1873 - 1950
Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (31 January 1873 – 29 June 1950), born Amalie Auguste Melitta Liebscher, was a German entrepreneur who invented the paper coffee filter in 1908. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Melitta Bentz has received more than 330,189 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Melitta Bentz is the 149th most popular businessperson (up from 286th in 2019), the 1,363rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,909th in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Melitta Bentz ranks 149 out of 601. Before her are Johann Friedrich Böttger, Larry Silverstein, Jawed Karim, Giovanni Battista Caproni, Shibusawa Eiichi, and Christina Onassis. After her are William C. Durant, Al-Waleed bin Talal, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, John Sculley, Massimo Moratti, and Chaleo Yoovidhya.
1682 - 1719
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 143
1931 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 144
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 145
1886 - 1957
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 146
1840 - 1931
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 147
1950 - 1988
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 148
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 149
1861 - 1947
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 150
1955 - Present
HPI: 58.67
Rank: 151
1909 - 1998
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 152
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.62
Rank: 153
1945 - Present
HPI: 58.58
Rank: 154
1923 - 2012
HPI: 58.56
Rank: 155
Among people born in 1873, Melitta Bentz ranks 40. Before her are Constantin Carathéodory, Lee de Forest, Prince Luigi Amedeo, Duke of the Abruzzi, Charles Péguy, Ray Ewry, and Tullio Levi-Civita. After her are Hayim Nahman Bialik, Liang Qichao, Otto Wels, Jakob Wassermann, Radoje Domanović, and Fritz Thyssen. Among people deceased in 1950, Melitta Bentz ranks 42. Before her are Werner Haase, Jan Smuts, Grigory Kulik, Mao Anying, Constantin Carathéodory, and Francesco Cilea. After her are Liane de Pougy, Emil Abderhalden, Eliel Saarinen, Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, Salvatore Giuliano, and Alfred Korzybski.
1873 - 1950
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 34
1873 - 1961
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 35
1873 - 1933
HPI: 59.06
Rank: 36
1873 - 1914
HPI: 59.03
Rank: 37
1873 - 1937
HPI: 58.77
Rank: 38
1873 - 1941
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 39
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 40
1873 - 1934
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 41
1873 - 1929
HPI: 58.66
Rank: 42
1873 - 1939
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 43
1873 - 1934
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 44
1873 - 1908
HPI: 58.60
Rank: 45
1873 - 1951
HPI: 58.52
Rank: 46
1900 - 1950
HPI: 59.78
Rank: 36
1870 - 1950
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 37
1890 - 1950
HPI: 59.37
Rank: 38
1922 - 1950
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 39
1873 - 1950
HPI: 59.12
Rank: 40
1866 - 1950
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 41
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 42
1869 - 1950
HPI: 58.54
Rank: 43
1877 - 1950
HPI: 58.35
Rank: 44
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 45
1883 - 1950
HPI: 58.26
Rank: 46
1922 - 1950
HPI: 57.69
Rank: 47
1879 - 1950
HPI: 57.58
Rank: 48
Among people born in Germany, Melitta Bentz ranks 1,363 out of 6,142. Before her are Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1700), Bruno the Great (925), Adolph Wagner (1835), Joachim Fest (1926), Albert II, Margrave of Meissen (1240), and Walther von Seydlitz-Kurzbach (1888). After her are Stéphane Hessel (1917), Hermine Reuss of Greiz (1887), Princess Adelgunde of Bavaria (1823), William I, Elector of Hesse (1743), Friedrich Hund (1896), and Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (1803).
1700 - 1770
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 1,357
925 - 965
HPI: 58.76
Rank: 1,358
1835 - 1917
HPI: 58.73
Rank: 1,359
1926 - 2006
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,360
1240 - 1314
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,361
1888 - 1976
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 1,362
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,363
1917 - 2013
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,364
1887 - 1947
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 1,365
1823 - 1914
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 1,366
1743 - 1821
HPI: 58.70
Rank: 1,367
1896 - 1997
HPI: 58.69
Rank: 1,368
1803 - 1829
HPI: 58.68
Rank: 1,369
Among businesspeople born in Germany, Melitta Bentz ranks 17. Before her are Bertha Benz (1849), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), James Mayer de Rothschild (1792), Uli Hoeneß (1952), Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682), and Jawed Karim (1979). After her are Karl Albrecht (1920), Dietmar Hopp (1940), Karl Baedeker (1801), Axel Springer (1912), Maurice de Hirsch (1831), and Friedrich Alfred Krupp (1854).
1849 - 1944
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 11
1777 - 1836
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 12
1792 - 1868
HPI: 60.76
Rank: 13
1952 - Present
HPI: 60.58
Rank: 14
1682 - 1719
HPI: 58.95
Rank: 15
1979 - Present
HPI: 58.89
Rank: 16
1873 - 1950
HPI: 58.71
Rank: 17
1920 - 2014
HPI: 57.89
Rank: 18
1940 - Present
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 19
1801 - 1859
HPI: 56.81
Rank: 20
1912 - 1985
HPI: 56.32
Rank: 21
1831 - 1896
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 22
1854 - 1902
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 23