INVENTOR

Walter Zapp

1905 - 2003

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Walter Zapp (Latvian: Valters Caps; 4 September [O.S. 22 August] 1905 – 17 July 2003) was a Baltic German inventor. His best-known creation was the Minox subminiature camera. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Zapp has received more than 54,374 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Zapp is the 285th most popular inventor, the 110th most popular biography from Latvia and the 3rd most popular Latvian Inventor.

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  • 54k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 50.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Walter Zapp ranks 285 out of 426. Before him are Whitcomb L. Judson, Joseph Aspdin, Ralph Hartley, Prokop Diviš, George Devol, and Sidney Gilchrist Thomas. After him are Jacob Perkins, Nils Bohlin, Lester Allan Pelton, Kenjiro Takayanagi, Ivan Kulibin, and Alexander P. de Seversky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1905, Walter Zapp ranks 208. Before him are Abeid Karume, Lilí Álvarez, André Cluytens, Giuseppe Cavanna, Ernst Baier, and Irawati Karve. After him are Colin Clark, Tamar Abakelia, Rózsa Péter, Laura Perls, Eric Frank Russell, and Antonio Berni. Among people deceased in 2003, Walter Zapp ranks 189. Before him are Walter Sisulu, Jeanne Crain, Eugenio Monti, Alexander Kemurdzhian, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, and Pierre Poujade. After him are Adam Osborne, Vera Ralston, Hedy Schlunegger, Garrett Hardin, Timothy Treadwell, and Olle Anderberg.

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In Latvia

Among people born in Latvia, Walter Zapp ranks 110 out of 323. Before him are Morris Halle (1923), Hans-Diedrich von Tiesenhausen (1913), Johann Gerhard König (1728), Jānis Krūmiņš (1930), Karl Wilhelm von Kupffer (1829), and Balys Dvarionas (1904). After him are Duchess Elisabeth Alexandrine of Württemberg (1802), Georg August Schweinfurth (1836), Eduard Tisse (1897), Zenta Mauriņa (1897), Vitas (1979), and Rosa von Praunheim (1942).

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Among INVENTORS In Latvia

Among inventors born in Latvia, Walter Zapp ranks 3. Before him are Friedrich Zander (1887), and Jacob W. Davis (1831).

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