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Shiva Ayyadurai

1963 - Today

Shiva Ayyadurai

V. A. Shiva Ayyadurai (born Vellayappa Ayyadurai Shiva on December 2, 1963) is an Indian-American engineer, entrepreneur, and anti-vaccine activist. He has become known for promoting conspiracy theories, pseudoscience, and unfounded medical claims. Ayyadurai holds four degrees from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), including a PhD in biological engineering, and is a Fulbright grant recipient. In a 2011 article published by Time, Ayyadurai claimed to have invented email as a teenager; in August 1982, he registered the copyright on an email application he had written, asserting in his copyright filing, "I, personally, feel EMAIL is as sophisticated as any electronic mail system on the market today." Historians strongly dispute this account because email was already in use in the early 1970s. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Shiva Ayyadurai is the 420th most popular inventor, the 1,231st most popular biography from India and the 3rd most popular Indian Inventor.

Shiva Ayyadurai is most famous for claiming to have invented email in 1978, a claim that has been widely disputed. He is also known for his work as an engineer and entrepreneur, as well as for promoting various conspiracy theories.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Shiva Ayyadurai ranks 420 out of 426. Before him are Walter Frederick Morrison, Sarah E. Goode, Frank Hornby, Richard Pearse, David Hahn, and Curt O. Schaller. After him are Boyan Slat, Jarkko Oikarinen, Jack Andraka, Tony Fadell, George Hotz, and Franky Zapata.

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Walter Frederick Morrison
1920 - 2010
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 414
Sarah E. Goode
1855 - 1905
HPI: 48.27
Rank: 415
Frank Hornby
1863 - 1936
HPI: 48.04
Rank: 416
Richard Pearse
1877 - 1953
HPI: 47.76
Rank: 417
David Hahn
1976 - 2016
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 418
Curt O. Schaller
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.69
Rank: 419
Shiva Ayyadurai
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 420
Boyan Slat
1994 - Present
HPI: 44.31
Rank: 421
Jarkko Oikarinen
1967 - Present
HPI: 43.73
Rank: 422
Jack Andraka
1997 - Present
HPI: 43.13
Rank: 423
Tony Fadell
1969 - Present
HPI: 42.75
Rank: 424
George Hotz
1989 - Present
HPI: 41.26
Rank: 425
Franky Zapata
1978 - Present
HPI: 40.03
Rank: 426

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1963, Shiva Ayyadurai ranks 955. Before him are Philippe Perrin, Michael Cuesta, Per Johansson, José Gabriel Funes, Lori Fung, and Vijay Singh. After him are Bernd Gröne, Harald Czudaj, William Ramallo, Aleksander Szczygło, Jesús Puras, and Mohammad Yousef Kargar.

Others Born in 1963

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Philippe Perrin
ASTRONAUT
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.40
Rank: 949
Michael Cuesta
FILM DIRECTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 950
Per Johansson
SWIMMER
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.39
Rank: 951
José Gabriel Funes
ASTRONOMER
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 952
Lori Fung
GYMNAST
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.38
Rank: 953
Vijay Singh
GOLFER
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 954
Shiva Ayyadurai
INVENTOR
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.37
Rank: 955
Bernd Gröne
CYCLIST
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.29
Rank: 956
Harald Czudaj
ATHLETE
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.26
Rank: 957
William Ramallo
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 958
Aleksander Szczygło
POLITICIAN
1963 - 2010
HPI: 45.25
Rank: 959
Jesús Puras
RACING DRIVER
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.21
Rank: 960
Mohammad Yousef Kargar
SOCCER PLAYER
1963 - Present
HPI: 45.19
Rank: 961