1831 - 1888
Ludvig Immanuel Nobel ( noh-BEL; Russian: Лю́двиг Эммануи́лович Нобе́ль, romanized: Ljúdvig Emmanuílovich Nobél'; Swedish: Ludvig Emmanuel Nobel [ˈlɵ̌dːvɪɡ nʊˈbɛlː]; 27 July 1831 – 12 April 1888) was a Swedish-Russian engineer, a noted businessman and a humanitarian. One of the most prominent members of the Nobel family, he was the son of Immanuel Nobel (also an engineering pioneer) and Andriette Nobel, and the older brother of Alfred Nobel (founder of the Nobel Prize). With his brother Robert, he operated Branobel, an oil company in Baku (now in Azerbaijan) which at one point produced 50% of the world's oil. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ludvig Nobel has received more than 218,204 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Ludvig Nobel is the 248th most popular businessperson (up from 255th in 2019), the 308th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 365th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swedish Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Ludvig Nobel ranks 248 out of 601. Before him are David Packard, John C. Bogle, Kirk Kerkorian, Friedrich Bayer, John Jacob Astor, and Beate Uhse-Rotermund. After him are Marc Rich, Charles Pathé, Françoise Bettencourt Meyers, Ivy Lee, Hans Riegel, and Jorge Paulo Lemann.
1912 - 1996
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 242
1929 - 2019
HPI: 54.79
Rank: 243
1917 - 2015
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 244
1825 - 1880
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 245
1763 - 1848
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 246
1919 - 2001
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 247
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 248
1934 - 2013
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 249
1863 - 1957
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 250
1953 - Present
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 251
1877 - 1934
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 252
1923 - 2013
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 253
1939 - Present
HPI: 54.32
Rank: 254
Among people born in 1831, Ludvig Nobel ranks 44. Before him are David Edward Hughes, Siegfried Marcus, Philip Sheridan, Ankō Itosu, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, and George Pullman. After him are Prince August, Duke of Dalarna, Daniele Comboni, Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton, Wilhelm Raabe, Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola, and Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein. Among people deceased in 1888, Ludvig Nobel ranks 36. Before him are Charles Cros, Philip Sheridan, Dora d'Istria, Jean-Marie Guyau, Henri Herz, and Auguste Maquet. After him are Eugène Marin Labiche, Gustave Boulanger, Matthew Arnold, Vsevolod Garshin, Josif Pančić, and Princess Marie of Prussia.
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 38
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 39
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 40
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 41
1831 - 1855
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 42
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 43
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 44
1831 - 1873
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 45
1831 - 1881
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 46
1831 - 1891
HPI: 53.96
Rank: 47
1831 - 1910
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 48
1831 - 1888
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 49
1831 - 1917
HPI: 53.43
Rank: 50
1842 - 1888
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 30
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 31
1828 - 1888
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 32
1854 - 1888
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 33
1803 - 1888
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 34
1813 - 1888
HPI: 54.82
Rank: 35
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 36
1815 - 1888
HPI: 54.62
Rank: 37
1824 - 1888
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 38
1822 - 1888
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 39
1855 - 1888
HPI: 54.19
Rank: 40
1814 - 1888
HPI: 54.17
Rank: 41
1855 - 1888
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 42
Among people born in Sweden, Ludvig Nobel ranks 308 out of 1,612. Before him are Anita Björk (1923), Christopher Polhem (1661), Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846), Anna of Sweden (1545), Svante Nilsson (1460), and Siw Malmkvist (1936). After him are Viveca Lindfors (1920), Nicodemus Tessin the Younger (1654), Rogvolod (901), Agne Simonsson (1935), Prince August, Duke of Dalarna (1831), and Monica Zetterlund (1937).
1923 - 2012
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 302
1661 - 1751
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 303
1846 - 1926
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 304
1545 - 1610
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 305
1460 - 1512
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 306
1936 - Present
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 307
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 308
1920 - 1995
HPI: 54.55
Rank: 309
1654 - 1728
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 310
901 - 978
HPI: 54.51
Rank: 311
1935 - 2020
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 312
1831 - 1873
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 313
1937 - 2005
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 314
Among businesspeople born in Sweden, Ludvig Nobel ranks 3. Before him are Ingvar Kamprad (1926) and Ivar Kreuger (1880). After him are Stefan Persson (1947), Anders Frisk (1963), Christian von Koenigsegg (1972), Niklas Zennström (1966), and Daniel Ek (1983).
1926 - 2018
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 1
1880 - 1932
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 2
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 3
1947 - Present
HPI: 51.14
Rank: 4
1963 - Present
HPI: 47.05
Rank: 5
1972 - Present
HPI: 43.29
Rank: 6
1966 - Present
HPI: 42.46
Rank: 7
1983 - Present
HPI: 33.67
Rank: 8