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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 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

Among inventors, Alfred Krupp ranks 117 out of 354Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Alfred Krupp ranks 14Before 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 10Before 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.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred Krupp ranks 1,209 out of 6,142Before 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).

Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Alfred Krupp ranks 15Before 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).