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. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of William McMaster Murdoch has received more than 1,625,240 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). William McMaster Murdoch is the 643rd most popular writer (down from 577th in 2019), the 509th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 431st in 2019) and the 61st 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 643 out of 5,755. Before him are Stieg Larsson, Luqman, Verner von Heidenstam, Amin Maalouf, Thomas Harris, and Andrea Camilleri. After him are Robert E. Howard, Witold Gombrowicz, Theodore the Studite, Bert Hellinger, Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, and Columella.
1954 - 2004
HPI: 64.40
Rank: 637
1100 BC - Present
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 638
1859 - 1940
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 639
1949 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 640
1940 - Present
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 641
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 642
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 643
1906 - 1936
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 644
1904 - 1969
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 645
759 - 826
HPI: 64.33
Rank: 646
1925 - 2019
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 647
1755 - 1826
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 648
4 - 70
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 649
Among people born in 1873, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 17. Before him are Henri Barbusse, Alfred Jarry, Karl Schwarzschild, Alberto Santos-Dumont, G. E. Moore, and Spyridon Louis. After him are Otto Loewi, Julius Martov, Sándor Ferenczi, Max Reger, Francisco I. Madero, and Feodor Chaliapin. Among people deceased in 1912, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 14. Before him are Frederick VIII of Denmark, Karl May, Thomas Andrews, Robert Falcon Scott, Joseph Lister, and Lawrence Alma-Tadema. After him are William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Auguste Beernaert, John Jacob Astor IV, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, and Franz Reichelt.
1873 - 1935
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 11
1873 - 1907
HPI: 65.76
Rank: 12
1873 - 1916
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 13
1873 - 1932
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 14
1873 - 1958
HPI: 64.68
Rank: 15
1873 - 1940
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 16
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 17
1873 - 1961
HPI: 64.30
Rank: 18
1873 - 1923
HPI: 64.23
Rank: 19
1873 - 1933
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 20
1873 - 1916
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 21
1873 - 1913
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 22
1873 - 1938
HPI: 62.43
Rank: 23
1843 - 1912
HPI: 69.60
Rank: 8
1842 - 1912
HPI: 69.38
Rank: 9
1873 - 1912
HPI: 67.83
Rank: 10
1868 - 1912
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 11
1827 - 1912
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 12
1836 - 1912
HPI: 65.46
Rank: 13
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 14
1852 - 1912
HPI: 64.29
Rank: 15
1841 - 1912
HPI: 63.45
Rank: 16
1829 - 1912
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 17
1864 - 1912
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 18
1821 - 1912
HPI: 62.47
Rank: 19
1879 - 1912
HPI: 62.40
Rank: 20
Among people born in United Kingdom, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 509 out of 7,765. Before him are Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Frank Williams (1942), George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859), George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham (1592), Annie Besant (1847), and Erasmus Darwin (1731). After him are Thomas Cranmer (1489), John Dowland (1563), Sid Vicious (1957), David Hockney (1937), Henry Hudson (1570), and Nigel Mansell (1953).
1771 - 1851
HPI: 64.43
Rank: 503
1942 - 2021
HPI: 64.42
Rank: 504
1859 - 1925
HPI: 64.41
Rank: 505
1592 - 1628
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 506
1847 - 1933
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 507
1731 - 1802
HPI: 64.38
Rank: 508
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 509
1489 - 1556
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 510
1563 - 1626
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 511
1957 - 1979
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 512
1937 - Present
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 513
1570 - 1611
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 514
1953 - Present
HPI: 64.34
Rank: 515
Among writers born in United Kingdom, William McMaster Murdoch ranks 61. Before him are Samuel Johnson (1709), John Donne (1572), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772), John Bunyan (1628), Daphne du Maurier (1907), and Geoffrey of Monmouth (1090). After him are Oliver Sacks (1933), Walter Raleigh (1554), Thomas Hardy (1840), Tony Buzan (1942), Alexander Pope (1688), and Frederick Forsyth (1938).
1709 - 1784
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 55
1572 - 1631
HPI: 64.92
Rank: 56
1772 - 1834
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 57
1628 - 1688
HPI: 64.62
Rank: 58
1907 - 1989
HPI: 64.61
Rank: 59
1090 - 1155
HPI: 64.45
Rank: 60
1873 - 1912
HPI: 64.37
Rank: 61
1933 - 2015
HPI: 64.27
Rank: 62
1554 - 1618
HPI: 64.21
Rank: 63
1840 - 1928
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 64
1942 - 2019
HPI: 64.02
Rank: 65
1688 - 1744
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 66
1938 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 67