), John Scott Russell (1808), Tom Kilburn (1921), Charles Ingram (1963), and John Rennie the Elder (1761). After him are James Key (1972), James Guthrie (1953), and Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge (1954).

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