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Ludvig Nobel

1831 - 1888

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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 237,985 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Ludvig Nobel is the 183rd most popular businessperson (up from 248th in 2019), the 255th most popular biography from Sweden (up from 307th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Swedish Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Ludvig Nobel ranks 183 out of 847. Before him are Ted Turner, Martha Stewart, Isaac Carasso, Rebiya Kadeer, Pierre Bergé, and Maurice de Hirsch. After him are Frank Williams, Marissa Mayer, Walter Chrysler, Larry Silverstein, Yingluck Shinawatra, and Peter Sauber.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1831, Ludvig Nobel ranks 31. Before him are Maximilian Anton, Hereditary Prince of Thurn and Taxis, Nadezhda von Meck, Ilya Ulyanov, Isabella Bird, Constantin Meunier, and Maurice de Hirsch. After him are Nikolai Ge, Paul Durand-Ruel, Anna Leonowens, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Othniel Charles Marsh, and Ankō Itosu. Among people deceased in 1888, Ludvig Nobel ranks 27. Before him are Mary Ann Nichols, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Asa Gray, Annie Chapman, and Namık Kemal. After him are Elizabeth Stride, Edward Lear, Jean-Marie Guyau, Princess Helena of Nassau, Charles Cros, and Catherine Eddowes.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Ludvig Nobel ranks 255 out of 1,879. Before him are Gunnar Björnstrand (1909), Jan Guillou (1944), Johannes Magnus (1488), Yngwie Malmsteen (1963), Per Brahe the Younger (1602), and Gunnel Lindblom (1931). After him are Agne Simonsson (1935), Elizabeth Stride (1843), Göran Persson (1949), Stig Anderson (1931), Ove Kindvall (1943), and Blot-Sweyn (1001).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Sweden

Among businesspeople born in Sweden, Ludvig Nobel ranks 2. Before him are Ingvar Kamprad (1926). After him are Ivar Kreuger (1880), Stefan Persson (1947), Anders Frisk (1963), Christian von Koenigsegg (1972), Daniel Ek (1983), and Niklas Zennström (1966).

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