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Robert Bosch

1861 - 1942

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Robert Bosch (23 September 1861 – 12 March 1942) was a German industrialist, engineer and inventor, founder of Robert Bosch GmbH. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Robert Bosch has received more than 861,965 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 40 in 2019). Robert Bosch is the 57th most popular businessperson (down from 38th in 2019), the 480th most popular biography from Germany (down from 350th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Businessperson.

Robert Bosch is most famous for inventing the spark plug.

Memorability Metrics

  • 860k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 66.56

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Robert Bosch ranks 57 out of 847. Before him are Otto Frank, Ray Kroc, Giovanni Agnelli, Rudolf Dassler, Jakob Fugger, and Henri Nestlé. After him are Martin Cooper, Sergei Diaghilev, Roman Abramovich, Ronald Wayne, Aga Khan IV, and Thomas Cook.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Robert Bosch ranks 15. Before him are Victor Horta, Erich von Falkenhayn, Georgy Lvov, Alfred North Whitehead, Halford Mackinder, and James Naismith. After him are José Rizal, Aristide Maillol, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Edmund Allenby, 1st Viscount Allenby, and H. H. Holmes. Among people deceased in 1942, Robert Bosch ranks 14. Before him are Anton Drexler, Jean Baptiste Perrin, Lucy Maud Montgomery, William G. Morgan, Richard Willstätter, and William Henry Bragg. After him are Fritz Todt, Bruno Schulz, Walther von Reichenau, Franz Boas, François Darlan, and Irène Némirovsky.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Robert Bosch ranks 480 out of 7,253. Before him are Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse (1837), Ernst Busch (1885), Henri Nestlé (1814), Wilhelm Schickard (1592), Hermann Staudinger (1881), and Gerda Taro (1910). After him are Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877), Frederick III, Elector of Saxony (1463), Hans Baldung (1484), John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg (1572), Ernst Bloch (1885), and Rupert, King of Germany (1352).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Robert Bosch ranks 9. Before him are Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), Adolf Dassler (1900), Otto Frank (1889), Rudolf Dassler (1898), Jakob Fugger (1459), and Henri Nestlé (1814). After him are Paul Reuter (1816), Bertha Benz (1849), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), Uli Hoeneß (1952), James Mayer de Rothschild (1792), and Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682).

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