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Thonmi Sambhota

618 - Today

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Thonmi Sambhota (Thönmi Sambhoṭa, aka Tonmi Sambhodha;, Tib. ཐོན་མི་སམ་བྷོ་ཊ།, Wyl. thon mi sam+b+ho Ta; b. seventh cent.) is traditionally regarded as the inventor of the Tibetan script and author of the Sum cu pa and Rtags kyi 'jug pa in the 7th century CE. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Thonmi Sambhota has received more than 52,272 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Thonmi Sambhota is the 221st most popular inventor (up from 242nd in 2019), the 629th most popular biography from China (up from 636th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Chinese Inventor.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.82

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  • 1.83

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Thonmi Sambhota ranks 221 out of 354. Before him are Émile Baudot, François Isaac de Rivaz, Josip Belušić, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Henrich Focke, and Robert Watson-Watt. After him are Frederick Scott Archer, Raymond Damadian, Laurens Hammond, Marcian Hoff, Ruth Handler, and Ricardo Wolf.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 618, Thonmi Sambhota ranks 3. Before him are Heraklonas and Charibert II.

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In China

Among people born in China, Thonmi Sambhota ranks 629 out of 1,392. Before him are Bo Yibo (1908), Yuan Zhen (779), Lee Hoi-chuen (1901), Zao Wou-Ki (1920), Hu Hanmin (1879), and Xu Zhimo (1897). After him are Guan Hanqing (1210), Ngawang Namgyal (1594), He Long (1896), Hai Rui (1514), Jiong of Xia (null), and Zeng Qinghong (1939).

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Among INVENTORS In China

Among inventors born in China, Thonmi Sambhota ranks 6. Before him are Cai Lun (48), Charles K. Kao (1933), Bi Sheng (990), Taiichi Ohno (1912), and Yuan Longping (1930). After him are An Wang (1920) and Robin Li (1968).

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