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James Watt

1736 - 1819

James Watt

James Watt (Greenock (Schotland), 19 januari 1736 – Heathfield Hall bij Birmingham, 25 augustus 1819) was een Schotse ingenieur die wordt beschouwd als de uitvinder van de moderne stoommachine. Maar ook is hij de uitvinder van het eerste kopieerapparaat, waar hij in 1781 patent op kreeg. Lees meer op Wikipedia

Zijn biografie is beschikbaar in 143 verschillende talen op Wikipedia (toegenomen van 138 in 2024). James Watt staat op plaats 5 onder de meest populaire uitvinder, plaats 22 onder de meest populaire biografieën uit Verenigd Koninkrijk (gedaald van plaats 12 in 2019) en op de eerste plaats onder de populairste uitvinder uit Verenigd Koninkrijk.

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Among Uitvinders

Among uitvinders, James Watt ranks 5 out of 426. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, and Johannes Gutenberg. After him are Karl Benz, Elon Musk, Alexander Graham Bell, Guglielmo Marconi, Henry Ford, Louis Braille, and Charles Babbage.

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Leonardo da Vinci
1452 - 1519
HPI: 96.80
Rank: 1
Nikola Tesla
1856 - 1943
HPI: 91.90
Rank: 2
Thomas Edison
1847 - 1931
HPI: 91.65
Rank: 3
Johannes Gutenberg
1394 - 1468
HPI: 90.58
Rank: 4
James Watt
1736 - 1819
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 5
Karl Benz
1844 - 1929
HPI: 88.12
Rank: 6
Elon Musk
1971 - Present
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 7
Alexander Graham Bell
1847 - 1922
HPI: 85.31
Rank: 8
Guglielmo Marconi
1874 - 1937
HPI: 83.41
Rank: 9
Henry Ford
1863 - 1947
HPI: 82.33
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Louis Braille
1809 - 1852
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 11
Charles Babbage
1791 - 1871
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 12

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1736, James Watt ranks 1. After him are Joseph-Louis Lagrange, Charles-Augustin de Coulomb, Jean Sylvain Bailly, Rama I, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, James Macpherson, Claude Nicolas Ledoux, Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt, Rudolf Erich Raspe, Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé, and Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. Among people deceased in 1819, James Watt ranks 1. After him are Charles IV of Spain, Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Maria Luisa of Parma, Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi, Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia, Kamehameha I, Daniel Rutherford, August von Kotzebue, Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco, Catherine Pavlovna of Russia, and Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier.

Others Born in 1736

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James Watt
INVENTOR
1736 - 1819
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 1
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
MATHEMATICIAN
1736 - 1813
HPI: 84.17
Rank: 2
Charles-Augustin de Coulomb
PHYSICIST
1736 - 1806
HPI: 80.87
Rank: 3
Jean Sylvain Bailly
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1793
HPI: 70.54
Rank: 4
Rama I
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1809
HPI: 69.92
Rank: 5
Johann Georg Albrechtsberger
COMPOSER
1736 - 1809
HPI: 69.19
Rank: 6
James Macpherson
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1796
HPI: 68.51
Rank: 7
Claude Nicolas Ledoux
ARCHITECT
1736 - 1806
HPI: 67.43
Rank: 8
Princess Friederike of Brandenburg-Schwedt
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1798
HPI: 66.54
Rank: 9
Rudolf Erich Raspe
WRITER
1736 - 1794
HPI: 66.35
Rank: 10
Louis Joseph, Prince of Condé
POLITICIAN
1736 - 1818
HPI: 64.96
Rank: 11
Franz Xaver Messerschmidt
SCULPTOR
1736 - 1783
HPI: 64.77
Rank: 12

Others Deceased in 1819

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James Watt
INVENTOR
1736 - 1819
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 1
Charles IV of Spain
POLITICIAN
1748 - 1819
HPI: 76.39
Rank: 2
Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1742 - 1819
HPI: 75.04
Rank: 3
Maria Luisa of Parma
COMPANION
1751 - 1819
HPI: 72.95
Rank: 4
Friedrich Heinrich Jacobi
PHILOSOPHER
1743 - 1819
HPI: 72.77
Rank: 5
Charles Emmanuel IV of Sardinia
POLITICIAN
1751 - 1819
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 6
Kamehameha I
POLITICIAN
1758 - 1819
HPI: 69.75
Rank: 7
Daniel Rutherford
PHYSICIST
1749 - 1819
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
August von Kotzebue
WRITER
1761 - 1819
HPI: 67.91
Rank: 9
Honoré IV, Prince of Monaco
POLITICIAN
1758 - 1819
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 10
Catherine Pavlovna of Russia
POLITICIAN
1788 - 1819
HPI: 67.07
Rank: 11
Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1742 - 1819
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 12