1833 - 1895
Carl Eugen Langen (9 October 1833 in Cologne – 2 October 1895 in Elsdorf) was a German entrepreneur, engineer and inventor, involved in the development of the petrol engine and the Wuppertal Suspension Railway. In 1857 he worked in his father's sugar factory, JJ Langen & Söhne, and after extensive technical training at the Polytechnic institute in Karlsruhe, patented a method for producing sugar cubes. In 1870 he co-founded Pfeifer & Langen, still in operation today. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Eugen Langen has received more than 62,477 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Eugen Langen is the 236th most popular inventor (down from 226th in 2019), the 2,804th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,686th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Inventor.
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Among inventors, Eugen Langen ranks 236 out of 354. Before him are Elihu Thomson, Lucien Olivier, Artur Fischer, Genrich Altshuller, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, and Alphonse Beau de Rochas. After him are Fritz von Opel, Léon Gaumont, David Schwarz, James Dyson, Joseph Whitworth, and Alexander Parkes.
1853 - 1937
HPI: 52.77
Rank: 230
1838 - 1883
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 231
1919 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 232
1926 - 1998
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 233
1823 - 1883
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 234
1815 - 1893
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 235
1833 - 1895
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 236
1899 - 1971
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 237
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 238
1850 - 1897
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 239
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 240
1803 - 1887
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 241
1813 - 1890
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 242
Among people born in 1833, Eugen Langen ranks 31. Before him are Pedro Antonio de Alarcón, Eliza Lynch, Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Marko Vovchok, Alfred Clebsch, and Carlos Finlay. After him are Theodor Meynert, Zacharie Astruc, Friedrich Daniel von Recklinghausen, Kâmil Pasha, Peter Waage, and Robert G. Ingersoll. Among people deceased in 1895, Eugen Langen ranks 44. Before him are Mykhailo Drahomanov, Grand Duke Alexei Mikhailovich of Russia, Karl Vogt, Benjamin Godard, Albert F. Mummery, and Lahiri Mahasaya. After him are Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, John Wesley Hardin, Camilla Collett, Sophie Adlersparre, Ahmed Cevdet Pasha, and Felix Hoppe-Seyler.
1833 - 1891
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 25
1833 - 1886
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 26
1833 - 1904
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 27
1833 - 1907
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 28
1833 - 1872
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 29
1833 - 1915
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 30
1833 - 1895
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 31
1833 - 1892
HPI: 52.48
Rank: 32
1833 - 1907
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 33
1833 - 1910
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 34
1833 - 1913
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 35
1833 - 1900
HPI: 51.85
Rank: 36
1833 - 1899
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 37
1841 - 1895
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 38
1875 - 1895
HPI: 53.13
Rank: 39
1817 - 1895
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 40
1849 - 1895
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 41
1855 - 1895
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 42
1828 - 1895
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 43
1833 - 1895
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 44
1857 - 1895
HPI: 52.38
Rank: 45
1853 - 1895
HPI: 52.30
Rank: 46
1813 - 1895
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 47
1823 - 1895
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 48
1822 - 1895
HPI: 51.77
Rank: 49
1825 - 1895
HPI: 51.56
Rank: 50
Among people born in Germany, Eugen Langen ranks 2,804 out of 6,142. Before him are Ludwig Adolf Wilhelm von Lützow (1782), Christoph Bernhard von Galen (1606), Alfred Andersch (1914), Malwida von Meysenbug (1816), Albert O. Hirschman (1915), and Duke Eugen of Württemberg (1758). After him are August Schmidhuber (1901), Paul Schmidt (1899), Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (1739), John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Küstrin (1513), Charlotte von Stein (1742), and Adolf Bertram (1859).
1782 - 1834
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,798
1606 - 1678
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,799
1914 - 1980
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 2,800
1816 - 1903
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 2,801
1915 - 2012
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 2,802
1758 - 1822
HPI: 52.53
Rank: 2,803
1833 - 1895
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 2,804
1901 - 1947
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 2,805
1899 - 1970
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 2,806
1739 - 1791
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 2,807
1513 - 1571
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 2,808
1742 - 1827
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 2,809
1859 - 1945
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 2,810
Among inventors born in Germany, Eugen Langen ranks 34. Before him are Helmut Gröttrup (1916), Max Skladanowsky (1863), Henrich Focke (1890), Ricardo Wolf (1887), Artur Fischer (1919), and Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823). After him are Fritz von Opel (1899), Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854), Adolf Martens (1850), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Walter Bruch (1908), and Albrecht Berblinger (1770).
1916 - 1981
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 28
1863 - 1939
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 29
1890 - 1979
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 30
1887 - 1981
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 31
1919 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 32
1823 - 1883
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 33
1833 - 1895
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 34
1899 - 1971
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 35
1854 - 1899
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 36
1850 - 1914
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 37
1789 - 1849
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 38
1908 - 1990
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 39
1770 - 1829
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 40