1883 - 1967
Joseph Hubertus Pilates (9 December 1883 – 9 October 1967) was a German-born physical trainer, writer, and inventor. He is credited with inventing and promoting the Pilates method of physical fitness. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Pilates has received more than 1,161,832 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Joseph Pilates is the 107th most popular inventor (up from 108th in 2019), the 1,045th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,008th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Inventor.
Joseph Pilates is most famous for the Pilates Method, which is a form of exercise that focuses on strengthening the core muscles and improving posture.
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Among inventors, Joseph Pilates ranks 107 out of 354. Before him are Henri Coandă, Robert Noyce, Taiichi Ohno, W. O. Bentley, Jacque Fresco, and William Webb Ellis. After him are Vladimir K. Zworykin, Zacharias Janssen, Mary the Jewess, André Michelin, Samuel Crompton, and Percy Spencer.
1886 - 1972
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 101
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 102
1912 - 1990
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 103
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 104
1916 - 2017
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 105
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 106
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 107
1888 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 108
1585 - 1635
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 109
100 - 100
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 110
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 111
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 112
1894 - 1970
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 113
Among people born in 1883, Joseph Pilates ranks 48. Before him are Douglas Fairbanks, Georgios Papanikolaou, Döme Sztójay, Max Linder, Gino Severini, and Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. After him are Rudolf Weigl, Marie Laurencin, Adolph Joffe, Prince Eitel Friedrich of Prussia, Ida Rubinstein, and Alexandros Papagos. Among people deceased in 1967, Joseph Pilates ranks 42. Before him are Totò, Violeta Parra, G. W. Pabst, Harald Quandt, Brian Epstein, and Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden. After him are Anthony Mann, John Cockcroft, Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, Lorenzo Bandini, Tamara Bunke, and Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach.
1883 - 1939
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 42
1883 - 1962
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 43
1883 - 1946
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 44
1883 - 1925
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 45
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 46
1883 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 47
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 48
1883 - 1957
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 49
1883 - 1956
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 50
1883 - 1927
HPI: 60.44
Rank: 51
1883 - 1942
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 52
1883 - 1960
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 53
1883 - 1955
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 54
1898 - 1967
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 36
1917 - 1967
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 37
1885 - 1967
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 38
1921 - 1967
HPI: 61.12
Rank: 39
1934 - 1967
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 40
1908 - 1967
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 41
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 42
1906 - 1967
HPI: 60.52
Rank: 43
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 44
1897 - 1967
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 45
1935 - 1967
HPI: 60.01
Rank: 46
1937 - 1967
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 47
1907 - 1967
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 48
Among people born in Germany, Joseph Pilates ranks 1,045 out of 6,142. Before him are William Stern (1871), Alfred Brehm (1829), Josef Harpe (1887), Uli Hoeneß (1952), John McEnroe (1959), and Prince August Wilhelm of Prussia (1887). After him are Gerda Christian (1913), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Horst Tappert (1923), Johann Mattheson (1681), Walter Christaller (1893), and Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696).
1871 - 1938
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,039
1829 - 1884
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 1,040
1887 - 1968
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 1,041
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,042
1959 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 1,043
1887 - 1949
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 1,044
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,045
1913 - 1997
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 1,046
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,047
1923 - 2008
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 1,048
1681 - 1764
HPI: 60.54
Rank: 1,049
1893 - 1969
HPI: 60.53
Rank: 1,050
1696 - 1762
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 1,051
Among inventors born in Germany, Joseph Pilates ranks 12. Before him are Konrad Zuse (1910), Karl Drais (1785), Hans Lippershey (1570), Emile Berliner (1851), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), and Adam Opel (1837). After him are Johann Philipp Reis (1834), Theobald Boehm (1794), Alfred Krupp (1812), Hugo Schmeisser (1884), Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), and Heinrich Göbel (1818).
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
1834 - 1874
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 13
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 14
1812 - 1887
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 15
1884 - 1953
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 16
1740 - 1821
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 17
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 18