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Clive Sinclair

1940 - 2021

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Sir Clive Marles Sinclair (30 July 1940 – 16 September 2021) was an English entrepreneur and inventor, best known for being a pioneer in the computing industry and also as the founder of several companies that developed consumer electronics in the 1970s and early 1980s. After spending several years as assistant editor of Instrument Practice, Sinclair founded Sinclair Radionics Ltd in 1961. He produced the world's first slimline electronic pocket calculator (the Sinclair Executive) in 1972. Sinclair then moved into the production of home computers in 1980 with Sinclair Research Ltd, producing the Sinclair ZX80 (the UK's first mass-market home computer for less than £100) and in the early 1980s, the ZX81, ZX Spectrum and the Sinclair QL. Sinclair Research is widely recognised for its importance in the early days of the British and European home computer industry, as well as helping to give rise to the British video game industry. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Clive Sinclair is the 254th most popular inventor (down from 240th in 2019), the 2,701st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,197th in 2019) and the 39th most popular British Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Clive Sinclair ranks 254 out of 426. Before him are Ottó Bláthy, François Isaac de Rivaz, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Peter Madsen, Marcian Hoff, and Vittorio Jano. After him are George Pullman, Eugen Langen, Glenn Curtiss, Hary Gunarto, Adolf Martens, and Arthur Wynne.

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Among people born in 1940, Clive Sinclair ranks 255. Before him are Aleksandr Ivanchenkov, Edmund White, Nanni Galli, Győző Kulcsár, Peter Mutharika, and Vladica Kovačević. After him are Gigi Proietti, Diane, Duchess of Württemberg, Larry Hankin, Peter Benchley, Jesús López Cobos, and Jan Eliasson. Among people deceased in 2021, Clive Sinclair ranks 257. Before him are John Miles, Carlos Correia, Louis Andriessen, Judith Reisman, Freimut Börngen, and Hilton Valentine. After him are Branko Mamula, Justo Tejada, Isadore Singer, Alberto Grimaldi, Yury Vlasov, and Ivan Patzaichin.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Clive Sinclair ranks 2,702 out of 8,785. Before him are Chas Chandler (1938), Daniel Jones (1881), Tony Cragg (1949), Gorden Kaye (1941), Noel Redding (1945), and Pat Crerand (1939). After him are Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham (1478), George Dawe (1781), Sarah Gilbert (1962), Russell T Davies (1963), George Buchanan (1506), and Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife (1891).

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Among INVENTORS In United Kingdom

Among inventors born in United Kingdom, Clive Sinclair ranks 39. Before him are Elihu Thomson (1853), Hubert Cecil Booth (1871), Robert Whitehead (1823), Henry Maudslay (1771), Alexander Parkes (1813), and John Kemp Starley (1854). After him are Arthur Wynne (1871), John Barnard (1946), Sidney Gilchrist Thomas (1850), Alexander Bain (1810), James Nasmyth (1808), and Frederick Scott Archer (1813).

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