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Alfred Krupp

1812 - 1887

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Alfred Krupp (born Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp; Essen, 26 April 1812 – Essen, 14 July 1887) was a German steel manufacturer and inventor; the largest arms supplier of his era, which earned him the nickname "The Cannon King". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alfred Krupp has received more than 145,607 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Alfred Krupp is the 113th most popular inventor (up from 117th in 2019), the 1,170th most popular biography from Germany (up from 1,209th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Inventor.

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  • 60.60

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.05

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Alfred Krupp ranks 113 out of 426. Before him are Johann Philipp Reis, Clément Ader, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Gaston Glock, Lee de Forest, and Léon Theremin. After him are Zacharias Janssen, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Josiah Warren, André Michelin, Hiram Maxim, and Theobald Boehm.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Alfred Krupp ranks 15. Before him are Moses Hess, Sigismond Thalberg, Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Ascanio Sobrero, and Maria Cristina of Savoy. After him are Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Pertevniyal Sultan, Robert Browning, Natalia Pushkina, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, and Friedrich von Flotow. Among people deceased in 1887, Alfred Krupp ranks 11. Before him are Jenny Lind, Eugène Edine Pottier, Ivan Kramskoi, Multatuli, Johann Jakob Bachofen, and Friedrich von Amerling. After him are Juan, Count of Montizón, Jules Laforgue, Doc Holliday, Anandi Gopal Joshi, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, and Paul Féval, père.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred Krupp ranks 1,170 out of 7,253. Before him are Frederick I, Grand Duke of Baden (1826), Hans Magnus Enzensberger (1929), Gottfried Benn (1886), Anne Catherine of Brandenburg (1575), Rudolf von Sebottendorf (1875), and Wilhelm von Gloeden (1856). After him are Johann Elert Bode (1747), Mesut Özil (1988), Franz Josef Strauss (1915), Horst Tappert (1923), Friedrich Kuhlau (1786), and Wilhelm Tempel (1821).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Alfred Krupp ranks 14. Before him are Hans Lippershey (1570), Karl Drais (1785), Emile Berliner (1851), Adam Opel (1837), Joseph Pilates (1883), and Johann Philipp Reis (1834). After him are Theobald Boehm (1794), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), Hugo Schmeisser (1884), Uziel Gal (1923), Peter Henlein (1479), and Heinrich Göbel (1818).

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