New games! PlayTrivia andBirthle.

INVENTOR

Heinrich Göbel

1818 - 1893

Photo of Heinrich Göbel

Icon of person Heinrich Göbel

Heinrich Göbel, or Henry Goebel (April 20, 1818 – December 4, 1893) was a German-born American precision mechanic and inventor. In 1848 he immigrated to New York City, where he resided until his death. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Heinrich Göbel has received more than 122,609 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Heinrich Göbel is the 142nd most popular inventor (down from 131st in 2019), the 1,596th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,403rd in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.49

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 17

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.47

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Heinrich Göbels by language


Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Heinrich Göbel ranks 142 out of 354Before him are Gunther von Hagens, Johann Jacob Schweppe, Josiah Warren, John Ericsson, Jang Yeong-sil, and Georg Luger. After him are Alfred Vail, Viktor Schauberger, Nikolai Kardashev, Reginald Fessenden, Jethro Tull, and Robert Ludvigovich Bartini.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1818, Heinrich Göbel ranks 35Before him are Tewodros II, Zachris Topelius, Emil du Bois-Reymond, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Infante Carlos, Count of Montemolin, and Francesco Crispi. After him are Charles Alexander, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, P. G. T. Beauregard, Marie of Saxe-Altenburg, Maria Mitchell, and Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1893, Heinrich Göbel ranks 19Before him are Ernst Kummer, John Tyndall, George Tupou I, Baron Alexander von Bach, Duke Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria, and Alfredo Catalani. After him are P. G. T. Beauregard, Leland Stanford, Abner Doubleday, Princess Margherita of Bourbon-Parma, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, and Ferenc Erkel.

Others Born in 1818

Go to all Rankings

Others Deceased in 1893

Go to all Rankings

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Heinrich Göbel ranks 1,596 out of 6,142Before him are Rupert II, Elector Palatine (1325), Wilhelm Zaisser (1893), Viktor Brack (1904), Mike Nichols (1931), Wilhelm Backhaus (1884), and Horst Eckel (1932). After him are Gottfried Böhm (1920), Franz Xaver Messerschmidt (1736), Wolfgang Wagner (1919), Johann Arndt (1555), Werner Jaeger (1888), and Sebastian Vettel (1987).

Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Heinrich Göbel ranks 18Before him are Joseph Pilates (1883), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), Theobald Boehm (1794), Alfred Krupp (1812), Hugo Schmeisser (1884), and Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740). After him are Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Uziel Gal (1923), Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803), Siegfried Marcus (1831), and Peter Henlein (1479).