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Johann Christoph Denner

1655 - 1707

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Johann Christoph Denner (13 August 1655 – 26 April 1707) was a German woodwind instrument maker of the Baroque era, to whom the invention of the clarinet is attributed. Denner was born in Leipzig to a family of horn-tuners. With his father, Heinrich Denner, a maker of game whistles and hunting horns, he moved to Nuremberg in 1666. J. C. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johann Christoph Denner has received more than 83,181 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Johann Christoph Denner is the 188th most popular inventor (down from 179th in 2019), the 2,331st most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,083rd in 2019) and the 26th most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Johann Christoph Denner ranks 188 out of 426. Before him are Charles Martin Hall, Larry Sanger, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, George de Mestral, Sandford Fleming, and Traian Vuia. After him are Samuel Pierpont Langley, Ottaviano Petrucci, Jethro Tull, Orban, Christopher Latham Sholes, and Charles Xavier Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1655, Johann Christoph Denner ranks 10. Before him are Eleonor Magdalene of Neuburg, Christian Thomasius, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Zumbi, Rinaldo d'Este, and Bernard de Montfaucon. After him are Ferdinand Kettler, Caspar Bartholin the Younger, Jean-François Regnard, Antonio Palomino, Ernest, Duke of Saxe-Hildburghausen, and Christoph Dientzenhofer. Among people deceased in 1707, Johann Christoph Denner ranks 12. Before him are Jean Mabillon, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Shitao, Christoph Cellarius, Johann Patkul, and Willem van de Velde the Younger. After him are Alexandre Exquemelin, Jeremiah Clarke, Zheng Keshuang, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Petter Dass, and Maria Clara Eimmart.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johann Christoph Denner ranks 2,331 out of 7,253. Before him are Walter Brandmüller (1929), Carl Reichenbach (1788), Hermann Scherchen (1891), Hans von Obstfelder (1886), Louis X, Duke of Bavaria (1495), and Dietmar Hopp (1940). After him are Carl Friedrich Christian Fasch (1736), Harro Schulze-Boysen (1909), Friedrich Wilhelm I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1562), Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914), Princess Eleonore of Solms-Hohensolms-Lich (1871), and Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Johann Christoph Denner ranks 26. Before him are Heinrich Göbel (1818), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Siegfried Marcus (1831), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Henrich Focke (1890), and Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803). After him are Oskar Barnack (1879), Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Helmut Gröttrup (1916), Artur Fischer (1919), Max Skladanowsky (1863), and Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854).

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