1820 - 1872
William John Macquorn Rankine (; 5 July 1820 – 24 December 1872) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), to the science of thermodynamics, particularly focusing on its First Law. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William John Macquorn Rankine has received more than 197,419 page views. His biography is available in 52 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 51 in 2019). William John Macquorn Rankine is the 48th most popular engineer (down from 28th in 2019), the 855th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 555th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular British Engineer.
William John Macquorn Rankine was a Scottish engineer who is most famous for his work in thermodynamics. He is credited with the invention of the Rankine scale.
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Among engineers, William John Macquorn Rankine ranks 48 out of 323. Before him are Edward A. Murphy Jr., Sergey Ilyushin, Ernst Heinkel, Emil Škoda, Banū Mūsā, and Henry Gantt. After him are Charles George Gordon, Bjarne Stroustrup, Gustaf de Laval, Kurt Gerstein, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Arthur Scherbius.
1918 - 1990
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 42
1894 - 1977
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 43
1888 - 1958
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 44
1839 - 1900
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 45
900 - 873
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 46
1861 - 1919
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 47
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 48
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 49
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 50
1845 - 1913
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 51
1905 - 1945
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 52
1806 - 1859
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 53
1878 - 1929
HPI: 59.99
Rank: 54
Among people born in 1820, William John Macquorn Rankine ranks 19. Before him are Henri Vieuxtemps, Susan B. Anthony, Božena Němcová, William Tecumseh Sherman, Princess Alexandrine of Baden, and Lewis A. Swift. After him are John Tyndall, Mathilde Bonaparte, John Tenniel, Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, Yaqub Beg, and Edmond Becquerel. Among people deceased in 1872, William John Macquorn Rankine ranks 13. Before him are Benito Juárez, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Franz Grillparzer, Kawakami Gensai, N. F. S. Grundtvig, and William Webb Ellis. After him are Stanisław Moniuszko, Prince Albert of Prussia, Zeng Guofan, Ljudevit Gaj, Mary Somerville, and Aleksis Kivi.
1820 - 1881
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 13
1820 - 1906
HPI: 62.33
Rank: 14
1820 - 1862
HPI: 62.17
Rank: 15
1820 - 1891
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 16
1820 - 1904
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 17
1820 - 1913
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 18
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 19
1820 - 1893
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 20
1820 - 1904
HPI: 59.81
Rank: 21
1820 - 1914
HPI: 59.76
Rank: 22
1820 - 1891
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 23
1820 - 1877
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 24
1820 - 1891
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 25
1806 - 1872
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 7
1807 - 1872
HPI: 62.67
Rank: 8
1791 - 1872
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 9
1834 - 1872
HPI: 60.72
Rank: 10
1783 - 1872
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 11
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 12
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 13
1819 - 1872
HPI: 60.18
Rank: 14
1809 - 1872
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 15
1811 - 1872
HPI: 59.34
Rank: 16
1809 - 1872
HPI: 59.21
Rank: 17
1780 - 1872
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 18
1834 - 1872
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 19
Among people born in United Kingdom, William John Macquorn Rankine ranks 855 out of 7,765. Before him are Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury (1671), Albert Pierrepoint (1905), W. H. Auden (1907), Edward Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax (1881), Olave Baden-Powell (1889), and William Penn (1645). After him are Billy Idol (1955), Harthacnut I of Denmark (880), John Hawkins (1532), Kevin Keegan (1951), Princess Lilian, Duchess of Halland (1915), and Duncan I of Scotland (1001).
1671 - 1713
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 849
1905 - 1992
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 850
1907 - 1973
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 851
1881 - 1959
HPI: 60.47
Rank: 852
1889 - 1977
HPI: 60.46
Rank: 853
1645 - 1718
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 854
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 855
1955 - Present
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 856
880 - 1000
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 857
1532 - 1595
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 858
1951 - Present
HPI: 60.42
Rank: 859
1915 - 2013
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 860
1001 - 1040
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 861
Among engineers born in United Kingdom, William John Macquorn Rankine ranks 3. Before him are Godfrey Hounsfield (1919) and John Ambrose Fleming (1849). After him are Charles George Gordon (1833), Isambard Kingdom Brunel (1806), Colin Chapman (1928), Ross Brawn (1954), Henry Royce (1863), Charles Rolls (1877), George Cayley (1773), Patrick Head (1946), and Adrian Newey (1958).
1919 - 2004
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 1
1849 - 1945
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 2
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 3
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 4
1806 - 1859
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 5
1928 - 1982
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 6
1954 - Present
HPI: 58.59
Rank: 7
1863 - 1933
HPI: 58.57
Rank: 8
1877 - 1910
HPI: 56.27
Rank: 9
1773 - 1857
HPI: 56.24
Rank: 10
1946 - Present
HPI: 56.16
Rank: 11
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 12