INVENTOR
Ivan Kulibin
1735 - 1818

Ivan Kulibin
Ivan Petrovich Kulibin (April 21, 1735 – August 11, 1818) was a Russian mechanic and inventor. He was born in Nizhny Novgorod in the family of a trader. From childhood, Kulibin displayed an interest in constructing mechanical tools. Soon, clock mechanisms became a special interest of his. Read more on Wikipedia
His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Kulibin is the 305th most popular inventor (down from 290th in 2019), the 1,541st most popular biography from Russia (down from 1,486th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Russian Inventor.
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Among INVENTORS
Among inventors, Ivan Kulibin ranks 305 out of 426. Before him are L. L. Langstroth, Leonardo Torres y Quevedo, Bill Atkinson, Oleg Losev, George Graham, and Bernard Lown. After him are Marion Donovan, Walter Clopton Wingfield, Štefan Banič, Wilhelm Bauer, Paul von Jankó, and Wilson Greatbatch.
Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia
Go to all RankingsL. L. Langstroth
1810 - 1895
HPI: 57.54
Rank: 299
Leonardo Torres y Quevedo
1852 - 1936
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 300
Bill Atkinson
1951 - 2025
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 301
Oleg Losev
1903 - 1942
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 302
George Graham
1673 - 1751
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 303
Bernard Lown
1921 - 2021
HPI: 57.36
Rank: 304
Ivan Kulibin
1735 - 1818
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 305
Marion Donovan
1917 - 1998
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 306
Walter Clopton Wingfield
1833 - 1912
HPI: 57.28
Rank: 307
Štefan Banič
1870 - 1941
HPI: 57.26
Rank: 308
Wilhelm Bauer
1822 - 1875
HPI: 57.19
Rank: 309
Paul von Jankó
1856 - 1919
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 310
Wilson Greatbatch
1919 - 2011
HPI: 57.07
Rank: 311
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1735, Ivan Kulibin ranks 26. Before him are Ignacy Krasicki, Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, Paul Kray, Claudine Picardet, József Alvinczi, and Joseph Ducreux. After him are Domenico Vandelli, Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Ulrika Pasch, Tobias Furneaux, John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent, and Jesse Ramsden. Among people deceased in 1818, Ivan Kulibin ranks 37. Before him are Inō Tadataka, Martha Christina Tiahahu, Giuseppe Gazzaniga, Joachim Heinrich Campe, Nikolay Novikov, and Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen. After him are Henry Lee III, Josef Abel, Johann David Wyss, Carl Frederik von Breda, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, and Arthur St. Clair.
Others Born in 1735
Go to all RankingsIgnacy Krasicki
WRITER
1735 - 1801
HPI: 61.23
Rank: 20
Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg
POLITICIAN
1735 - 1788
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 21
Paul Kray
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1735 - 1804
HPI: 60.95
Rank: 22
Claudine Picardet
CHEMIST
1735 - 1820
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 23
József Alvinczi
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1735 - 1810
HPI: 59.05
Rank: 24
Joseph Ducreux
PAINTER
1735 - 1802
HPI: 58.16
Rank: 25
Ivan Kulibin
INVENTOR
1735 - 1818
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 26
Domenico Vandelli
BIOLOGIST
1735 - 1816
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 27
Princess Frederica Caroline of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
NOBLEMAN
1735 - 1791
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 28
Ulrika Pasch
PAINTER
1735 - 1796
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 29
Tobias Furneaux
EXPLORER
1735 - 1781
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 30
John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1735 - 1823
HPI: 53.64
Rank: 31
Jesse Ramsden
ENGINEER
1735 - 1800
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 32
Others Deceased in 1818
Go to all RankingsInō Tadataka
GEOGRAPHER
1745 - 1818
HPI: 60.19
Rank: 31
Martha Christina Tiahahu
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1800 - 1818
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 32
Giuseppe Gazzaniga
COMPOSER
1743 - 1818
HPI: 59.15
Rank: 33
Joachim Heinrich Campe
WRITER
1746 - 1818
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 34
Nikolay Novikov
WRITER
1744 - 1818
HPI: 58.25
Rank: 35
Louis Augustus Karl Frederick Emil, Duke of Anhalt-Köthen
POLITICIAN
1802 - 1818
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 36
Ivan Kulibin
INVENTOR
1735 - 1818
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 37
Henry Lee III
POLITICIAN
1756 - 1818
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 38
Josef Abel
PAINTER
1764 - 1818
HPI: 57.11
Rank: 39
Johann David Wyss
WRITER
1743 - 1818
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 40
Carl Frederik von Breda
PAINTER
1759 - 1818
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 41
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1745 - 1818
HPI: 55.94
Rank: 42
Arthur St. Clair
POLITICIAN
1737 - 1818
HPI: 54.09
Rank: 43
In Russia
Among people born in Russia, Ivan Kulibin ranks 1,541 out of 3,761. Before him are Mikhail Shchepkin (1788), Konstantin Aksakov (1817), Hadiya Davletshina (1905), Boris Morukov (1950), Mikhail Simonov (1929), and Galimzyan Khusainov (1937). After him are Johann Friedrich Adam (1780), Vera Glagoleva (1956), Wilhelm Küchelbecker (1797), Aleksandr Baryatinsky (1815), Vladimir Tributs (1900), and Arkady Vorobyov (1924).
Others born in Russia
Go to all RankingsMikhail Shchepkin
ACTOR
1788 - Present
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 1,535
Konstantin Aksakov
WRITER
1817 - 1860
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 1,536
Hadiya Davletshina
WRITER
1905 - 1954
HPI: 57.34
Rank: 1,537
Boris Morukov
ASTRONAUT
1950 - 2015
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,538
Mikhail Simonov
ENGINEER
1929 - 2011
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,539
Galimzyan Khusainov
SOCCER PLAYER
1937 - 2010
HPI: 57.33
Rank: 1,540
Ivan Kulibin
INVENTOR
1735 - 1818
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,541
Johann Friedrich Adam
BIOLOGIST
1780 - 1832
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,542
Vera Glagoleva
ACTOR
1956 - 2017
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,543
Wilhelm Küchelbecker
WRITER
1797 - 1846
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 1,544
Aleksandr Baryatinsky
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1815 - 1879
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,545
Vladimir Tributs
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1900 - 1977
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,546
Arkady Vorobyov
PHYSICIAN
1924 - 2012
HPI: 57.30
Rank: 1,547
Among INVENTORS In Russia
Among inventors born in Russia, Ivan Kulibin ranks 11. Before him are Nikolai Kardashev (1932), Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky (1862), Lucien Olivier (1838), Pavel Yablochkov (1847), Alexandre Alexeieff (1901), and Oleg Losev (1903). After him are Rostislav Alexeyev (1916), and Ivan Polzunov (1728).
Nikolai Kardashev
1932 - 2019
HPI: 66.29
Rank: 5
Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky
1862 - 1919
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 6
Lucien Olivier
1838 - 1883
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 7
Pavel Yablochkov
1847 - 1894
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 8
Alexandre Alexeieff
1901 - 1982
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 9
Oleg Losev
1903 - 1942
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 10
Ivan Kulibin
1735 - 1818
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 11
Rostislav Alexeyev
1916 - 1980
HPI: 56.83
Rank: 12
Ivan Polzunov
1728 - 1766
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 13