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Rudolf Dassler

1898 - 1974

Rudolf Dassler

Rudolf "Rudi" Dassler (26 March 1898 – 27 October 1974) was a German cobbler, inventor, member of the Nazi party, businessman and founder of sportswear company Puma. He was the older brother of Adidas founder, Adolf "Adi" Dassler. The brothers were partners in a shoe company Adolf started, "Gebrüder Dassler Schuhfabrik" (German for 'Dassler Brothers Shoe Factory'). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Dassler has received more than 2,081,214 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Rudolf Dassler is the 54th most popular businessperson (down from 51st in 2019), the 461st most popular biography from Germany (up from 467th in 2019) and the 6th most popular German Businessperson.

Rudolf Dassler is most famous for being the founder of Adidas.

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2.1M
Page Views (PV)
66.80
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
38
Languages Editions (L)
7.29
Effective Languages (L*)
2.88
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Rudolf Dassler ranks 54 out of 847. Before him are Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Robert Kiyosaki, Dietrich Mateschitz, Otto Frank, Ray Kroc, and Giovanni Agnelli. After him are Jakob Fugger, Henri Nestlé, Robert Bosch, Martin Cooper, Sergei Diaghilev, and Roman Abramovich.

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Gustav Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach
1870 - 1950
HPI: 67.18
Rank: 48
Robert Kiyosaki
1947 - Present
HPI: 67.02
Rank: 49
Dietrich Mateschitz
1944 - 2022
HPI: 67.01
Rank: 50
Otto Frank
1889 - 1980
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 51
Ray Kroc
1902 - 1984
HPI: 66.95
Rank: 52
Giovanni Agnelli
1866 - 1945
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 53
Rudolf Dassler
1898 - 1974
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 54
Jakob Fugger
1459 - 1525
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 55
Henri Nestlé
1814 - 1890
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 56
Robert Bosch
1861 - 1942
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 57
Martin Cooper
1928 - Present
HPI: 66.47
Rank: 58
Sergei Diaghilev
1872 - 1929
HPI: 66.25
Rank: 59
Roman Abramovich
1966 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 60

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Rudolf Dassler ranks 25. Before him are Leo Szilard, Tamara de Lempicka, Isidor Isaac Rabi, Julius Evola, Hans Krebs, and Rodion Malinovsky. After him are Henry Moore, Ahmad Shah Qajar, Karl Ziegler, René Clair, Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois, and Willy Messerschmitt. Among people deceased in 1974, Rudolf Dassler ranks 18. Before him are Baldur von Schirach, Duke Ellington, Virginia Apgar, Imre Lakatos, Julius Evola, and Miguel Ángel Asturias. After him are David Oistrakh, Jacob L. Moreno, Darius Milhaud, Erich Kästner, Zalman Shazar, and Satyendra Nath Bose.

Others Born in 1898

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Leo Szilard
PHYSICIST
1898 - 1964
HPI: 69.12
Rank: 19
Tamara de Lempicka
PAINTER
1898 - 1980
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 20
Isidor Isaac Rabi
PHYSICIST
1898 - 1988
HPI: 67.60
Rank: 21
Julius Evola
PHILOSOPHER
1898 - 1974
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 22
Hans Krebs
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1898 - 1945
HPI: 67.10
Rank: 23
Rodion Malinovsky
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1967
HPI: 66.99
Rank: 24
Rudolf Dassler
BUSINESSPERSON
1898 - 1974
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 25
Henry Moore
SCULPTOR
1898 - 1986
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 26
Ahmad Shah Qajar
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1930
HPI: 65.43
Rank: 27
Karl Ziegler
CHEMIST
1898 - 1973
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 28
René Clair
FILM DIRECTOR
1898 - 1981
HPI: 65.31
Rank: 29
Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois
POLITICIAN
1898 - 1977
HPI: 65.27
Rank: 30
Willy Messerschmitt
ENGINEER
1898 - 1978
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 31