1394 - 1468
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (; c. 1400 – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor, printer, publisher, and goldsmith who introduced printing to Europe with his mechanical movable-type printing press. His work started the Printing Revolution in Europe and is regarded as a milestone of the second millennium, ushering in the modern period of human history. It played a key role in the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, Age of Enlightenment, and Scientific Revolution, as well as laying the material basis for the modern knowledge-based economy and the spread of learning to the masses.While not the first to use movable type in the world, Gutenberg was the first European to do so. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Gutenberg has received more than 4,332,573 page views. His biography is available in 145 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 141 in 2019). Johannes Gutenberg is the 3rd most popular inventor, the 6th most popular biography from Germany (up from 7th in 2019) and the most popular German Inventor.
Johannes Gutenberg is most famous for inventing the printing press in the 1400s.
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Among inventors, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 3 out of 355. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci and Thomas Edison. After him are Nikola Tesla, James Watt, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Karl Benz, Guglielmo Marconi, Rudolf Diesel, Louis Braille, and Charles Babbage.
1452 - 1519
HPI: 97.46
Rank: 1
1847 - 1931
HPI: 92.59
Rank: 2
1394 - 1468
HPI: 92.45
Rank: 3
1856 - 1943
HPI: 92.13
Rank: 4
1736 - 1819
HPI: 89.63
Rank: 5
1847 - 1922
HPI: 86.44
Rank: 6
1863 - 1947
HPI: 84.73
Rank: 7
1844 - 1929
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 8
1874 - 1937
HPI: 84.02
Rank: 9
1858 - 1913
HPI: 82.52
Rank: 10
1809 - 1852
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 11
1791 - 1871
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 12
Among people born in 1394, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 1. After him are Prince Henry the Navigator, Ulugh Beg, Charles, Duke of Orléans, James I of Scotland, Cymburgis of Masovia, Philippa of England, Ikkyū, Ashikaga Yoshinori, and Antonio Beccadelli. Among people deceased in 1468, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 1. After him are Skanderbeg, Sejo of Joseon, Jean de Dunois, Juana Enríquez, Abu'l-Khayr Khan, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Bianca Maria Visconti, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Francesco Squarcione, and Zara Yaqob.
1394 - 1468
HPI: 92.45
Rank: 1
1394 - 1460
HPI: 82.18
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1394 - 1449
HPI: 81.04
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1394 - 1465
HPI: 74.15
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1394 - 1437
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 5
1394 - 1429
HPI: 70.37
Rank: 6
1394 - 1430
HPI: 69.56
Rank: 7
1394 - 1481
HPI: 67.66
Rank: 8
1394 - 1441
HPI: 64.35
Rank: 9
1394 - 1471
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 10
1394 - 1468
HPI: 92.45
Rank: 1
1405 - 1468
HPI: 84.17
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1417 - 1468
HPI: 75.55
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1402 - 1468
HPI: 70.89
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1425 - 1468
HPI: 69.89
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1412 - 1468
HPI: 69.39
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1417 - 1468
HPI: 68.91
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1425 - 1468
HPI: 67.26
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1453 - 1468
HPI: 66.82
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1397 - 1468
HPI: 65.80
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1399 - 1468
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 11
Among people born in Germany, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 6 out of 5,289. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Albert Einstein (1879), Martin Luther (1483), and Karl Marx (1818). After him are Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Albrecht Dürer (1471), Otto von Bismarck (1815), Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770), and Richard Wagner (1813).
1770 - 1827
HPI: 96.58
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1685 - 1750
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1879 - 1955
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1483 - 1546
HPI: 94.31
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1818 - 1883
HPI: 93.23
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1394 - 1468
HPI: 92.45
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1844 - 1900
HPI: 91.80
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1749 - 1832
HPI: 91.73
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1471 - 1528
HPI: 89.78
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1815 - 1898
HPI: 89.69
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1770 - 1831
HPI: 89.62
Rank: 11
1813 - 1883
HPI: 89.39
Rank: 12
Among inventors born in Germany, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 1. After him are Karl Benz (1844), Nikolaus Otto (1832), Werner von Siemens (1816), Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), Konrad Zuse (1910), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Karl Drais (1785), Emile Berliner (1851), Adam Opel (1837), Hans Lippershey (1570), and Joseph Pilates (1883).
1394 - 1468
HPI: 92.45
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1844 - 1929
HPI: 84.50
Rank: 2
1832 - 1891
HPI: 81.22
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1816 - 1892
HPI: 78.46
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1850 - 1918
HPI: 78.30
Rank: 5
1910 - 1995
HPI: 76.58
Rank: 6
1846 - 1929
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 7
1785 - 1851
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 8
1851 - 1929
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 9
1837 - 1895
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 10
1570 - 1619
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 11
1883 - 1967
HPI: 69.68
Rank: 12