1796 - 1859
Walter Hunt (July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859) was an American mechanical engineer. Through the course of his work he became known for being a prolific inventor. He got first involved with mechanical innovations in a linseed producing community in New York state that had flax mills. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Hunt has received more than 38,530 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Walter Hunt is the 251st most popular inventor (up from 261st in 2019), the 3,901st most popular biography from United States (up from 4,312th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Inventor.
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Among inventors, Walter Hunt ranks 251 out of 354. Before him are Glenn Curtiss, Ray Dolby, Frank Zamboni, Jacob W. Davis, Ottó Bláthy, and Aimo Lahti. After him are Aurel Stodola, Eunice Newton Foote, Colin Archer, Pavel Yablochkov, Ernst Alexanderson, and Tivadar Puskás.
1878 - 1930
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 245
1933 - 2013
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 246
1901 - 1988
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 247
1831 - 1908
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 248
1860 - 1939
HPI: 51.87
Rank: 249
1896 - 1970
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 250
1796 - 1859
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 251
1859 - 1942
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 252
1819 - 1888
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 253
1832 - 1921
HPI: 51.50
Rank: 254
1847 - 1894
HPI: 51.49
Rank: 255
1878 - 1975
HPI: 51.43
Rank: 256
1844 - 1893
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 257
Among people born in 1796, Walter Hunt ranks 35. Before him are John Stevens Henslow, Georg, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg, Abdullah Abdul Kadir, Manto Mavrogenous, Charles Cousin-Montauban, Comte de Palikao, and Johann Christian Poggendorff. After him are Francis Crozier, William H. Prescott, George Catlin, Leopold II, Prince of Lippe, Fernán Caballero, and Anton Pann. Among people deceased in 1859, Walter Hunt ranks 38. Before him are Zygmunt Krasiński, Tatya Tope, Sergey Aksakov, Carl Adolph Agardh, F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich, and William Cranch Bond. After him are William H. Prescott, John Walker, José de Madrazo y Agudo, Horace Mann, Joseph Ludwig Raabe, and Thaddeus Bulgarin.
1796 - 1861
HPI: 52.91
Rank: 29
1796 - 1853
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 30
1796 - 1854
HPI: 52.19
Rank: 31
1796 - 1848
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 32
1796 - 1878
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 33
1796 - 1877
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 34
1796 - 1859
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 35
1796 - 1848
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 36
1796 - 1859
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 37
1796 - 1872
HPI: 50.29
Rank: 38
1796 - 1851
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 39
1796 - 1877
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 40
1796 - 1854
HPI: 49.50
Rank: 41
1812 - 1859
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 32
1814 - 1859
HPI: 54.29
Rank: 33
1791 - 1859
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 34
1785 - 1859
HPI: 53.02
Rank: 35
1782 - 1859
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 36
1789 - 1859
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 37
1796 - 1859
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 38
1796 - 1859
HPI: 50.80
Rank: 39
1781 - 1859
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 40
1781 - 1859
HPI: 49.96
Rank: 41
1796 - 1859
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 42
1801 - 1859
HPI: 49.00
Rank: 43
1789 - 1859
HPI: 48.92
Rank: 44
Among people born in United States, Walter Hunt ranks 3,901 out of 18,182. Before him are Catherine Keener (1959), Robert Darnton (1939), Marion Davies (1897), Alice Brady (1892), Aaliyah (1979), and Taj Mahal (1942). After him are Elizabeth Loftus (1944), Robert Rodriguez (1968), Ralph Linton (1893), Betty Mahmoody (1945), Wallace Beery (1885), and John King Fairbank (1907).
1959 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 3,895
1939 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 3,896
1897 - 1961
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 3,897
1892 - 1939
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 3,898
1979 - 2001
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 3,899
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 3,900
1796 - 1859
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 3,901
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 3,902
1968 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 3,903
1893 - 1953
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 3,904
1945 - Present
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 3,905
1885 - 1949
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 3,906
1907 - 1991
HPI: 51.67
Rank: 3,907
Among inventors born in United States, Walter Hunt ranks 60. Before him are Ruth Handler (1916), Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878), Theodore Maiman (1927), Glenn Curtiss (1878), Ray Dolby (1933), and Frank Zamboni (1901). After him are Eunice Newton Foote (1819), Cyrus McCormick (1809), Michael S. Hart (1947), Robert Metcalfe (1946), David Bushnell (1742), and Lester Allan Pelton (1829).
1916 - 2002
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 54
1878 - 1972
HPI: 52.84
Rank: 55
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 56
1878 - 1930
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 57
1933 - 2013
HPI: 51.92
Rank: 58
1901 - 1988
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 59
1796 - 1859
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 60
1819 - 1888
HPI: 51.57
Rank: 61
1809 - 1884
HPI: 51.28
Rank: 62
1947 - 2011
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 63
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 64
1742 - 1824
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 65
1829 - 1908
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 66