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Werner von Siemens

1816 - 1892

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Ernst Werner Siemens (von Siemens from 1888; English: SEEM-ənz; German: [ˈziːməns, -mɛns]; 13 December 1816 – 6 December 1892) was a German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist. Siemens's name has been adopted as the SI unit of electrical conductance, the siemens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Werner von Siemens has received more than 691,208 page views. His biography is available in 54 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 55 in 2019). Werner von Siemens is the 26th most popular inventor (down from 21st in 2019), the 213th most popular biography from Germany (down from 175th in 2019) and the 5th most popular German Inventor.

Werner von Siemens is most famous for inventing the dynamo, which is an electric generator that produces electricity.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Werner von Siemens ranks 26 out of 354. Before him are John Logie Baird, Karl Ferdinand Braun, Samuel Colt, Charles K. Kao, Thomas Newcomen, and Antonio Meucci. After him are James Naismith, Steve Wozniak, Denis Papin, Ernő Rubik, Bartolomeo Cristofori, and George Westinghouse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Werner von Siemens ranks 2. Before him is Charlotte Brontë. After him are Carl Zeiss, Arthur de Gobineau, Eugène Edine Pottier, Maria Theresa of Austria, Ferdinand II of Portugal, Paul Reuter, Abbas I of Egypt, Antoine Béchamp, Carl Ludwig, and 10th Dalai Lama. Among people deceased in 1892, Werner von Siemens ranks 2. Before him is Walt Whitman. After him are Bahá'u'lláh, Princess Ludovika of Bavaria, Ernest Renan, Thomas Cook, Richard Owen, Édouard Lalo, Rudolf von Jhering, John Couch Adams, Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, and Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Werner von Siemens ranks 213 out of 6,142. Before him are Wilhelm Canaris (1887), Conrad III of Germany (1093), Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Conrad II, Holy Roman Emperor (990), Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor (980), and Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714). After him are Anton Drexler (1884), Wenceslaus IV of Bohemia (1361), Levi Strauss (1829), Hans Zimmer (1957), Hans Memling (1435), and Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb (1876).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Werner von Siemens ranks 5. Before him are Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Karl Benz (1844), Nikolaus Otto (1832), and Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850). After him are Konrad Zuse (1910), Karl Drais (1785), Hans Lippershey (1570), Emile Berliner (1851), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Adam Opel (1837), and Joseph Pilates (1883).

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