1861 - 1942
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 796,290 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Robert Bosch is the 38th most popular businessperson (down from 32nd in 2019), the 350th most popular biography from Germany (down from 321st in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Businessperson.
Robert Bosch is most famous for inventing the spark plug.
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Among businesspeople, Robert Bosch ranks 38 out of 601. Before him are Steve Ballmer, Hugh Hefner, J. P. Morgan, Guccio Gucci, Otto Frank, and João Havelange. After him are J. Paul Getty, Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Ettore Bugatti, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Soichiro Honda, and Robert Kiyosaki.
1956 - Present
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 32
1926 - 2017
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 33
1837 - 1913
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 34
1881 - 1953
HPI: 68.31
Rank: 35
1889 - 1980
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 36
1916 - 2016
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 37
1861 - 1942
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 38
1892 - 1976
HPI: 67.99
Rank: 39
1870 - 1950
HPI: 67.96
Rank: 40
1881 - 1947
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 41
1916 - 1993
HPI: 67.79
Rank: 42
1906 - 1991
HPI: 67.58
Rank: 43
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 44
Among people born in 1861, Robert Bosch ranks 13. Before him are Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, James Naismith, Victor Horta, Erich von Falkenhayn, Charles Édouard Guillaume, and Alfred North Whitehead. After him are Halford Mackinder, Georgy Lvov, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Aristide Maillol, Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland, and H. H. Holmes. Among people deceased in 1942, Robert Bosch ranks 12. Before him are Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anton Drexler, José Raúl Capablanca, Robert Musil, Jean Baptiste Perrin, and William Henry Bragg. After him are William G. Morgan, Walther von Reichenau, Fritz Todt, Franz Boas, Richard Willstätter, and Grand Duke Dmitri Pavlovich of Russia.
1861 - 1948
HPI: 70.75
Rank: 7
1861 - 1939
HPI: 70.68
Rank: 8
1861 - 1947
HPI: 69.73
Rank: 9
1861 - 1922
HPI: 69.24
Rank: 10
1861 - 1938
HPI: 68.46
Rank: 11
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.32
Rank: 12
1861 - 1942
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 13
1861 - 1947
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 14
1861 - 1925
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 15
1861 - 1947
HPI: 65.66
Rank: 16
1861 - 1944
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 17
1861 - 1951
HPI: 64.53
Rank: 18
1861 - 1896
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 19
1874 - 1942
HPI: 71.02
Rank: 6
1884 - 1942
HPI: 70.84
Rank: 7
1888 - 1942
HPI: 70.74
Rank: 8
1880 - 1942
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 9
1870 - 1942
HPI: 69.37
Rank: 10
1862 - 1942
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 11
1861 - 1942
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 12
1870 - 1942
HPI: 67.73
Rank: 13
1884 - 1942
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 14
1891 - 1942
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 15
1858 - 1942
HPI: 66.39
Rank: 16
1872 - 1942
HPI: 65.71
Rank: 17
1891 - 1942
HPI: 65.56
Rank: 18
Among people born in Germany, Robert Bosch ranks 350 out of 6,142. Before him are Katharina von Bora (1498), Theodor Schwann (1810), Louise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1776), Isabeau of Bavaria (1370), Karl Drais (1785), and Ludwig III of Bavaria (1845). After him are Sepp Maier (1944), Henry the Lion (1129), Georgy Lvov (1861), Martin Waldseemüller (1470), Franz Halder (1884), and Friedrich Olbricht (1888).
1498 - 1552
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 344
1810 - 1882
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 345
1776 - 1810
HPI: 68.09
Rank: 346
1370 - 1435
HPI: 68.08
Rank: 347
1785 - 1851
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 348
1845 - 1921
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 349
1861 - 1942
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 350
1944 - Present
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 351
1129 - 1195
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 352
1861 - 1925
HPI: 68.03
Rank: 353
1470 - 1520
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 354
1884 - 1972
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 355
1888 - 1944
HPI: 68.00
Rank: 356
Among businesspeople born in Germany, Robert Bosch ranks 6. Before him are Ferdinand von Zeppelin (1838), Levi Strauss (1829), Ludwig Erhard (1897), Adolf Dassler (1900), and Otto Frank (1889). After him are Rudolf Dassler (1898), Henri Nestlé (1814), Jakob Fugger (1459), Paul Reuter (1816), Bertha Benz (1849), and Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777).
1838 - 1917
HPI: 71.21
Rank: 1
1829 - 1902
HPI: 70.76
Rank: 2
1897 - 1977
HPI: 70.45
Rank: 3
1900 - 1978
HPI: 69.61
Rank: 4
1889 - 1980
HPI: 68.30
Rank: 5
1861 - 1942
HPI: 68.04
Rank: 6
1898 - 1974
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 7
1814 - 1890
HPI: 66.23
Rank: 8
1459 - 1525
HPI: 64.07
Rank: 9
1816 - 1899
HPI: 62.28
Rank: 10
1849 - 1944
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 11
1777 - 1836
HPI: 61.85
Rank: 12