1858 - 1913
Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (English: , German: [ˈdiːzl̩] ; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer who is famous for having invented the Diesel engine, which burns Diesel fuel; both are named after him. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolf Diesel has received more than 1,754,254 page views. His biography is available in 82 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 77 in 2019). Rudolf Diesel is the 14th most popular inventor (down from 10th in 2019), the 116th most popular biography from France (down from 99th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Inventor.
Rudolf Diesel was a German engineer and inventor who is most famous for inventing the diesel engine.
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Among inventors, Rudolf Diesel ranks 14 out of 354. Before him are Elon Musk, Karl Benz, Guglielmo Marconi, Louis Braille, Charles Babbage, and Samuel Morse. After him are Nikolaus Otto, George Stephenson, Cai Lun, Louis Daguerre, Nicéphore Niépce, and John Logie Baird.
1971 - Present
HPI: 80.35
Rank: 8
1844 - 1929
HPI: 79.02
Rank: 9
1874 - 1937
HPI: 78.99
Rank: 10
1809 - 1852
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 11
1791 - 1871
HPI: 77.95
Rank: 12
1791 - 1872
HPI: 76.69
Rank: 13
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 14
1832 - 1891
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 15
1781 - 1848
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 16
48 - 121
HPI: 74.90
Rank: 17
1787 - 1851
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 18
1765 - 1833
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 19
1888 - 1946
HPI: 72.45
Rank: 20
Among people born in 1858, Rudolf Diesel ranks 7. Before him are Émile Durkheim, Max Planck, Giacomo Puccini, Selma Lagerlöf, Theodore Roosevelt, and Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria. After him are Georg Simmel, Gustaf V of Sweden, Omar Mukhtar, Emmeline Pankhurst, Giuseppe Peano, and Christiaan Eijkman. Among people deceased in 1913, Rudolf Diesel ranks 2. Before him is Ferdinand de Saussure. After him are Alfred Russel Wallace, George I of Greece, J. P. Morgan, Alfred von Schlieffen, Menelik II, Harriet Tubman, Sophia of Nassau, Lesya Ukrainka, Tobias Asser, and Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
1858 - 1917
HPI: 82.92
Rank: 1
1858 - 1947
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 2
1858 - 1924
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 3
1858 - 1940
HPI: 77.70
Rank: 4
1858 - 1919
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 5
1858 - 1889
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 6
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 7
1858 - 1918
HPI: 72.38
Rank: 8
1858 - 1950
HPI: 72.06
Rank: 9
1858 - 1931
HPI: 70.27
Rank: 10
1858 - 1928
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 11
1858 - 1932
HPI: 67.42
Rank: 12
1858 - 1930
HPI: 67.11
Rank: 13
1857 - 1913
HPI: 78.58
Rank: 1
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 2
1823 - 1913
HPI: 72.76
Rank: 3
1845 - 1913
HPI: 72.08
Rank: 4
1837 - 1913
HPI: 68.35
Rank: 5
1833 - 1913
HPI: 67.59
Rank: 6
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 7
1820 - 1913
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 8
1836 - 1913
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 9
1871 - 1913
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 10
1838 - 1913
HPI: 65.75
Rank: 11
1837 - 1913
HPI: 65.06
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Rudolf Diesel ranks 116 out of 6,011. Before him are Nicolas Flamel (1330), Pope Clement V (1264), Albert Schweitzer (1875), Philip II of France (1165), Anatole France (1844), and Saint Sebastian (300). After him are Marcel Duchamp (1887), Jacques Lacan (1901), François Rabelais (1494), Charles XIV John of Sweden (1763), Hugh Capet (940), and Jacques Chirac (1932).
1330 - 1425
HPI: 76.45
Rank: 110
1264 - 1314
HPI: 76.38
Rank: 111
1875 - 1965
HPI: 76.35
Rank: 112
1165 - 1223
HPI: 76.32
Rank: 113
1844 - 1924
HPI: 76.31
Rank: 114
300 - 287
HPI: 76.29
Rank: 115
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 116
1887 - 1968
HPI: 76.23
Rank: 117
1901 - 1981
HPI: 76.13
Rank: 118
1494 - 1553
HPI: 76.12
Rank: 119
1763 - 1844
HPI: 76.10
Rank: 120
940 - 996
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 121
1932 - 2019
HPI: 76.08
Rank: 122
Among inventors born in France, Rudolf Diesel ranks 2. Before him are Louis Braille (1809). After him are Louis Daguerre (1787), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), Denis Papin (1647), Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Nicolas Appert (1749), Louis Blériot (1872), Louis Renault (1877), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), and André-Jacques Garnerin (1769).
1809 - 1852
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 1
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 2
1787 - 1851
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 3
1765 - 1833
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 4
1647 - 1712
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 5
1752 - 1834
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 6
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 7
1749 - 1841
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 8
1872 - 1936
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 9
1877 - 1944
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 10
1709 - 1782
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 11
1769 - 1823
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 12