INVENTOR
Yoshiro Nakamatsu
1928 - Today
Yoshiro Nakamatsu
Yoshiro Nakamatsu (中松 義郎, Nakamatsu Yoshirō, born June 26, 1928), also known as Dr. NakaMats (ドクター中松, Dokutā Nakamatsu), is a Japanese inventor. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yoshiro Nakamatsu has received more than 544,179 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Yoshiro Nakamatsu is the 270th most popular inventor (down from 268th in 2019), the 1,015th most popular biography from Japan (down from 916th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Inventor.
Memorability Metrics
540k
Page Views (PV)
51.16
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
20
Languages Editions (L)
2.12
Effective Languages (L*)
3.48
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among INVENTORS
Among inventors, Yoshiro Nakamatsu ranks 270 out of 426. Before him are Harry Brearley, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Louis Lumière, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Colin Archer, and François Isaac de Rivaz. After him are Glenn Curtiss, Adolf Martens, Cyrus McCormick, Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, Theodore Maiman, and Samuel Morland.
Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsHarry Brearley
1871 - 1948
HPI: 51.37
Rank: 264
Alphonse Beau de Rochas
1815 - 1893
HPI: 51.36
Rank: 265
Louis Lumière
1864 - 1948
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 266
Walter Clopton Wingfield
1833 - 1912
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 267
Colin Archer
1832 - 1921
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 268
François Isaac de Rivaz
1752 - 1828
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 269
Yoshiro Nakamatsu
1928 - Present
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 270
Glenn Curtiss
1878 - 1930
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 271
Adolf Martens
1850 - 1914
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 272
Cyrus McCormick
1809 - 1884
HPI: 50.94
Rank: 273
Sven Gustaf Wingqvist
1876 - 1953
HPI: 50.91
Rank: 274
Theodore Maiman
1927 - 2007
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 275
Samuel Morland
1625 - 1695
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 276
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1928, Yoshiro Nakamatsu ranks 301. Before him are Luciano De Crescenzo, Roald Aas, Fatemeh Pahlavi, Qian Qichen, José Bonaparte, and Estelle Harris. After him are Milka Babović, Sisavath Keobounphanh, Guy Bourdin, Luis Posada Carriles, Cristina Calderón, and Hiroshi Nakajima.
Others Born in 1928
Go to all RankingsLuciano De Crescenzo
WRITER
1928 - 2019
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 295
Roald Aas
SKATER
1928 - 2012
HPI: 51.29
Rank: 296
Fatemeh Pahlavi
POLITICIAN
1928 - 1987
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 297
Qian Qichen
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2017
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 298
José Bonaparte
ARCHAEOLOGIST
1928 - 2020
HPI: 51.18
Rank: 299
Estelle Harris
ACTOR
1928 - 2022
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 300
Yoshiro Nakamatsu
INVENTOR
1928 - Present
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 301
Milka Babović
ATHLETE
1928 - 2020
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 302
Sisavath Keobounphanh
POLITICIAN
1928 - 2020
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 303
Guy Bourdin
PHOTOGRAPHER
1928 - 1991
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 304
Luis Posada Carriles
EXTREMIST
1928 - 2018
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 305
Cristina Calderón
WRITER
1928 - 2022
HPI: 51.05
Rank: 306
Hiroshi Nakajima
PHYSICIAN
1928 - 2013
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 307
In Japan
Among people born in Japan, Yoshiro Nakamatsu ranks 1,015 out of 6,245. Before him are Michitsuna's mother (935), Yasuhiro Yamashita (1957), Yukio Kasaya (1943), Kunio Yanagita (1875), Nobuo Kawakami (1947), and Toshio Furukawa (1946). After him are Toyohiro Akiyama (1942), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), Damo Suzuki (1950), Homare Sawa (1978), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), and Ogyū Sorai (1666).
Others born in Japan
Go to all RankingsMichitsuna's mother
WRITER
935 - 995
HPI: 51.23
Rank: 1,009
Yasuhiro Yamashita
WRESTLER
1957 - Present
HPI: 51.22
Rank: 1,010
Yukio Kasaya
SKIER
1943 - 2024
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 1,011
Kunio Yanagita
LINGUIST
1875 - 1962
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 1,012
Nobuo Kawakami
SOCCER PLAYER
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.19
Rank: 1,013
Toshio Furukawa
ACTOR
1946 - Present
HPI: 51.17
Rank: 1,014
Yoshiro Nakamatsu
INVENTOR
1928 - Present
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 1,015
Toyohiro Akiyama
ASTRONAUT
1942 - Present
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 1,016
Katsukawa Shunshō
PAINTER
1726 - 1793
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 1,017
Damo Suzuki
SINGER
1950 - 2024
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 1,018
Homare Sawa
SOCCER PLAYER
1978 - Present
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 1,019
Toyohiko Kagawa
SOCIAL ACTIVIST
1888 - 1960
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 1,020
Ogyū Sorai
PHILOSOPHER
1666 - 1728
HPI: 51.03
Rank: 1,021
Among INVENTORS In Japan
Among inventors born in Japan, Yoshiro Nakamatsu ranks 4. Before him are Kōnosuke Matsushita (1894), Sakichi Toyoda (1867), and Shigeo Shingo (1909). After him are Kenjiro Takayanagi (1899).
Kōnosuke Matsushita
1894 - 1989
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 1
Sakichi Toyoda
1867 - 1930
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 2
Shigeo Shingo
1909 - 1990
HPI: 54.77
Rank: 3
Yoshiro Nakamatsu
1928 - Present
HPI: 51.16
Rank: 4
Kenjiro Takayanagi
1899 - 1990
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 5