1394 - 1468
Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c. 1393–1406 – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who introduced letterpress printing to Europe with his movable-type printing press. Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg invented the printing press, which later spread across the world. His work led to an information revolution and the unprecedented mass-spread of literature throughout Europe. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Gutenberg has received more than 5,429,806 page views. His biography is available in 150 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 145 in 2019). Johannes Gutenberg is the 4th most popular inventor (down from 3rd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Germany (down from 6th 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 4 out of 354. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Edison, and Nikola Tesla. After him are James Watt, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Elon Musk, Karl Benz, Guglielmo Marconi, Louis Braille, and Charles Babbage.
1452 - 1519
HPI: 96.48
Rank: 1
1847 - 1931
HPI: 90.99
Rank: 2
1856 - 1943
HPI: 90.69
Rank: 3
1394 - 1468
HPI: 89.28
Rank: 4
1736 - 1819
HPI: 86.42
Rank: 5
1847 - 1922
HPI: 82.97
Rank: 6
1863 - 1947
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 7
1971 - Present
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 8
1844 - 1929
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 9
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 10
1809 - 1852
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 11
1791 - 1871
HPI: 77.95
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, Philippa of England, Cymburgis of Masovia, 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, Abu'l-Khayr Khan, Juana Enríquez, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Bianca Maria Visconti, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, Francesco Squarcione, and Zara Yaqob.
1394 - 1468
HPI: 89.28
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1394 - 1460
HPI: 76.75
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1394 - 1449
HPI: 74.68
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1394 - 1465
HPI: 66.41
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1394 - 1437
HPI: 65.44
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1394 - 1430
HPI: 62.77
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1394 - 1429
HPI: 62.42
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1394 - 1481
HPI: 57.98
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1394 - 1441
HPI: 53.41
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1394 - 1471
HPI: 51.79
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1394 - 1468
HPI: 89.28
Rank: 1
1405 - 1468
HPI: 78.55
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1417 - 1468
HPI: 69.21
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1402 - 1468
HPI: 61.74
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1412 - 1468
HPI: 61.13
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1425 - 1468
HPI: 60.96
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1417 - 1468
HPI: 60.11
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1425 - 1468
HPI: 59.09
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1453 - 1468
HPI: 57.07
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1397 - 1468
HPI: 55.95
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1399 - 1468
HPI: 52.07
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Among people born in Germany, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 7 out of 6,142. Before him are Ludwig van Beethoven (1770), Albert Einstein (1879), Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Martin Luther (1483), Karl Marx (1818), and Charlemagne (748). After him are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749), Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), Johannes Kepler (1571), Otto von Bismarck (1815), and Max Weber (1864).
1770 - 1827
HPI: 95.23
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1879 - 1955
HPI: 93.06
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1685 - 1750
HPI: 92.29
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1483 - 1546
HPI: 92.12
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1818 - 1883
HPI: 91.29
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748 - 814
HPI: 89.46
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1394 - 1468
HPI: 89.28
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1749 - 1832
HPI: 88.78
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1844 - 1900
HPI: 87.93
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1777 - 1855
HPI: 87.89
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1571 - 1630
HPI: 87.17
Rank: 11
1815 - 1898
HPI: 86.51
Rank: 12
1864 - 1920
HPI: 86.05
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Among inventors born in Germany, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 1. After him are Karl Benz (1844), Nikolaus Otto (1832), Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), Werner von Siemens (1816), Konrad Zuse (1910), Karl Drais (1785), Hans Lippershey (1570), Emile Berliner (1851), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Adam Opel (1837), and Joseph Pilates (1883).
1394 - 1468
HPI: 89.28
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1844 - 1929
HPI: 79.02
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1832 - 1891
HPI: 74.92
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1850 - 1918
HPI: 72.08
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1816 - 1892
HPI: 70.93
Rank: 5
1910 - 1995
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 6
1785 - 1851
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 7
1570 - 1619
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 8
1851 - 1929
HPI: 66.44
Rank: 9
1846 - 1929
HPI: 66.32
Rank: 10
1837 - 1895
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 11
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 12