1839 - 1900
Emil Ritter von Škoda (Czech: Emil rytíř Škoda; 18 November 1839 – 8 August 1900) was a Bohemian engineer and industrialist, founder of Škoda Works, the predecessor of today's Škoda Auto and Škoda Transportation. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emil Škoda has received more than 118,545 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Emil Škoda is the 45th most popular engineer (up from 47th in 2019), the 119th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 113th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Engineer.
Emil Škoda was a Czech engineer and the founder of the Škoda Works, a large industrial company that was one of the largest arms manufacturers in the world during World War I. He is most famous for his work in engineering and manufacturing.
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Among engineers, Emil Škoda ranks 45 out of 323. Before him are John Ambrose Fleming, Alexander Wienerberger, Ildefons Cerdà, Edward A. Murphy Jr., Sergey Ilyushin, and Ernst Heinkel. After him are Banū Mūsā, Henry Gantt, William John Macquorn Rankine, Charles George Gordon, Bjarne Stroustrup, and Gustaf de Laval.
1849 - 1945
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 39
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 40
1815 - 1876
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 41
1918 - 1990
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 42
1894 - 1977
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 43
1888 - 1958
HPI: 60.92
Rank: 44
1839 - 1900
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 45
900 - 873
HPI: 60.50
Rank: 46
1861 - 1919
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 47
1820 - 1872
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 48
1833 - 1885
HPI: 60.38
Rank: 49
1950 - Present
HPI: 60.27
Rank: 50
1845 - 1913
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 51
Among people born in 1839, Emil Škoda ranks 14. Before him are George Armstrong Custer, Josiah Willard Gibbs, Karl Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, Josephine Cochrane, Nikolay Przhevalsky, and Machado de Assis. After him are Princess Cecilie of Baden, Nikolay Bobrikov, Yoshitoshi, Théodule-Armand Ribot, Josef Rheinberger, and Konstantin Makovsky. Among people deceased in 1900, Emil Škoda ranks 19. Before him are John Sherman, Nicolas Chauvin, Isaac Levitan, Stephen Crane, Francis, Duke of Teck, and Mary Kingsley. After him are Osman Nuri Pasha, Armand David, Princess Josephine of Baden, José Maria de Eça de Queirós, François d'Orléans, Prince of Joinville, and Frederic Edwin Church.
1839 - 1876
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 8
1839 - 1903
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 9
1839 - 1909
HPI: 64.89
Rank: 10
1839 - 1913
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 11
1839 - 1888
HPI: 63.29
Rank: 12
1839 - 1908
HPI: 61.61
Rank: 13
1839 - 1900
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 14
1839 - 1891
HPI: 60.04
Rank: 15
1839 - 1904
HPI: 59.45
Rank: 16
1839 - 1892
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 17
1839 - 1916
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 18
1839 - 1901
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 19
1839 - 1915
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 20
1823 - 1900
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 13
1790 - 1900
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 14
1860 - 1900
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 15
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 16
1837 - 1900
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 17
1862 - 1900
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 18
1839 - 1900
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 19
1832 - 1900
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 20
1826 - 1900
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 21
1813 - 1900
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 22
1845 - 1900
HPI: 59.23
Rank: 23
1818 - 1900
HPI: 59.19
Rank: 24
1826 - 1900
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 25
Among people born in Czechia, Emil Škoda ranks 119 out of 973. Before him are Ivana Trump (1949), G. W. Pabst (1885), Joanna of Austria, Grand Duchess of Tuscany (1547), Elizabeth of Bohemia (1292), Ivan Lendl (1960), and Princess Sophie of Hohenberg (1901). After him are Adalbert Stifter (1805), Rudolf Weigl (1883), Agnes of Bohemia (1211), Oldřich Nejedlý (1909), Otto Wichterle (1913), and Jan Kubiš (1913).
1949 - 2022
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 113
1885 - 1967
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 114
1547 - 1578
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 115
1292 - 1330
HPI: 61.03
Rank: 116
1960 - Present
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 117
1901 - 1990
HPI: 60.73
Rank: 118
1839 - 1900
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 119
1805 - 1868
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 120
1883 - 1957
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 121
1211 - 1282
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 122
1909 - 1990
HPI: 60.39
Rank: 123
1913 - 1998
HPI: 60.36
Rank: 124
1913 - 1942
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 125
Among engineers born in Czechia, Emil Škoda ranks 1. After him are Karl von Terzaghi (1883), Alfred Neubauer (1891), Eugen Sänger (1905), and Franciszek Rychnowski (1850).
1839 - 1900
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 1
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 2
1891 - 1980
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 3
1905 - 1964
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 4
1850 - 1929
HPI: 44.33
Rank: 5