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Orban

1404 - 1453

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Orban, also known as Urban (Hungarian: Orbán; died 1453), was an iron founder and engineer from Brassó, Transylvania, in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Brașov, Romania), who cast large-calibre artillery for the Ottoman siege of Constantinople in 1453. Orban was Hungarian, according to most modern authors, while some scholars also mention his potential German ancestry. Alternative theories suggest he had Wallachian roots. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Orban has received more than 669,823 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Orban is the 162nd most popular inventor (up from 182nd in 2019), the 122nd most popular biography from Romania (up from 130th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Inventor.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.26

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.67

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Orban ranks 162 out of 354. Before him are Christopher Latham Sholes, Paul Baran, Joseph Monier, Uziel Gal, Charles Martin Hall, and Guillaume Amontons. After him are Robert Cailliau, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Charles Cros, David Edward Hughes, and Siegfried Marcus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1404, Orban ranks 6. Before him are Murad II, Leon Battista Alberti, Constantine XI Palaiologos, Marie of Anjou, and Stjepan Vukčić Kosača. After him are John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset and Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots. Among people deceased in 1453, Orban ranks 7. Before him are Constantine XI Palaiologos, Giovanni Giustiniani, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, John Dunstaple, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, and John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury. After him are Sophia of Lithuania, Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo, and Dmitry Shemyaka.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Orban ranks 122 out of 665. Before him are Georges Politzer (1903), Vasile Milea (1927), Emerich Jenei (1937), Gabriel Báthory (1589), Vlad Călugărul (1425), and Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza (1854). After him are Miklós Nyiszli (1901), Mihai Antonescu (1904), Michael I Apafi (1632), Victor Brauner (1903), Tudor Vladimirescu (1780), and Vasile Alecsandri (1821).

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Among INVENTORS In Romania

Among inventors born in Romania, Orban ranks 2. Before him are Henri Coandă (1886). After him are Traian Vuia (1872).

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