INVENTOR

Ken Olsen

1926 - 2011

Ken Olsen

Kenneth Harry Olsen (February 20, 1926 – February 6, 2011) was an American engineer who co-founded Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) in 1957 with colleague Harlan Anderson and his brother Stan Olsen. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ken Olsen is the 365th most popular inventor (down from 309th in 2019), the 8,616th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,028th in 2019) and the 95th most popular American Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Ken Olsen ranks 365 out of 426. Before him are Joseph Bramah, František Křižík, Phil Ramone, Orville Gibson, Andy Bechtolsheim, and Norman Joseph Woodland. After him are Giovanni Caselli, Frank J. Sprague, Amar Bose, Andrew Viterbi, Karl Jatho, and Edward Craven Walker.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Joseph Bramah
1748 - 1814
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 359
František Křižík
1847 - 1941
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 360
Phil Ramone
1934 - 2013
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 361
Orville Gibson
1856 - 1918
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 362
Andy Bechtolsheim
1955 - Present
HPI: 54.56
Rank: 363
Norman Joseph Woodland
1921 - 2012
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 364
Ken Olsen
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 365
Giovanni Caselli
1815 - 1891
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 366
Frank J. Sprague
1857 - 1934
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 367
Amar Bose
1929 - 2013
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 368
Andrew Viterbi
1935 - Present
HPI: 54.10
Rank: 369
Karl Jatho
1873 - 1933
HPI: 54.02
Rank: 370
Edward Craven Walker
1918 - 2000
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 371

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ken Olsen ranks 406. Before him are Tapio Mäkelä, Géza Kádas, Rafael Azcona, Alison Lurie, Robert Bly, and Georgi Yumatov. After him are Bob Benny, Robert Jay Lifton, James Best, Charlotte Rae, Bernard Nathanson, and Roberto Goyeneche. Among people deceased in 2011, Ken Olsen ranks 357. Before him are Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, Henry Cooper, Jan van Beveren, Ingrid Sandahl, Hubert Sumlin, and Sergo Kotrikadze. After him are Joe Arroyo, Bernard Collomb, Bob Benny, Bernard Nathanson, Thorbjørn Svenssen, and Aleksei Mamykin.

Others Born in 1926

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Tapio Mäkelä
SKIER
1926 - 2016
HPI: 54.63
Rank: 400
Géza Kádas
SWIMMER
1926 - 1979
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 401
Rafael Azcona
FILM DIRECTOR
1926 - 2008
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 402
Alison Lurie
WRITER
1926 - 2020
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 403
Robert Bly
WRITER
1926 - 2021
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 404
Georgi Yumatov
ACTOR
1926 - 1997
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 405
Ken Olsen
INVENTOR
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 406
Bob Benny
SINGER
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 407
Robert Jay Lifton
HISTORIAN
1926 - Present
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 408
James Best
ACTOR
1926 - 2015
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 409
Charlotte Rae
ACTOR
1926 - 2018
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 410
Bernard Nathanson
PHYSICIAN
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 411
Roberto Goyeneche
SINGER
1926 - 1994
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 412

Others Deceased in 2011

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Krishna Prasad Bhattarai
POLITICIAN
1924 - 2011
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 351
Henry Cooper
BOXER
1934 - 2011
HPI: 54.61
Rank: 352
Jan van Beveren
SOCCER PLAYER
1948 - 2011
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 353
Ingrid Sandahl
GYMNAST
1924 - 2011
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 354
Hubert Sumlin
MUSICIAN
1931 - 2011
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 355
Sergo Kotrikadze
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2011
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 356
Ken Olsen
INVENTOR
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 357
Joe Arroyo
SINGER
1955 - 2011
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 358
Bernard Collomb
POLITICIAN
1930 - 2011
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 359
Bob Benny
SINGER
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 360
Bernard Nathanson
PHYSICIAN
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 361
Thorbjørn Svenssen
SOCCER PLAYER
1924 - 2011
HPI: 54.36
Rank: 362
Aleksei Mamykin
SOCCER PLAYER
1936 - 2011
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 363

In United States

Among people born in United States, Ken Olsen ranks 8,618 out of 20,380. Before him are Tom Kenny (1962), Martin Dempsey (1952), Jack Swagger (1982), Judith O'Dea (1945), Otto Kruger (1885), and William Thompson (1908). After him are Richard Jefferson (1980), Holly Black (1971), James Drury (1934), Peter Hardeman Burnett (1807), Leonard Warren (1911), and Tiffani Thiessen (1974).

Others born in United States

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Tom Kenny
ACTOR
1962 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,612
Martin Dempsey
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1952 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,613
Jack Swagger
WRESTLER
1982 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,614
Judith O'Dea
ACTOR
1945 - Present
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,615
Otto Kruger
ACTOR
1885 - 1974
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,616
William Thompson
ATHLETE
1908 - 1956
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 8,617
Ken Olsen
INVENTOR
1926 - 2011
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 8,618
Richard Jefferson
BASKETBALL PLAYER
1980 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 8,619
Holly Black
WRITER
1971 - Present
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 8,620
James Drury
ACTOR
1934 - 2020
HPI: 54.44
Rank: 8,621
Peter Hardeman Burnett
POLITICIAN
1807 - 1895
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 8,622
Leonard Warren
SINGER
1911 - 1960
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 8,623
Tiffani Thiessen
ACTOR
1974 - Present
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 8,624