1734 - 1804
Johann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd (Hungarian: Kempelen Farkas; 23 January 1734 – 26 March 1804) was a Hungarian author and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wolfgang von Kempelen has received more than 177,374 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang von Kempelen is the 96th most popular inventor (down from 73rd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Slovakia (up from 71st in 2019) and the most popular Slovak Inventor.
Wolfgang von Kempelen was a Hungarian nobleman and inventor. He is most famous for his chess playing automaton, the Mechanical Turk.
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Among inventors, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 96 out of 354. Before him are Daniel Swarovski, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Étienne-Jules Marey, Elisha Otis, Leo Fender, and Johann Maria Farina. After him are Bob Kahn, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Edmund Cartwright, Léon Theremin, Henri Coandă, and Robert Noyce.
1862 - 1956
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 90
1747 - 1823
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 91
1830 - 1904
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 92
1811 - 1861
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 93
1909 - 1991
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 94
1685 - 1766
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 95
1734 - 1804
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 96
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 97
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 98
1743 - 1823
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 99
1896 - 1993
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 100
1886 - 1972
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 101
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 102
Among people born in 1734, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 7. Before him are Franz Mesmer, Maria I of Portugal, Grigory Orlov, Cardinal de Rohan, Taksin, and François-Joseph Gossec. After him are Anna Göldi, Sophie of France, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Joseph Wright of Derby, Shahrokh Shah, and Nicolas-Edme Rétif. Among people deceased in 1804, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 8. Before him are Joseph Priestley, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Jacques Necker, Alexander Hamilton, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, and Pierre Méchain. After him are Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Princess Carolina of Parma, Jean-Charles Pichegru, Jazzar Pasha, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, and Johann Friedrich Gmelin.
1734 - 1815
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 1
1734 - 1816
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 2
1734 - 1783
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 3
1734 - 1803
HPI: 62.68
Rank: 4
1734 - 1782
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 5
1734 - 1829
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 6
1734 - 1804
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 7
1734 - 1782
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 8
1734 - 1782
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 9
1734 - 1802
HPI: 59.61
Rank: 10
1734 - 1797
HPI: 59.14
Rank: 11
1734 - 1796
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 12
1734 - 1806
HPI: 57.22
Rank: 13
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 2
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 3
1732 - 1804
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 4
1755 - 1804
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 5
1746 - 1804
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 6
1744 - 1804
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 7
1734 - 1804
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 8
1772 - 1804
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 9
1770 - 1804
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 10
1761 - 1804
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 11
1722 - 1804
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 12
1727 - 1804
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 13
1748 - 1804
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 14
Among people born in Slovakia, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 24 out of 357. Before him are Ivan Gašparovič (1941), Jozef Gabčík (1912), Pavel Jozef Šafárik (1795), Edita Gruberová (1946), Vladimír Mečiar (1942), and Ármin Vámbéry (1832). After him are Ivan Reitman (1946), Tibor Sekelj (1912), Ernst von Dohnányi (1877), Ľudovít Štúr (1815), Pribina (800), and Zuzana Čaputová (1973).
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.69
Rank: 18
1912 - 1942
HPI: 63.68
Rank: 19
1795 - 1861
HPI: 62.80
Rank: 20
1946 - 2021
HPI: 62.66
Rank: 21
1942 - Present
HPI: 62.30
Rank: 22
1832 - 1913
HPI: 61.86
Rank: 23
1734 - 1804
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 24
1946 - 2022
HPI: 60.93
Rank: 25
1912 - 1988
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 26
1877 - 1960
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 27
1815 - 1856
HPI: 60.80
Rank: 28
800 - 860
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 29
1973 - Present
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 30
Among inventors born in Slovakia, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 1. After him are Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871), Aurel Stodola (1859), and Jozef Murgaš (1864).
1734 - 1804
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 1
1871 - 1922
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 2
1859 - 1942
HPI: 51.63
Rank: 3
1864 - 1929
HPI: 46.77
Rank: 4