INVENTOR

Orville Gibson

1856 - 1918

Photo of Orville Gibson

Icon of person Orville Gibson

Orville H. Gibson (May 8, 1856 – August 19, 1918) was an American luthier who founded the Gibson Guitar Company in Kalamazoo, Michigan in 1902, makers of guitars, mandolins and other instruments. His earliest known instrument was a 10-string mandolin-guitar, which bears the date 1894. Gibson's mandolins were "unlike any previous flatback instrument," according to music historian Paul Sparks. His company's manufacturing standards were very high, and his instruments heavily marketed. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orville Gibson is the 362nd most popular inventor (down from 330th in 2019), the 8,499th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,756th in 2019) and the 93rd most popular American Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Orville Gibson by language

Loading...

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Orville Gibson ranks 362 out of 426. Before him are Per Georg Scheutz, Jay Miner, Margaret E. Knight, Joseph Bramah, František Křižík, and Phil Ramone. After him are Andy Bechtolsheim, Norman Joseph Woodland, Ken Olsen, Giovanni Caselli, Frank J. Sprague, and Amar Bose.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Orville Gibson ranks 117. Before him are Wilhelm Geiger, Leon Benois, Yuly Shokalsky, Edward Bagnall Poulton, Kenyon Cox, and Vernon Lee. After him are Karolina Widerström, Jinzō Matsumura, Belisario Porras Barahona, Wovoka, Walther von Dyck, and Edward Goodrich Acheson. Among people deceased in 1918, Orville Gibson ranks 167. Before him are Antonios Pepanos, Abbas Sahhat, John Antoine Nau, Grove Karl Gilbert, V. Volodarsky, and Vasily Andreyev. After him are Edward Abramowski, Johan Henrik Deuntzer, Arthur O'Hara Wood, Arno Bieberstein, Ernie Parker, and Reggie Pridmore.

Others Born in 1856

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1918

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In United States

Among people born in United States, Orville Gibson ranks 8,501 out of 20,380. Before him are Dana Plato (1964), Jane Wyatt (1910), Joanne Chory (1955), Marlena Shaw (1939), Joseph Bologna (1934), and Betty Davis (1945). After him are Robert S. Kimbrough (1967), A. P. Hill (1825), Grace Lee Whitney (1930), Nicholas Gonzalez (1976), John Greenleaf Whittier (1807), and Anne Osborn Krueger (1934).

Others born in United States

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among INVENTORS In United States

Among inventors born in United States, Orville Gibson ranks 93. Before him are Edward Lawry Norton (1898), Henry M. Leland (1843), John Fitch (1743), Dan Bricklin (1951), Jay Miner (1932), and Margaret E. Knight (1838). After him are Norman Joseph Woodland (1921), Ken Olsen (1926), Frank J. Sprague (1857), Amar Bose (1929), Tabitha Babbitt (1779), and Patricia Bath (1942).

American born Inventors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous