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Michele Besso

1873 - 1955

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Michele Angelo Besso (Riesbach, 25 May 1873 – Geneva, 15 March 1955) was a Swiss-Italian engineer best known for working closely with Albert Einstein. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Michele Besso has received more than 256,595 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Michele Besso is the 185th most popular engineer, the 308th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 3rd most popular Swiss Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 260k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.78

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.70

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Michele Besso ranks 185 out of 389. Before him are Eugene Stoner, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Hugo Eckener, Alfred Neubauer, Giuseppe Colombo, and Sergei Tumansky. After him are Michel Chevalier, Emily Warren Roebling, Gene Kranz, Ivan Yarkovsky, Kelly Johnson, and Genichi Taguchi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Michele Besso ranks 97. Before him are Gyula Peidl, Richard Wilhelm, José Martínez Ruiz, Charles Fox Parham, Arthur Oncken Lovejoy, and Gustaf John Ramstedt. After him are Theodoor Hendrik van de Velde, Leo Baeck, Ford Madox Ford, Mariano Azuela, Willa Cather, and Nikolai Tcherepnin. Among people deceased in 1955, Michele Besso ranks 92. Before him are Tribhuvan of Nepal, Prince Gabriel Constantinovich of Russia, Lloyd Bacon, Theodor Innitzer, Isaak Dunayevsky, and Ahmad Qavam. After him are Erwin von Lahousen, Wallace Stevens, Otto Gessler, Hans Hedtoft, Princess Elizabeth of Greece and Denmark, and Sybille Schmitz.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Michele Besso ranks 308 out of 1,015. Before him are Gilberto Agustoni (1922), Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), Josef Hügi (1930), James Pradier (1790), Johann Schneider-Ammann (1952), and Raoul Pictet (1846). After him are Doris Leuthard (1963), Rodolphe Lindt (1855), Walther Ritz (1878), Edgar Schein (1928), Orgetorix (null), and Cuno Amiet (1868).

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Among ENGINEERS In Switzerland

Among engineers born in Switzerland, Michele Besso ranks 3. Before him are Hans Albert Einstein (1904), and Robert Maillart (1872). After him are Pierre Cérésole (1879), and Othmar Ammann (1879).

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