1850 - 1914
Adolf Martens (Adolf Karl Gottfried Martens), 6 March 1850 in Gammelin – 24 July 1914 in Groß-Lichterfelde, was a German metallurgist and the namesake of the steel structure martensite and the martensitic transformation, a type of diffusionless phase transition in the solid state. He also made significant contributions to the field of tribology. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolf Martens has received more than 30,420 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Adolf Martens is the 272nd most popular inventor (down from 246th in 2019), the 3,456th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,960th in 2019) and the 37th most popular German Inventor.
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Among inventors, Adolf Martens ranks 272 out of 354. Before him are Robert Metcalfe, David Bushnell, Yoshiro Nakamatsu, Peter Madsen, Joseph Aspdin, and Lester Allan Pelton. After him are Alexander P. de Seversky, L. L. Langstroth, Edward Lawry Norton, Štefan Banič, Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, and Paul von Jankó.
1946 - Present
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 266
1742 - 1824
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 267
1928 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 268
1971 - Present
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 269
1778 - 1855
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 270
1829 - 1908
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 271
1850 - 1914
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 272
1894 - 1974
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 273
1810 - 1895
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 274
1898 - 1983
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 275
1870 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 276
1789 - 1849
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 277
1856 - 1919
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 278
Among people born in 1850, Adolf Martens ranks 66. Before him are Alfred Edwards, Aleksander Gierymski, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Andrea Carlo Ferrari, José Ferraz de Almeida Júnior, and Frances Xavier Cabrini. After him are Woldemar Voigt, Augusto Righi, Gregory VII of Constantinople, Victor Laloux, Spencer Gore, and Anton Seidl. Among people deceased in 1914, Adolf Martens ranks 79. Before him are Paul Mauser, Félix Bracquemond, Edward Robert Hughes, Altaf Hussain Hali, Adlai Stevenson I, and Ayub Khan. After him are Jacob Riis, Hubertine Auclert, Antun Gustav Matoš, Domenico Ferrata, Frederick Lorz, and Benedict Menni.
1850 - 1923
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 60
1850 - 1901
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 61
1850 - 1927
HPI: 50.61
Rank: 62
1850 - 1921
HPI: 50.56
Rank: 63
1850 - 1899
HPI: 50.45
Rank: 64
1850 - 1917
HPI: 50.14
Rank: 65
1850 - 1914
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 66
1850 - 1919
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 67
1850 - 1920
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 68
1850 - 1924
HPI: 49.69
Rank: 69
1850 - 1937
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 70
1850 - 1906
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 71
1850 - 1898
HPI: 49.08
Rank: 72
1838 - 1914
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 73
1833 - 1914
HPI: 50.31
Rank: 74
1851 - 1914
HPI: 50.26
Rank: 75
1837 - 1914
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 76
1835 - 1914
HPI: 50.24
Rank: 77
1857 - 1914
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 78
1850 - 1914
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 79
1849 - 1914
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 80
1848 - 1914
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 81
1873 - 1914
HPI: 49.82
Rank: 82
1847 - 1914
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 83
1884 - 1914
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 84
1841 - 1914
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 85
Among people born in Germany, Adolf Martens ranks 3,456 out of 6,142. Before him are Mehmet Scholl (1970), John Casimir, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau (1596), Ulf Kirsten (1965), Sophia Hedwig of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1592), Hannes Löhr (1942), and Philip, Landgrave of Hesse-Philippsthal (1655). After him are Robert Hübner (1948), Rolf Hoppe (1930), Frank Schwalba-Hoth (1952), Christian Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1683), Heymann Steinthal (1823), and Carl Blechen (1798).
1970 - Present
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 3,450
1596 - 1660
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 3,451
1965 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 3,452
1592 - 1642
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 3,453
1942 - 2016
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 3,454
1655 - 1721
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 3,455
1850 - 1914
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 3,456
1948 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 3,457
1930 - 2018
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 3,458
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 3,459
1683 - 1745
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,460
1823 - 1899
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,461
1798 - 1840
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 3,462
Among inventors born in Germany, Adolf Martens ranks 37. Before him are Ricardo Wolf (1887), Artur Fischer (1919), Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Eugen Langen (1833), Fritz von Opel (1899), and Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854). After him are Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Walter Bruch (1908), Albrecht Berblinger (1770), Karl Jatho (1873), and Andy Bechtolsheim (1955).
1887 - 1981
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 31
1919 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 32
1823 - 1883
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 33
1833 - 1895
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 34
1899 - 1971
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 35
1854 - 1899
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 36
1850 - 1914
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 37
1789 - 1849
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 38
1908 - 1990
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 39
1770 - 1829
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 40
1873 - 1933
HPI: 44.50
Rank: 41
1955 - Present
HPI: 42.79
Rank: 42