INVENTOR

Laurens Hammond

1895 - 1973

Photo of Laurens Hammond

Icon of person Laurens Hammond

Laurens Hammond (January 11, 1895 – July 1, 1973) was an American engineer and inventor. His inventions include the Hammond organ, the Hammond clock, and the world's first polyphonic musical synthesizer, the Novachord. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Laurens Hammond is the 229th most popular inventor (up from 249th in 2019), the 4,066th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,966th in 2019) and the 60th most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Laurens Hammond by language

Loading...

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Laurens Hammond ranks 229 out of 426. Before him are Oskar Barnack, Melvil Dewey, Elihu Thomson, Hubert Cecil Booth, Lillian Moller Gilbreth, and Lars Magnus Ericsson. After him are Thonmi Sambhota, Rodolphe Lindt, George Washington, Pavel Yablochkov, Fritz von Opel, and John Wesley Hyatt.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Laurens Hammond ranks 136. Before him are Vsevolod Merkulov, Xu Beihong, William Petersson, Walter Gieseking, Fulton J. Sheen, and Gustav Klutsis. After him are Walter Jackson Freeman II, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Susanne Langer, Feng Youlan, László Almásy, and Nahum Goldmann. Among people deceased in 1973, Laurens Hammond ranks 121. Before him are Abd al-Rahman al-Bazzaz, Gabriel Voisin, Salchak Toka, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Gene Krupa, and Vilhelm Moberg. After him are Marthe Bibesco, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Jeannette Rankin, Archduchess Isabella of Austria, Grigori Kozintsev, and Helen Parkhurst.

Others Born in 1895

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1973

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Laurens Hammond ranks 4,066 out of 20,380. Before him are Desmond Child (1953), Maclyn McCarty (1911), Mabel Normand (1892), John McCook (1944), Tim Buckley (1947), and Martin Brest (1951). After him are Johnny Horton (1925), Charles Foster (1828), Kate Hudson (1979), Lynne Cheney (1941), John Krasinski (1979), and Richard Cheese (1965).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Laurens Hammond ranks 60. Before him are Garrett Morgan (1877), J. Presper Eckert (1919), Eunice Newton Foote (1819), Royal Rife (1888), Melvil Dewey (1851), and Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878). After him are John Wesley Hyatt (1837), Philo Farnsworth (1906), Charles Martin Hall (1863), Marcian Hoff (1937), George Pullman (1831), and Glenn Curtiss (1878).

American born Inventors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous