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Ferdinand Porsche

1875 - 1951

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Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was an Austrian-Bohemian-German automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and several other important developments and Porsche automobiles. An important contributor to the German war effort during World War II, Porsche was involved in the production of advanced tanks such as the VK 45.01 (P), the Elefant (initially called "Ferdinand") self-propelled gun, and the Panzer VIII Maus super-heavy tank, as well as other weapon systems, including the V-1 flying bomb. Porsche was a member of the Nazi Party and an officer of the Schutzstaffel (SS). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand Porsche has received more than 3,330,439 page views. His biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Ferdinand Porsche is the 3rd most popular designer, the 17th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 14th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Designer.

Ferdinand Porsche is most famous for designing the first Volkswagen Beetle.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Ferdinand Porsche ranks 3 out of 104. Before him are Steve Jobs, and Antonio Stradivari. After him are Giorgio Armani, Peter Carl Fabergé, Gianni Versace, Thomas Andrews, Paco Rabanne, William Morris, Aldus Manutius, Gerrit Rietveld, and Giorgetto Giugiaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Ferdinand Porsche ranks 7. Before him are Thomas Mann, Carl Jung, Rainer Maria Rilke, Maurice Ravel, Albert Schweitzer, and Ibn Saud. After him are Mileva Marić, Syngman Rhee, Gerd von Rundstedt, Jeanne Calment, Albert I of Belgium, and Aleister Crowley. Among people deceased in 1951, Ferdinand Porsche ranks 4. Before him are Ludwig Wittgenstein, André Gide, and Philippe Pétain. After him are Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, Arnold Schoenberg, Abdullah I of Jordan, Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, René Guénon, Arnold Sommerfeld, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, and Hermann Broch.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ferdinand Porsche ranks 17 out of 1,200. Before him are Oskar Schindler (1908), Bedřich Smetana (1824), Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1316), Edmund Husserl (1859), Jan Žižka (1360), and Alphonse Mucha (1860). After him are John of Nepomuk (1350), Karel Čapek (1890), Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), Albrecht von Wallenstein (1583), Kurt Gödel (1906), and Joseph Schumpeter (1883).

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Among DESIGNERS In Czechia

Among designers born in Czechia, Ferdinand Porsche ranks 1. 

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