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Hovannes Adamian

1879 - 1932

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Hovhannes (Ivan) Abgari Adamian (Russian: Ованес Абгарович Адамян, romanized: Ovanes Abgarovich Adamyan; Armenian: Հովհաննես Աբգարի Ադամյան; 5 February 1879 – 12 September 1932) was an Armenian and Soviet engineer. He was an author of more than 20 inventions. The first experimental color television, shown in London in 1928, was based on Adamian's tricolor principle, and he is recognized as one of the founders of color television. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hovannes Adamian is the 201st most popular inventor (down from 161st in 2019), the 42nd most popular biography from Azerbaijan (down from 33rd in 2019) and the most popular Azerbaijani Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Hovannes Adamian ranks 201 out of 426. Before him are Viktor Schauberger, Ottaviano Petrucci, Garrett Morgan, J. Presper Eckert, Georges Claude, and Eunice Newton Foote. After him are Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Josip Belušić, Max Skladanowsky, Reginald Fessenden, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, and Royal Rife.

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Among people born in 1879, Hovannes Adamian ranks 88. Before him are Thomas Beecham, Hu Hanmin, Alla Nazimova, Marius Jacob, Rudolf Bauer, and Aleksandër Moisiu. After him are Mark Sykes, Guido Fubini, Sándor Garbai, Grand Duke Andrei Vladimirovich of Russia, Gorazd, and Jacob Gade. Among people deceased in 1932, Hovannes Adamian ranks 58. Before him are Ignaz Seipel, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Rudolf Bauer, Emil Orlík, Kenneth Grahame, and Paul Neumann. After him are Lytton Strachey, Reginald Fessenden, Farabundo Martí, Max Slevogt, Ivar Kreuger, and Nureddin Pasha.

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In Azerbaijan

Among people born in Azerbaijan, Hovannes Adamian ranks 42 out of 232. Before him are Mirza Shafi Vazeh (1794), Vagit Alekperov (1950), Mahsati (1089), Vladimir Menshov (1939), Ziba Ganiyeva (1923), and Hamazasp Babadzhanian (1906). After him are Novruz Mammadov (1947), Tadj ol-Molouk (1896), Zeynalabdin Taghiyev (1838), Anatoliy Banishevskiy (1946), Vagif Mustafazadeh (1940), and Vsevolod Merkulov (1895).

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Among inventors born in Azerbaijan, Hovannes Adamian ranks 1. 

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