INVENTOR

Hans Lippershey

1570 - 1619

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Hans Lipperhey (c. 1570 – buried 29 September 1619), also known as Johann Lippershey or simply Lippershey, was a German-Dutch spectacle-maker. He is commonly associated with the invention of the telescope, because he was the first one who tried to obtain a patent for it. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hans Lippershey has received more than 372,780 page views. His biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Hans Lippershey is the 47th most popular inventor (up from 50th in 2019), the 372nd most popular biography from Germany (up from 398th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Inventor.

Hans Lippershey is most famous for inventing the telescope.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 10.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Hans Lippershey ranks 47 out of 426. Before him are John Logie Baird, Ruth Handler, Jimmy Wales, Konrad Zuse, Wilhelm Maybach, and John Herschel. After him are Willis Carrier, Herman Hollerith, Karl Drais, William G. Morgan, Douglas Engelbart, and James Naismith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1570, Hans Lippershey ranks 2. Before him is Guy Fawkes. After him are Henry Hudson, Willem Janszoon, Jan Janszoon, Johann II, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Kara Davud Pasha, Giorgi Saakadze, Alessandro Salvio, Abraham Janssens, Hendrick van Balen the Elder, and Péter Pázmány. Among people deceased in 1619, Hans Lippershey ranks 3. Before him are Safiye Sultan, and Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg, Anne of Denmark, Ludovico Carracci, Shimazu Yoshihiro, Lawrence of Brindisi, Lucilio Vanini, Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, Diane de France, and Hieronymus Fabricius.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Lippershey ranks 372 out of 7,253. Before him are Samuel Hahnemann (1755), Joachim Gauck (1940), Giacomo Meyerbeer (1791), Duchess Helene in Bavaria (1834), Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486), and Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883). After him are Chlodio (393), Peter Behrens (1868), Joseph von Fraunhofer (1787), Joachim Löw (1960), Otto Lilienthal (1848), and Caroline Herschel (1750).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Hans Lippershey ranks 8. Before him are Karl Benz (1844), Nikolaus Otto (1832), Werner von Siemens (1816), Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), Konrad Zuse (1910), and Wilhelm Maybach (1846). After him are Karl Drais (1785), Emile Berliner (1851), Adam Opel (1837), Joseph Pilates (1883), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), and Alfred Krupp (1812).

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