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Hugo Boss

German fashion designer

1885 - 1948

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His biography is available in 33 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 32 in 2024). Hugo Boss is the 8th most popular designer (up from 17th in 2024), the 387th most popular biography from Germany (up from 759th in 2019) and the most popular German Designer.

Hugo Boss is a German fashion company that specializes in suits, sportswear, and other clothing. It was founded in 1924 by Hugo Boss and is currently owned by the private equity firm Permira.

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Hugo Boss is the most memorable of the 5 notable people born in Metzingen, Germany, ahead of Christian Friedrich Schönbein, Hans Speidel, and Klaus Kinkel.

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Of the 11 Designers born in Germany, Hugo Boss ranks first.

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Hugo Boss ranks #8 of 104 Designers worldwide — among the top 8% of the profession.

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Hugo Boss's biography appears in 33 language editions of Wikipedia — more than 80% of all Designers.

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Among Designers

Among designers, Hugo Boss ranks 8 out of 104. Before him are Antonio Stradivari, Thomas Andrews, Ferdinand Porsche, Peter Carl Fabergé, Giorgio Armani, and Gianni Versace. After him are William Morris, Aldus Manutius, Paco Rabanne, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Gerrit Rietveld, and László Moholy-Nagy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Hugo Boss ranks 15. Before him are György Lukács, Albert Kesselring, George S. Patton, François Mauriac, Hermann Hoth, and Julius Streicher. After him are Robert Delaunay, George de Hevesy, Karen Horney, André Maurois, Ernst Bloch, and Umberto Nobile. Among people deceased in 1948, Hugo Boss ranks 16. Before him are Osamu Dazai, Edith Roosevelt, Walther von Brauchitsch, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, Antonin Artaud, and Andrei Zhdanov. After him are Witold Pilecki, Tamam Shud case, Nikolai Berdyaev, Karl Brandt, Theodor Morell, and Folke Bernadotte.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hugo Boss ranks 387 out of 7,253. Before him are Joseph Beuys (1921), Thomas à Kempis (1380), Moses Mendelssohn (1729), Harald zur Hausen (1936), Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), and Valdemar I of Denmark (1131). After him are Johann Gottfried Galle (1812), Fritz Sauckel (1894), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Lothar Matthäus (1961), Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg (1655), and Maria Anna of Bavaria (1551).

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Among Designers In Germany

Among designers born in Germany, Hugo Boss ranks 1. After him are Michael Thonet (1796), Georg Elser (1903), Dieter Rams (1932), Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914), Margarete Steiff (1847), Luigi Colani (1928), Otl Aicher (1922), Anton Koberger (1440), Erik Spiekermann (1947), and Philipp Plein (1978).

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