1826 - 1901
Zénobe Théophile Gramme (French pronunciation: [zenɔb teɔfil ɡʁam]; 4 April 1826 – 20 January 1901) was a Belgian electrical engineer. He was born at Jehay-Bodegnée on 4 April 1826, the sixth child of Mathieu-Joseph Gramme, and died at Bois-Colombes on 20 January 1901. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Zénobe Gramme has received more than 93,915 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Zénobe Gramme is the 123rd most popular inventor (down from 113th in 2019), the 164th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 141st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Belgian Inventor.
Zénobe Gramme is most famous for his invention of the Gramme machine. This machine is a generator that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy.
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Among inventors, Zénobe Gramme ranks 123 out of 354. Before him are Alfred Krupp, Clément Ader, Clive Sinclair, John Kay, Richard Jordan Gatling, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard. After him are Lee de Forest, Josef Ressel, Gideon Sundback, Elisha Gray, Robert Adler, and Hugo Schmeisser.
1812 - 1887
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 117
1841 - 1925
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 118
1940 - 2021
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 119
1704 - 1779
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 120
1818 - 1903
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 121
1753 - 1809
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 122
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 123
1873 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 124
1793 - 1857
HPI: 59.00
Rank: 125
1880 - 1954
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 126
1835 - 1901
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 127
1913 - 2007
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 128
1884 - 1953
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 129
Among people born in 1826, Zénobe Gramme ranks 11. Before him are Charles XV of Sweden, Ludwig Minkus, Wilhelm Liebknecht, Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden, Stanislao Cannizzaro, and Armand David. After him are Frederic Edwin Church, Alexander Afanasyev, Danilo I, Prince of Montenegro, Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, Mikhail Saltykov-Shchedrin, and Adolf Bastian. Among people deceased in 1901, Zénobe Gramme ranks 16. Before him are Chlodwig, Prince of Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst, Milan I of Serbia, Charles Hermite, Li Hongzhang, Abdur Rahman Khan, and Fukuzawa Yukichi. After him are Gaetano Bresci, Elisha Gray, Paul Rée, Josef Rheinberger, Francesco Crispi, and Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach.
1826 - 1872
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 5
1826 - 1917
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 6
1826 - 1900
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 7
1826 - 1907
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 8
1826 - 1910
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 9
1826 - 1900
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 10
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 11
1826 - 1900
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 12
1826 - 1871
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 13
1826 - 1860
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 14
1826 - 1914
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 15
1826 - 1889
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 16
1826 - 1905
HPI: 56.62
Rank: 17
1819 - 1901
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 10
1854 - 1901
HPI: 64.08
Rank: 11
1822 - 1901
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 12
1823 - 1901
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 13
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 14
1835 - 1901
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 15
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 16
1869 - 1901
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 17
1835 - 1901
HPI: 58.84
Rank: 18
1849 - 1901
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 19
1839 - 1901
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 20
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 21
1818 - 1901
HPI: 57.21
Rank: 22
Among people born in Belgium, Zénobe Gramme ranks 164 out of 1,019. Before him are Bavo of Ghent (589), Blanche of Namur (1320), Princess Louise of Belgium (1858), André Franquin (1924), Pierre De Geyter (1848), and Silvio Gesell (1862). After him are Bernard van Orley (1487), Laura Marx (1845), Heinrich Isaac (1450), Victor Serge (1890), Cipriano de Rore (1515), and Michel Preud'homme (1959).
589 - 654
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 158
1320 - 1363
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 159
1858 - 1924
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 160
1924 - 1997
HPI: 59.30
Rank: 161
1848 - 1932
HPI: 59.26
Rank: 162
1862 - 1930
HPI: 59.25
Rank: 163
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 164
1487 - 1541
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 165
1845 - 1911
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 166
1450 - 1517
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 167
1890 - 1947
HPI: 58.91
Rank: 168
1515 - 1565
HPI: 58.88
Rank: 169
1959 - Present
HPI: 58.87
Rank: 170
Among inventors born in Belgium, Zénobe Gramme ranks 3. Before him are Adolphe Sax (1814) and Jacques Piccard (1922). After him are Paul Otlet (1868), Robert Cailliau (1947), and George Washington (1871).
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 1
1922 - 2008
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 2
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 3
1868 - 1944
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 4
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 5
1871 - 1946
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 6