INVENTOR

Wan Hu

1510 - 1500

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Wan Hu is a legendary Chinese official described in modern sources as possibly the first man to attempt to use a rocket to launch into outer space. Possibly depicted as the "world's first astronaut" and "the first martyr in man's struggle to achieve space flight", NASA named the crater Wan-Hoo on the far side of the Moon after him. According to some Chinese sources, "Wan Hu" was a title granted to him by the imperial court during the early Ming dynasty, and his real name was Tao Chengdao. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wan Hu has received more than 421,831 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia. Wan Hu is the 261st most popular inventor (down from 202nd in 2019), the 3,545th most popular biography from France (down from 2,532nd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Inventor.

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  • 420k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Wan Hu ranks 261 out of 426. Before him are Abraham Darby I, James Nasmyth, Robert Cornelius, Petrache Poenaru, Arthur Wynne, and Jacob W. Davis. After him are Joseph-Armand Bombardier, Frederick Scott Archer, Harry Brearley, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Louis Lumière, and Walter Clopton Wingfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Wan Hu ranks 33. Before him are Ferenc Dávid, Alonso Mudarra, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, Simão Rodrigues, and Bonaventure des Périers. After him are Martynas Mažvydas, William Turner, Levina Teerlinc, Islam Shah Suri, Roy Mata, and Gáspár Heltai. Among people deceased in 1500, Wan Hu ranks 14. Before him are Doukas, Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia, Fernão do Pó, John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Bartolomé Bermejo, and Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset. After him are Pêro Vaz de Caminha, Álvaro Fernandes, and John Morton.

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In France

Among people born in France, Wan Hu ranks 3,545 out of 6,770. Before him are Guillaume Faye (1949), Roland Dumas (1922), Eremburga of Maine (1096), Roger Vailland (1907), Toulo de Graffenried (1914), and Bonaventure des Périers (1510). After him are Anny Duperey (1947), François Habeneck (1781), Jacques Aved (1702), Bulle Ogier (1939), François Delsarte (1811), and Jacques Rozier (1926).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Wan Hu ranks 32. Before him are Joseph Monier (1823), Georges Claude (1870), Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Émile Baudot (1845), Georges Hébert (1875), and Léon Gaumont (1864). After him are Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815), Louis Lumière (1864), François Isaac de Rivaz (1752), André Blondel (1863), Henri Fabre (1882), and Georges Beuchat (1910).

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