Inventors from Germany

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Germans Inventors of all time. This list of famous Germans Inventors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Germans Inventors.

1. #1

   

   Johannes Gutenberg

   1394 - 1468

   HPI 90.58160 langs

   Johannes Gutenberg is most famous for inventing the printing press in the 1400s.

2. #2

   

   Karl Benz

   1844 - 1929

   HPI 88.12110 langs

   Karl Benz is most famous for inventing the first car that was powered by an internal combustion engine.

3. #3

   

   Nikolaus Otto

   1832 - 1891

   HPI 79.9362 langs

   Nikolaus Otto is most famous for his invention of the four-stroke internal combustion engine.

4. #4

   

   Karl Ferdinand Braun

   1850 - 1918

   HPI 77.5793 langs

   Karl Ferdinand Braun was a German physicist and inventor who is most famous for being the first person to invent the cathode-ray tube.

5. #5

   

   Hans Lippershey

   1570 - 1619

   HPI 76.7742 langs

   Hans Lippershey is most famous for inventing the telescope.

6. #6

   

   Werner von Siemens

   1816 - 1892

   HPI 75.8460 langs

   Werner von Siemens is most famous for inventing the dynamo, which is an electric generator that produces electricity.

7. #7

   

   Wilhelm Maybach

   1846 - 1929

   HPI 73.5940 langs

   Wilhelm Maybach is most famous for designing the first internal combustion engine to be used in a car.

8. #8

   

   Karl Drais

   1785 - 1851

   HPI 73.0246 langs

   Karl Drais is most famous for inventing the first bicycle.

9. #9

   

   Konrad Zuse

   1910 - 1995

   HPI 72.6260 langs

   Konrad Zuse is most famous for inventing the first working computer, the Z3.

10. #10

    

    Adam Opel

    1837 - 1895

    HPI 71.8038 langs

    Adam Opel AG is a German automobile manufacturer headquartered in Rüsselsheim, Hesse, Germany. It was founded in 1862 by Adam Opel.