1873 - 1912
William McMaster Murdoch, RNR (28 February 1873 – 15 April 1912) was a Scottish sailor, who was the First Officer on the RMS Titanic. He was the officer in charge on the bridge when the ship collided with an iceberg, and was one of the more than 1,500 people who died when the ship sank. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William McMaster Murdoch has received more than 913,221 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). William McMaster Murdoch is the 577th most popular writer (up from 587th in 2019), the 432nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 430th in 2019) and the 56th most popular British Writer.
William Mcmaster Murdoch was a British engineer, inventor, and businessman. He is most famous for inventing the incandescent light bulb.
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Among writers, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 577 out of 5,794. Before him are Novatian, Kazuo Ishiguro, Samuel Butler, Wang Wei, Francesca da Rimini, and Franz Werfel. After him are Adam de la Halle, Walter Raleigh, Juana Inés de la Cruz, Walther von der Vogelweide, Edward Bernays, and Thomas Hardy.
220 - 258
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 571
1954 - Present
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 572
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 573
699 - 759
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 574
1259 - 1285
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 575
1890 - 1945
HPI: 73.54
Rank: 576
1873 - 1912
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 577
1245 - 1288
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 578
1554 - 1618
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 579
1648 - 1695
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 580
1170 - 1230
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 581
1891 - 1995
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 582
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 583
Among people born in 1873, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 15. Before him are Johannes V. Jensen, Henri Barbusse, Karl Schwarzschild, Alfred Jarry, Luigi Lucheni, and Spyridon Louis. After him are G. E. Moore, Julius Martov, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Max Reger, Sándor Ferenczi, and Hans von Euler-Chelpin. Among people deceased in 1912, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 15. Before him are Thomas Andrews, Frédéric Passy, Joseph Lister, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Robert Falcon Scott, and Lawrence Alma-Tadema. After him are William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Johann Martin Schleyer, Benjamin Guggenheim, John Jacob Astor IV, Osborne Reynolds, and Auguste Beernaert.
1873 - 1950
HPI: 74.87
Rank: 9
1873 - 1935
HPI: 74.85
Rank: 10
1873 - 1916
HPI: 74.35
Rank: 11
1873 - 1907
HPI: 74.05
Rank: 12
1873 - 1910
HPI: 73.87
Rank: 13
1873 - 1940
HPI: 73.86
Rank: 14
1873 - 1912
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 15
1873 - 1958
HPI: 72.97
Rank: 16
1873 - 1923
HPI: 72.92
Rank: 17
1873 - 1932
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 18
1873 - 1916
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 19
1873 - 1933
HPI: 72.42
Rank: 20
1873 - 1964
HPI: 72.24
Rank: 21
1873 - 1912
HPI: 75.79
Rank: 9
1822 - 1912
HPI: 75.46
Rank: 10
1827 - 1912
HPI: 75.34
Rank: 11
1841 - 1912
HPI: 74.52
Rank: 12
1868 - 1912
HPI: 74.24
Rank: 13
1836 - 1912
HPI: 73.98
Rank: 14
1873 - 1912
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 15
1852 - 1912
HPI: 72.30
Rank: 16
1831 - 1912
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 17
1865 - 1912
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 18
1864 - 1912
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 19
1842 - 1912
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 20
1829 - 1912
HPI: 71.79
Rank: 21
Among people born in United Kingdom, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 432 out of 6,924. Before him are Mary Mallon (1869), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Jim Clark (1936), Samuel Butler (1835), and Robert II of Scotland (1316). After him are Isaac Barrow (1631), Walter Raleigh (1554), John Dowland (1563), James IV of Scotland (1473), Thomas Hardy (1840), and Edgar the Peaceful (943).
1869 - 1938
HPI: 73.71
Rank: 426
1849 - 1924
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 427
1948 - Present
HPI: 73.66
Rank: 428
1936 - 1968
HPI: 73.61
Rank: 429
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 430
1316 - 1390
HPI: 73.56
Rank: 431
1873 - 1912
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 432
1631 - 1677
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 433
1554 - 1618
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 434
1563 - 1626
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 435
1473 - 1513
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 436
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 437
943 - 975
HPI: 73.48
Rank: 438
Among writers born in United Kingdom, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 56. Before him are D. H. Lawrence (1885), Philip Larkin (1922), A. J. Cronin (1896), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849), and Samuel Butler (1835). After him are Walter Raleigh (1554), Thomas Hardy (1840), Oliver Sacks (1933), Anthony Burgess (1917), John le Carré (1931), and Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090).
1885 - 1930
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 50
1922 - 1985
HPI: 74.19
Rank: 51
1896 - 1981
HPI: 73.94
Rank: 52
1772 - 1834
HPI: 73.85
Rank: 53
1849 - 1924
HPI: 73.68
Rank: 54
1835 - 1902
HPI: 73.58
Rank: 55
1873 - 1912
HPI: 73.52
Rank: 56
1554 - 1618
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 57
1840 - 1928
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 58
1933 - 2015
HPI: 73.47
Rank: 59
1917 - 1993
HPI: 73.40
Rank: 60
1931 - 2020
HPI: 73.35
Rank: 61
1090 - 1155
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 62