INVENTOR

Fritz von Opel

1899 - 1971

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Fritz Adam Hermann von Opel (4 May 1899 – 8 April 1971), known as Fritz Adam Hermann Opel until his father was ennobled in 1917, was the only son of Wilhelm von Opel and a grandson of Adam Opel, founder of the Opel company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Fritz von Opel has received more than 157,220 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Fritz von Opel is the 253rd most popular inventor (down from 237th in 2019), the 3,312th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,825th in 2019) and the 35th most popular German Inventor.

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  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Fritz von Opel ranks 253 out of 426. Before him are Rodolphe Lindt, Aimo Lahti, Laurens Hammond, Ottomar Anschütz, Joseph Whitworth, and Léon Gaumont. After him are Ricardo Wolf, Abraham Darby I, James Nasmyth, Robert Cornelius, Petrache Poenaru, and Arthur Wynne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Fritz von Opel ranks 150. Before him are Günther Pancke, Anita Berber, František Tomášek, Sára Salkaházi, Susannah Mushatt Jones, and Suryakant Tripathi. After him are Joseph Guillemot, Richard Hartshorne, Li Lisan, C. S. Forester, Harold Abrahams, and Robert Casadesus. Among people deceased in 1971, Fritz von Opel ranks 104. Before him are Albin Stenroos, Erich Abraham, Edith Tolkien, Paul Bader, Péter Szondi, and Viliam Široký. After him are Antonio Bacci, Naoya Shiga, Franz Joseph, 9th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Lester Germer, Gaito Gazdanov, and Ignazio Giunti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Fritz von Opel ranks 3,312 out of 7,253. Before him are Heinrich XIII Prinz Reuss (1951), Lily Braun (1865), John Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1654), Albrecht Adam (1786), Richard Sammel (1960), and Heinrich Boie (1794). After him are Vincent Lübeck (1654), Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1802), Ricardo Wolf (1887), Richard Huelsenbeck (1892), Princess Catherine of Württemberg (1821), and Arnold Fanck (1889).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Fritz von Opel ranks 35. Before him are Helmut Gröttrup (1916), Artur Fischer (1919), Max Skladanowsky (1863), Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854), Hans von Ohain (1911), and Eugen Langen (1833). After him are Ricardo Wolf (1887), Adolf Martens (1850), Franz Xaver Gabelsberger (1789), Wilhelm Bauer (1822), Walter Bruch (1908), and Heinrich Gerber (1832).

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