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Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach

1870 - 1950

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Gustav Georg Friedrich Maria Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (born Gustav von Bohlen und Halbach; 7 August 1870 – 16 January 1950) was a German foreign service official who became chairman of the board of Friedrich Krupp AG, a heavy industry conglomerate, after his marriage to Bertha Krupp, who had inherited the company. He and his son Alfried would lead the company through two world wars, producing almost everything for the German war machine from U-boats, battleships, howitzers, trains, railway guns, machine guns, cars, tanks, and much more. Krupp produced the Tiger I tank, Big Bertha and the Paris Gun, among other inventions, under Gustav. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach has received more than 353,669 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach is the 48th most popular businessperson (down from 40th in 2019), the 53rd most popular biography from Netherlands (down from 40th in 2019) and the most popular Dutch Businessperson.

Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach was a German industrialist who founded the Krupp armaments company. He was born in 1812 and died in 1887.

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Among businesspeople, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 48 out of 847. Before him are Hugh Hefner, Ettore Bugatti, J. Paul Getty, Bernie Madoff, Rupert Murdoch, and Boris Berezovsky. After him are Robert Kiyosaki, Dietrich Mateschitz, Otto Frank, Ray Kroc, Giovanni Agnelli, and Rudolf Dassler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 12. Before him are Jean Baptiste Perrin, Jules Bordet, Adolf Loos, Albert Fish, Miguel Primo de Rivera, and William G. Morgan. After him are Juho Kusti Paasikivi, Karl Renner, Lavr Kornilov, Ivan Bunin, Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and Gustav Bauer. Among people deceased in 1950, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 13. Before him are Albert Lebrun, Heinrich Mann, Willis Carrier, Marcel Mauss, Norman Haworth, and Vallabhbhai Patel. After him are Karl Renner, Léon Blum, Princess Victoria of Hesse and by Rhine, Kurt Weill, Sri Aurobindo, and Emil Jannings.

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In Netherlands

Among people born in Netherlands, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 53 out of 1,646. Before him are Peter Debye (1884), Max Euwe (1901), Christiaan Eijkman (1858), Jacob van Ruisdael (1628), Rem Koolhaas (1944), and Frits Zernike (1888). After him are Theo van Doesburg (1883), Michiel de Ruyter (1607), William II, Prince of Orange (1626), Sylvia Kristel (1952), Paul J. Crutzen (1933), and Han van Meegeren (1889).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Netherlands

Among businesspeople born in Netherlands, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach ranks 1. After him are Colonel Tom Parker (1909), Frits Philips (1905), Gerard Philips (1858), and Ton Roosendaal (1960).

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