1803 - 1877
Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (Rühmkorff) (15 January 1803 – 20 December 1877) was a German instrument maker who commercialised the induction coil (often referred to as the Ruhmkorff coil). Ruhmkorff was born in Hanover. He changed the "ü" to "u" in his name when living abroad. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff has received more than 67,845 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff is the 165th most popular inventor (up from 183rd in 2019), the 1,973rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,112th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Inventor.
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Among inventors, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff ranks 165 out of 354. Before him are Uziel Gal, Charles Martin Hall, Guillaume Amontons, Orban, Robert Cailliau, and Edwin Howard Armstrong. After him are Charles Cros, David Edward Hughes, Siegfried Marcus, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Georges Claude, and Shigeo Shingo.
1923 - 2002
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 159
1863 - 1914
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 160
1663 - 1705
HPI: 56.01
Rank: 161
1404 - 1453
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 162
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 163
1890 - 1954
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 164
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 165
1842 - 1888
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 166
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 167
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 168
1895 - 1936
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 169
1870 - 1960
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 170
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 171
Among people born in 1803, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff ranks 27. Before him are John Ericsson, Joseph Paxton, Henry Darcy, John Sutter, Friedrich von Amerling, and Heinrich Wilhelm Dove. After him are Robert Stephenson, Henri Herz, Muhammad IV of Morocco, Jacques Charles François Sturm, Alexander Georg von Bunge, and Karl Gützlaff. Among people deceased in 1877, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff ranks 25. Before him are Constantine Kanaris, Kido Takayoshi, Yaqub Beg, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Princess Marie of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and Prince Charles of Hesse and by Rhine. After him are Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Philipp Veit, Walter Bagehot, Pōmare IV, Karl Friedrich von Steinmetz, and José de Alencar.
1803 - 1889
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 21
1803 - 1865
HPI: 57.09
Rank: 22
1803 - 1858
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 23
1803 - 1880
HPI: 56.57
Rank: 24
1803 - 1887
HPI: 56.53
Rank: 25
1803 - 1879
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 26
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 27
1803 - 1859
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 28
1803 - 1888
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 29
1803 - 1873
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 30
1803 - 1855
HPI: 54.78
Rank: 31
1803 - 1890
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 32
1803 - 1851
HPI: 54.39
Rank: 33
1793 - 1877
HPI: 59.43
Rank: 19
1833 - 1877
HPI: 59.17
Rank: 20
1820 - 1877
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 21
1806 - 1877
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 22
1808 - 1877
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 23
1809 - 1877
HPI: 56.88
Rank: 24
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 25
1784 - 1877
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 26
1793 - 1877
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 27
1826 - 1877
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 28
1813 - 1877
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 29
1796 - 1877
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 30
1829 - 1877
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 31
Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff ranks 1,973 out of 6,142. Before him are Hans-Hermann Hoppe (1949), Franz Ernst Neumann (1798), Theodor Lipps (1851), Louis VI, Elector Palatine (1539), Louis IV, Elector Palatine (1424), and Gottfried Silbermann (1683). After him are Wilhelm Adam (1877), Veit Harlan (1899), Wilhelm Schmidt (1868), Helmuth Plessner (1892), Hans-Georg Schwarzenbeck (1948), and Princess Isabella of Bavaria (1863).
1949 - Present
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 1,967
1798 - 1895
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 1,968
1851 - 1914
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 1,969
1539 - 1583
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 1,970
1424 - 1449
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,971
1683 - 1753
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 1,972
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1,973
1877 - 1949
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 1,974
1899 - 1964
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 1,975
1868 - 1954
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 1,976
1892 - 1985
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 1,977
1948 - Present
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 1,978
1863 - 1924
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 1,979
Among inventors born in Germany, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff ranks 22. Before him are Hugo Schmeisser (1884), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), Heinrich Göbel (1818), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), and Uziel Gal (1923). After him are Siegfried Marcus (1831), Peter Henlein (1479), Johann Christoph Denner (1655), Oskar Barnack (1879), Hans von Ohain (1911), and Helmut Gröttrup (1916).
1884 - 1953
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 16
1740 - 1821
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 17
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 18
1787 - 1867
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 19
1772 - 1838
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 20
1923 - 2002
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 21
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 22
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 23
1479 - 1542
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 24
1655 - 1707
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 25
1879 - 1936
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 26
1911 - 1998
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 27
1916 - 1981
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 28