Engineer

Valdemar Poulsen

1869 - 1942

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Valdemar Poulsen

His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Valdemar Poulsen is the 121st most popular engineer (down from 94th in 2024), the 226th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 186th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Danish Engineer.

Valdemar Poulsen is most famous for inventing the telegraphone, a device that recorded sound as a pattern of magnetized iron wires on a long paper tape.

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Among Engineers

Among engineers, Valdemar Poulsen ranks 121 out of 389. Before him are Erich Topp, Eupalinos, Erik Dahlbergh, Henry Darcy, Borys Paton, and Alexander Cunningham. After him are Yevgeny Dragunov, Ivan Sechenov, Rory Byrne, Guenther Steiner, Nikolai Polikarpov, and Alexander Lippisch.

Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia

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Erich Topp
1914 - 2005
HPI: 62.87
Rank: 115
Eupalinos
600 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 116
Erik Dahlbergh
1625 - 1703
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 117
Henry Darcy
1803 - 1858
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 118
Borys Paton
1918 - 2020
HPI: 62.69
Rank: 119
Alexander Cunningham
1814 - 1893
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 120
Valdemar Poulsen
1869 - 1942
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 121
Yevgeny Dragunov
1920 - 1991
HPI: 62.62
Rank: 122
Ivan Sechenov
1829 - 1905
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 123
Rory Byrne
1944 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 124
Guenther Steiner
1965 - Present
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 125
Nikolai Polikarpov
1892 - 1944
HPI: 62.27
Rank: 126
Alexander Lippisch
1894 - 1976
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 127

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1869, Valdemar Poulsen ranks 70. Before him are Gerrit Smith Miller, Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia, Hans Poelzig, Washington Luís, Otto Nordenskjöld, and Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau. After him are Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria, Algernon Blackwood, Ramón Menéndez Pidal, Paul Émile Chabas, Arthur Rostron, and Slobodan Jovanović. Among people deceased in 1942, Valdemar Poulsen ranks 88. Before him are Alexander Belyaev, Georges Politzer, Alois Eliáš, Walther von Lüttwitz, Titus Brandsma, and Lidia Zamenhof. After him are Vera Figner, Walter Sickert, Cesare Mori, István Horthy, Konstantin Balmont, and Atsushi Nakajima.

Others Born in 1869

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Gerrit Smith Miller
BIOLOGIST
1869 - 1956
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 64
Grand Duke Sergei Mikhailovich of Russia
NOBLEMAN
1869 - 1918
HPI: 63.44
Rank: 65
Hans Poelzig
ARCHITECT
1869 - 1936
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 66
Washington Luís
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1957
HPI: 63.26
Rank: 67
Otto Nordenskjöld
GEOGRAPHER
1869 - 1928
HPI: 63.11
Rank: 68
Ulrich von Brockdorff-Rantzau
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1928
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 69
Valdemar Poulsen
ENGINEER
1869 - 1942
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 70
Prince Ferdinand Pius, Duke of Calabria
POLITICIAN
1869 - 1960
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 71
Algernon Blackwood
OCCULTIST
1869 - 1951
HPI: 62.23
Rank: 72
Ramón Menéndez Pidal
LINGUIST
1869 - 1968
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 73
Paul Émile Chabas
PAINTER
1869 - 1937
HPI: 61.69
Rank: 74
Arthur Rostron
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1869 - 1940
HPI: 61.68
Rank: 75
Slobodan Jovanović
HISTORIAN
1869 - 1958
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 76

Others Deceased in 1942

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Alexander Belyaev
WRITER
1884 - 1942
HPI: 62.98
Rank: 82
Georges Politzer
PHILOSOPHER
1903 - 1942
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 83
Alois Eliáš
POLITICIAN
1890 - 1942
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 84
Walther von Lüttwitz
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1859 - 1942
HPI: 62.77
Rank: 85
Titus Brandsma
PHYSICIAN
1881 - 1942
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 86
Lidia Zamenhof
WRITER
1904 - 1942
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 87
Valdemar Poulsen
ENGINEER
1869 - 1942
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 88
Vera Figner
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1852 - 1942
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 89
Walter Sickert
PAINTER
1860 - 1942
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 90
Cesare Mori
POLITICIAN
1871 - 1942
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 91
István Horthy
POLITICIAN
1904 - 1942
HPI: 62.15
Rank: 92
Konstantin Balmont
WRITER
1867 - 1942
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 93
Atsushi Nakajima
WRITER
1909 - 1942
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 94

In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Valdemar Poulsen ranks 226 out of NaN. Before him are Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein (1829), Kurt Westergaard (1935), Inger Christensen (1935), Conrad Malte-Brun (1775), Peter Andreas Hansen (1795), and Eugenius Warming (1841). After him are Princess Caroline of Denmark (1793), Hans Christian Lumbye (1810), Louise Rasmussen (1815), Wilhelm Marstrand (1810), Augusta of Denmark (1580), and Christian Mortensen (1882).

Others born in Denmark

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Frederick VIII, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein
NOBLEMAN
1829 - 1880
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 220
Kurt Westergaard
PAINTER
1935 - 2021
HPI: 62.79
Rank: 221
Inger Christensen
WRITER
1935 - 2009
HPI: 62.78
Rank: 222
Conrad Malte-Brun
GEOGRAPHER
1775 - 1826
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 223
Peter Andreas Hansen
ASTRONOMER
1795 - 1874
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 224
Eugenius Warming
BIOLOGIST
1841 - 1924
HPI: 62.71
Rank: 225
Valdemar Poulsen
ENGINEER
1869 - 1942
HPI: 62.64
Rank: 226
Princess Caroline of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1793 - 1881
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 227
Hans Christian Lumbye
COMPOSER
1810 - 1874
HPI: 62.57
Rank: 228
Louise Rasmussen
DANCER
1815 - 1874
HPI: 62.55
Rank: 229
Wilhelm Marstrand
PAINTER
1810 - 1873
HPI: 62.54
Rank: 230
Augusta of Denmark
POLITICIAN
1580 - 1639
HPI: 62.52
Rank: 231
Christian Mortensen
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1882 - 1998
HPI: 62.51
Rank: 232