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Arthur Scherbius

1878 - 1929

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Arthur Scherbius (30 October 1878 – 13 May 1929) was a German electrical engineer who invented the mechanical cipher Enigma machine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Scherbius has received more than 313,440 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Arthur Scherbius is the 54th most popular engineer (down from 49th in 2019), the 1,140th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,000th in 2019) and the 11th most popular German Engineer.

Arthur Scherbius is most famous for inventing the Enigma Machine, which was used by the Nazis to encrypt messages.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Arthur Scherbius ranks 54 out of 323. Before him are William John Macquorn Rankine, Charles George Gordon, Bjarne Stroustrup, Gustaf de Laval, Kurt Gerstein, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. After him are Walter Dornberger, Colin Chapman, Kurt Tank, Marcello Gandini, Valentin Glushko, and Lu Ban.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Arthur Scherbius ranks 29. Before him are Louis Chevrolet, Yakov Yurovsky, Eileen Gray, Alexander von Falkenhausen, Elizabeth Arden, and Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria. After him are P. D. Ouspensky, Léon Werth, Marcel Grossmann, Jan Łukasiewicz, George Whipple, and Charles-Ferdinand Ramuz. Among people deceased in 1929, Arthur Scherbius ranks 25. Before him are Maria Christina of Austria, Antoine Bourdelle, Mercédès Jellinek, Charles Cooley, Wyatt Earp, and Prince Henry of Prussia. After him are Richard Réti, Franz Rosenzweig, Johann II, Prince of Liechtenstein, Jan Baudouin de Courtenay, Gyula Andrássy the Younger, and Thomas Burke.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arthur Scherbius ranks 1,140 out of 6,142. Before him are Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1694), Leopold, Grand Duke of Baden (1790), Princess Cecilie of Baden (1839), Frederick II Eugene, Duke of Württemberg (1732), Catherine of Saxe-Lauenburg (1513), and Robert Siodmak (1900). After him are Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp (1641), Feodor Lynen (1911), William, Duke of Nassau (1792), John Casimir, Count Palatine of Kleeburg (1589), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), and Gisela of Swabia (990).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Arthur Scherbius ranks 11. Before him are Albert Göring (1895), August Horch (1868), Hugo Junkers (1859), Felix Wankel (1902), Ernst Heinkel (1888), and Kurt Gerstein (1905). After him are Walter Dornberger (1895), Claude Dornier (1884), Erich Topp (1914), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), John A. Roebling (1806), and Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935).

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