1831 - 1898
Siegfried Samuel Marcus (German: [ˈziːkfʁiːt ˈmaʁkʊs]; 18 September 1831 – 1 July 1898) was a German inventor. Marcus was born of Jewish descent in Malchin, in the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Siegfried Marcus has received more than 229,798 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Siegfried Marcus is the 168th most popular inventor (down from 162nd in 2019), the 1,999th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,887th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Inventor.
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Among inventors, Siegfried Marcus ranks 168 out of 354. Before him are Orban, Robert Cailliau, Edwin Howard Armstrong, Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff, Charles Cros, and David Edward Hughes. After him are Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, Georges Claude, Shigeo Shingo, George Washington, Ottaviano Petrucci, and Peter Henlein.
1404 - 1453
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 162
1947 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 163
1890 - 1954
HPI: 55.75
Rank: 164
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 165
1842 - 1888
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 166
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 167
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 168
1895 - 1936
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 169
1870 - 1960
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 170
1909 - 1990
HPI: 55.53
Rank: 171
1871 - 1946
HPI: 55.46
Rank: 172
1466 - 1539
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 173
1479 - 1542
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 174
Among people born in 1831, Siegfried Marcus ranks 39. Before him are Nadezhda von Meck, George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Frederick I, Duke of Anhalt, Princess Helena of Nassau, Maurice de Hirsch, and David Edward Hughes. After him are Philip Sheridan, Ankō Itosu, Princess Charlotte of Prussia, George Pullman, Ludvig Nobel, and Prince August, Duke of Dalarna. Among people deceased in 1898, Siegfried Marcus ranks 30. Before him are Princess Maria Antonia of the Two Sicilies, Prince Gong, Georges Rodenbach, Zachris Topelius, Princess Francisca of Brazil, and Tuone Udaina. After him are Pavel Tretyakov, Archduke Leopold Ludwig of Austria, Georg Ebers, George Müller, Carl Zeller, and Antoine François Marmontel.
1831 - 1894
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 33
1831 - 1893
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 34
1831 - 1904
HPI: 56.02
Rank: 35
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.98
Rank: 36
1831 - 1896
HPI: 55.81
Rank: 37
1831 - 1900
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 38
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 39
1831 - 1888
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 40
1831 - 1915
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 41
1831 - 1855
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 42
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 43
1831 - 1888
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 44
1831 - 1873
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 45
1814 - 1898
HPI: 59.20
Rank: 24
1833 - 1898
HPI: 58.74
Rank: 25
1855 - 1898
HPI: 58.65
Rank: 26
1818 - 1898
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 27
1824 - 1898
HPI: 56.91
Rank: 28
1821 - 1898
HPI: 55.70
Rank: 29
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 30
1832 - 1898
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 31
1823 - 1898
HPI: 55.32
Rank: 32
1837 - 1898
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 33
1805 - 1898
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 34
1842 - 1898
HPI: 54.53
Rank: 35
1816 - 1898
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 36
Among people born in Germany, Siegfried Marcus ranks 1,999 out of 6,142. Before him are Lotte Reiniger (1899), William, Prince of Hohenzollern (1864), Landgravine Marie Louise of Hesse-Kassel (1688), Gershon Kingsley (1922), Eduard Meyer (1855), and Julius Plücker (1801). After him are Princess Mathilde Caroline of Bavaria (1813), Rachel Félix (1821), Gotthelf Fischer von Waldheim (1771), Jaromír, Duke of Bohemia (1000), Alfred Schmidt (1931), and Ferdinand Sauerbruch (1875).
1899 - 1981
HPI: 55.62
Rank: 1,993
1864 - 1927
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,994
1688 - 1765
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,995
1922 - 2019
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 1,996
1855 - 1930
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,997
1801 - 1868
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,998
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 1,999
1813 - 1862
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 2,000
1821 - 1858
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2,001
1771 - 1853
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 2,002
1000 - 1038
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,003
1931 - 2012
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,004
1875 - 1951
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,005
Among inventors born in Germany, Siegfried Marcus ranks 23. Before him are Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740), Heinrich Göbel (1818), Johann Nicolaus von Dreyse (1787), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Uziel Gal (1923), and Heinrich Daniel Ruhmkorff (1803). After him are Peter Henlein (1479), Johann Christoph Denner (1655), Oskar Barnack (1879), Hans von Ohain (1911), Helmut Gröttrup (1916), and Max Skladanowsky (1863).
1740 - 1821
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 17
1818 - 1893
HPI: 57.49
Rank: 18
1787 - 1867
HPI: 56.98
Rank: 19
1772 - 1838
HPI: 56.90
Rank: 20
1923 - 2002
HPI: 56.14
Rank: 21
1803 - 1877
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 22
1831 - 1898
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 23
1479 - 1542
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 24
1655 - 1707
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 25
1879 - 1936
HPI: 54.42
Rank: 26
1911 - 1998
HPI: 53.95
Rank: 27
1916 - 1981
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 28
1863 - 1939
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 29