INVENTOR

Georg Luger

1849 - 1923

Photo of Georg Luger

Icon of person Georg Luger

Georg Johann Luger (March 6, 1849 – December 22, 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 278,726 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Georg Luger is the 138th most popular inventor (up from 142nd in 2019), the 365th most popular biography from Austria (down from 327th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 280k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 67.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.02

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Georg Lugers by language


Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Georg Luger ranks 138 out of 355. Before him are Josef Ressel, Christopher Latham Sholes, John Kay, Viktor Schauberger, Jethro Tull, and Johann Nepomuk Maelzel. After him are Fausto Veranzio, Robert Adler, Josiah Warren, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Lagâri Hasan Çelebi, and Nikolai Kardashev.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Georg Luger ranks 31. Before him are Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, Saionji Kinmochi, Lord Randolph Churchill, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, Wilhelm Voigt, and Empress Shōken. After him are Alexander Kielland, Princess Alice of Parma, Archduchess Mathilda of Austria, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Joseph Gallieni, and Jean Béraud. Among people deceased in 1923, Georg Luger ranks 35. Before him are Edward W. Morley, Maurice Barrès, James Dewar, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, Aleksandar Stamboliyski, and Édouard Stephan. After him are Charles Dupuy, William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Théophile Steinlen, Albert Leo Schlageter, Vatroslav Jagić, and Théophile Delcassé.

Others Born in 1849

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1923

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Georg Luger ranks 365 out of 1,075. Before him are István Széchenyi (1791), Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies (1822), Zoltán Tildy (1889), Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915), Archduchess Maria Magdalena of Austria (1689), and Georg Christoph Wagenseil (1715). After him are Countess Georgina von Wilczek (1921), Robert Adler (1913), Margaret of Austria, Queen of Bohemia (1204), Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793), Carola of Vasa (1833), and Archduchess Margarete Sophie of Austria (1870).

Others born in Austria

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among INVENTORS In Austria

Among inventors born in Austria, Georg Luger ranks 2. Before him are Viktor Schauberger (1885). After him are Robert Adler (1913), Traian Vuia (1872), and Gaston Glock (1929).

Austrian born Inventors

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous
  • Datawheel