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Wan Hu

1510 - 1500

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Wan Hu (萬戶 or 萬虎) is a legendary Chinese official described in modern sources as the world's first "astronaut" by having been lifted by rockets into outer space. The crater Wan-Hoo on the far side of the Moon is named after him. According to some Chinese sources, "Wan Hu" (萬戶) was a title granted to him by the early Ming dynasty, and his real name was Tao Chengdao (陶成道). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wan Hu has received more than 369,393 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Wan Hu is the 202nd most popular inventor (up from 239th in 2019), the 2,540th most popular biography from France (up from 2,903rd in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 370k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 54.05

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.19

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.38

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Wan Hu ranks 202 out of 354. Before him are William Murdoch, John Kemp Starley, Yuan Longping, Hovannes Adamian, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, and Lou Ottens. After him are Georges Hébert, Oliver Lodge, Hans von Ohain, John Wesley Hyatt, Eli Whitney, and Helmut Gröttrup.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1510, Wan Hu ranks 26. Before him are Jean Goujon, Andrea Schiavone, Margaret Paleologa, Bernard Palissy, Diego Ortiz, and Nicolas Durand de Villegaignon. After him are Alonso Mudarra, Ferenc Dávid, Teodósio I, Duke of Braganza, Francis I, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg, Martynas Mažvydas, and Roy Mata. Among people deceased in 1500, Wan Hu ranks 12. Before him are Doukas, Ahmad ibn Mājid, Gil Eanes, John of Foix, Viscount of Narbonne, Fernão do Pó, and Maria of Serbia, Queen of Bosnia. After him are Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset and Bartolomé Bermejo.

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In France

Among people born in France, Wan Hu ranks 2,540 out of 6,011. Before him are André Pieyre de Mandiargues (1909), Claude Goudimel (1514), François Hotman (1524), Théophile Delcassé (1852), Aénor de Châtellerault (1103), and Jean Bruller (1902). After him are Ernest Duchesne (1874), Charles Joshua Chaplin (1825), Séverine (1948), Jacques Deray (1929), Léon Boëllmann (1862), and Marcellin Champagnat (1789).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Wan Hu ranks 29. Before him are Joseph Monier (1823), Guillaume Amontons (1663), Charles Cros (1842), Georges Claude (1870), Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), and Édouard Branly (1844). After him are Georges Hébert (1875), Émile Baudot (1845), François Isaac de Rivaz (1752), Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815), Léon Gaumont (1864), and André Blondel (1863).

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