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Georg Luger

1849 - 1923

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Georg Johann Luger (6 March 1849 – 22 December 1923) was an Austrian designer of the famous Luger pistol and the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georg Luger has received more than 401,177 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Luger is the 141st most popular inventor, the 373rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 372nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Inventor.

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  • 58.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Georg Luger ranks 141 out of 426. Before him are Zénobe Gramme, Paul Baran, Paul Otlet, Robert Cailliau, John Ericsson, and Jean-Pierre Blanchard. After him are John Kay, Sequoyah, Charles Algernon Parsons, Robert Stirling, Elias Howe, and Uziel Gal.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Georg Luger ranks 35. Before him are Joseph Gallieni, Hugo Riemann, Basil Zaharoff, Paul Rée, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, and Lord Randolph Churchill. After him are Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Hong Tianguifu, Jean Béraud, Wilhelm Voigt, Dersu Uzala, and Herbert von Bismarck. Among people deceased in 1923, Georg Luger ranks 37. Before him are Maurice Barrès, Edward W. Morley, Edith Södergran, Théophile Steinlen, Hovhannes Tumanyan, and Bonar Law. After him are Charles Dupuy, Zhang Xun, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Albert Leo Schlageter, Vatroslav Jagić, and Hertha Ayrton.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Georg Luger ranks 373 out of 1,424. Before him are Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669), Archduke Ferdinand Karl of Austria (1868), Franz Vranitzky (1937), Archduchess Barbara of Austria (1539), Wolfgang Schüssel (1945), and Brigitte Bierlein (1949). After him are Frederick I, Duke of Austria (1175), Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (1918), Maria Christina, Princess of Transylvania (1574), Prince Louis of Battenberg (1854), Agnes of Austria (1281), and Zoltán Tildy (1889).

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Among INVENTORS In Austria

Among inventors born in Austria, Georg Luger ranks 3. Before him are Gaston Glock (1929), and Robert Adler (1913). After him are Viktor Schauberger (1885), and Štefan Banič (1870).

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