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Ricardo Wolf

1887 - 1981

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Ricardo Wolf (originally Richard Wolf; also Ricardo Lobo Subirana, 1887–February 1981) was a German-born inventor, diplomat and philanthropist. After immigrating to Cuba, he served as its ambassador to Israel. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ricardo Wolf has received more than 43,865 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Ricardo Wolf is the 227th most popular inventor (up from 247th in 2019), the 2,683rd most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,963rd in 2019) and the 31st most popular German Inventor.

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  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Ricardo Wolf ranks 227 out of 354. Before him are Thonmi Sambhota, Frederick Scott Archer, Raymond Damadian, Laurens Hammond, Marcian Hoff, and Ruth Handler. After him are Lillian Moller Gilbreth, Ottomar Anschütz, Elihu Thomson, Lucien Olivier, Artur Fischer, and Genrich Altshuller.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Ricardo Wolf ranks 114. Before him are Govind Ballabh Pant, Şükrü Saracoğlu, Edelmiro Julián Farrell, Otto Schniewind, Jean Patou, and Miklós Kállay. After him are Kazimierz Fajans, Alexander Vandegrift, Andrei Shkuro, Arthur Cravan, Abolqasem Lahouti, and Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena. Among people deceased in 1981, Ricardo Wolf ranks 87. Before him are Rensis Likert, Franjo Šeper, Nargis, Glauber Rocha, Edith Head, and Bobby Sands. After him are Alexander Kotov, Claude Auchinleck, Jerzy Neyman, Edvard Kocbek, Lanza del Vasto, and Mohammad Beheshti.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ricardo Wolf ranks 2,683 out of 6,142. Before him are Martin Walser (1927), Carl Brockelmann (1868), Sigmar Gabriel (1959), John II, Count Palatine of Simmern (1492), Rainer Bonhof (1952), and Özlem Türeci (1967). After him are George Mosse (1918), Friedrich Wilhelm Zachow (1663), Armin T. Wegner (1886), Marianne Sägebrecht (1945), Gottfried, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg (1897), and John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1666).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Ricardo Wolf ranks 31. Before him are Johann Christoph Denner (1655), Oskar Barnack (1879), Hans von Ohain (1911), Helmut Gröttrup (1916), Max Skladanowsky (1863), and Henrich Focke (1890). After him are Artur Fischer (1919), Carl Wilhelm Siemens (1823), Eugen Langen (1833), Fritz von Opel (1899), Ottmar Mergenthaler (1854), and Adolf Martens (1850).

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