1812 - 1887
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 134,020 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Krupp is the 117th most popular inventor, the 1,209th most popular biography from Germany and the 15th most popular German Inventor.
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Among inventors, Alfred Krupp ranks 117 out of 354. Before him are André Michelin, Samuel Crompton, Percy Spencer, Johann Philipp Reis, Theobald Boehm, and Elias Howe. After him are Clément Ader, Clive Sinclair, John Kay, Richard Jordan Gatling, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, and Zénobe Gramme.
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 111
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 112
1894 - 1970
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 113
1834 - 1874
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 114
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 115
1819 - 1867
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 116
1812 - 1887
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 117
1841 - 1925
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 118
1940 - 2021
HPI: 59.38
Rank: 119
1704 - 1779
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 120
1818 - 1903
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 121
1753 - 1809
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 122
1826 - 1901
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 123
Among people born in 1812, Alfred Krupp ranks 14. Before him are Louise of Orléans, Moses Hess, Mirza Fatali Akhundov, Ascanio Sobrero, Maria Cristina of Savoy, and Amélie of Leuchtenberg. After him are Sigismond Thalberg, James Broun-Ramsay, 1st Marquess of Dalhousie, Friedrich von Flotow, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Robert Browning, and Natalia Pushkina. Among people deceased in 1887, Alfred Krupp ranks 10. Before him are Jenny Lind, Eugène Edine Pottier, Aleksandr Ulyanov, Ivan Kramskoi, Multatuli, and Johann Jakob Bachofen. After him are Juan, Count of Montizón, Jules Laforgue, Doc Holliday, Friedrich von Amerling, Carolyne zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, and Anandi Gopal Joshi.
1812 - 1850
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 8
1812 - 1875
HPI: 61.81
Rank: 9
1812 - 1878
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 10
1812 - 1888
HPI: 60.06
Rank: 11
1812 - 1836
HPI: 59.95
Rank: 12
1812 - 1873
HPI: 59.91
Rank: 13
1812 - 1887
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 14
1812 - 1871
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 15
1812 - 1860
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 16
1812 - 1883
HPI: 58.51
Rank: 17
1812 - 1885
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 18
1812 - 1889
HPI: 58.12
Rank: 19
1812 - 1863
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 20
1820 - 1887
HPI: 64.75
Rank: 4
1816 - 1887
HPI: 64.69
Rank: 5
1866 - 1887
HPI: 64.39
Rank: 6
1837 - 1887
HPI: 63.65
Rank: 7
1820 - 1887
HPI: 63.01
Rank: 8
1815 - 1887
HPI: 61.89
Rank: 9
1812 - 1887
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 10
1822 - 1887
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 11
1860 - 1887
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 12
1851 - 1887
HPI: 56.77
Rank: 13
1803 - 1887
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 14
1819 - 1887
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 15
1865 - 1887
HPI: 56.26
Rank: 16
Among people born in Germany, Alfred Krupp ranks 1,209 out of 6,142. Before him are Princess Christine Louise of Oettingen-Oettingen (1671), John George II, Elector of Saxony (1613), Ludwig Prandtl (1875), George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg (1582), Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (1262), and Gustav Noske (1868). After him are Theodor Escherich (1857), Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884), Fritz Bauer (1903), Theodelinda (570), Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (1751), and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876).
1671 - 1747
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1,203
1613 - 1680
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1,204
1875 - 1953
HPI: 59.59
Rank: 1,205
1582 - 1641
HPI: 59.58
Rank: 1,206
1262 - 1312
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 1,207
1868 - 1946
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 1,208
1812 - 1887
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 1,209
1857 - 1911
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 1,210
1884 - 1976
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 1,211
1903 - 1968
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1,212
570 - 627
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 1,213
1751 - 1820
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 1,214
1876 - 1934
HPI: 59.52
Rank: 1,215
Among inventors born in Germany, Alfred Krupp ranks 15. Before him are Emile Berliner (1851), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Adam Opel (1837), Joseph Pilates (1883), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), and Theobald Boehm (1794). After him are Hugo Schmeisser (1884), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), Heinrich Göbel (1818), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), and Uziel Gal (1923).
1851 - 1929
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 9
1846 - 1929
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 10
1837 - 1895
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 11
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 12
1834 - 1874
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 13
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 14
1812 - 1887
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 15
1884 - 1953
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 16
1740 - 1821
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 17
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 18
1787 - 1867
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 19
1772 - 1838
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 20
1923 - 2002
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 21