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Andy Bechtolsheim

1955 - Today

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Andreas Maria Maximilian Freiherr von Mauchenheim genannt Bechtolsheim (born 30 September 1955) is a German electrical engineer, entrepreneur and investor. He co-founded Sun Microsystems in 1982 and was its chief hardware designer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Andy Bechtolsheim has received more than 856,612 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Andy Bechtolsheim is the 364th most popular inventor (down from 358th in 2019), the 5,005th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,632nd in 2019) and the 44th most popular German Inventor.

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  • 53.22

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.64

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Andy Bechtolsheim ranks 364 out of 426. Before him are František Křižík, George Stibitz, John Milne, Elizabeth Holmes, Isaac Pitman, and Johan Vaaler. After him are Amar Bose, William Friese-Greene, Lewis Howard Latimer, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, Henry J. Kaiser, and Per Georg Scheutz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Andy Bechtolsheim ranks 374. Before him are Toshimitsu Motegi, Bill Nye, Jake Roberts, Zlatko Lagumdžija, Vijay Mallya, and Sam Simon. After him are Helge Schneider, Julie Hagerty, Fang Fang, Yōjirō Takita, Apisai Ielemia, and King Kong Bundy.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Andy Bechtolsheim ranks 5,005 out of 7,253. Before him are Hans Schlegel (1951), Friedel Rausch (1940), Bernd Franke (1948), Brigitte Reimann (1933), Lothar Späth (1937), and Hermann Volk (1903). After him are Michaela Schaffrath (1970), Ellen Streidt (1952), Franz Dienert (1900), Christiane Nord (1943), Sarah Connor (1980), and Frank Forberger (1943).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Andy Bechtolsheim ranks 44. Before him are Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Wilhelm Bauer (1822), Walter Bruch (1908), Heinrich Gerber (1832), Didi Senft (1952), and Albrecht Berblinger (1770). After him are Karl Jatho (1873).

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