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Ferdinand von Zeppelin

1838 - 1917

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Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German: Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin; 8 July 1838 – 8 March 1917) was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships. His name became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance flight until the 1930s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ferdinand von Zeppelin has received more than 736,208 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand von Zeppelin is the 24th most popular businessperson (down from 16th in 2019), the 233rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 199th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular German Businessperson.

Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and aviation pioneer who is most famous for designing the Zeppelin airship.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ferdinand von Zeppelin ranks 24 out of 847. Before him are Florentino Pérez, Tim Cook, Jeffrey Epstein, Cosimo de' Medici, Ludwig Erhard, and David Rockefeller. After him are Steve Ballmer, Amancio Ortega, Colonel Sanders, Muhammad Yunus, Adolf Dassler, and Carlos Slim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Ferdinand von Zeppelin ranks 4. Before him are Georges Bizet, John Wilkes Booth, and Ernst Mach. After him are Max Bruch, Jan Matejko, Luís I of Portugal, Tobias Asser, Ernest Solvay, Franz Brentano, Émile Loubet, and Léon Gambetta. Among people deceased in 1917, Ferdinand von Zeppelin ranks 8. Before him are Octave Mirbeau, Auguste Rodin, Edgar Degas, L. L. Zamenhof, Mata Hari, and Eduard Buchner. After him are Emil von Behring, Adolf von Baeyer, Edward Burnett Tylor, Emil Theodor Kocher, Buffalo Bill, and John William Waterhouse.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand von Zeppelin ranks 233 out of 7,253. Before him are Matthias Grünewald (1480), Johann Pachelbel (1653), Johannes Stark (1874), Magda Goebbels (1901), Otto von Guericke (1602), and Max Scheler (1874). After him are Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717), Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (1620), Adolf Frederick, King of Sweden (1710), Georgius Agricola (1494), Erich Hartmann (1922), and Rudolf I of Germany (1218).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Ferdinand von Zeppelin ranks 3. Before him are Levi Strauss (1829), and Ludwig Erhard (1897). After him are Adolf Dassler (1900), Otto Frank (1889), Rudolf Dassler (1898), Jakob Fugger (1459), Henri Nestlé (1814), Robert Bosch (1861), Paul Reuter (1816), Bertha Benz (1849), and Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777).

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