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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 374,767 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia. Georg Luger is the 141st most popular inventor (down from 138th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 365th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Georg Luger ranks 141 out of 354. Before him are Robert Moog, Gunther von Hagens, Johann Jacob Schweppe, Josiah Warren, John Ericsson, and Jang Yeong-sil. After him are Heinrich Göbel, Alfred Vail, Viktor Schauberger, Nikolai Kardashev, Reginald Fessenden, and Jethro Tull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1849, Georg Luger ranks 38. Before him are W. T. Stead, Basil Zaharoff, Paul Rée, Jean Béraud, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, and Princess Alice of Parma. After him are Hong Tianguifu, Wilhelm Voigt, Hugo Riemann, Dersu Uzala, Eugène Carrière, and Herbert von Bismarck. Among people deceased in 1923, Georg Luger ranks 36. Before him are Edward W. Morley, Hovhannes Tumanyan, Édouard Stephan, Maurice Barrès, Ernest Augustus, Crown Prince of Hanover, and Théophile Steinlen. After him are William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Zhang Xun, Vatroslav Jagić, Albert Leo Schlageter, Alexander Lodygin, and Hertha Ayrton.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Georg Luger ranks 372 out of 1,237. Before him are Fanny Elssler (1810), Archduke Maximilian Eugen of Austria (1895), Leopold IV, Duke of Austria (1371), Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865), Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (1630), and Archduchess Louise of Austria (1870). After him are Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller (1793), Franz Jägerstätter (1907), Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907), Max Adler (1873), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), and Agnes of Austria (1281).

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Among INVENTORS In Austria

Among inventors born in Austria, Georg Luger ranks 2. Before him are Robert Adler (1913). After him are Viktor Schauberger (1885), Gaston Glock (1929), and Štefan Banič (1870).

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