Inventor
Wolfgang von Kempelen
Hungarian author and inventor
1734 - 1804
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Wolfgang von Kempelen
His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang von Kempelen is the 93rd most popular inventor (down from 90th in 2024), the 25th most popular biography from Slovakia 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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#25 / 516
Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks #25 among 516 people in Pantheon born in Slovakia, inside the top 5% of that group.
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Among Inventors
Among inventors, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 93 out of 433. Before him are Raymond Damadian, Joseph Pilates, Alphonse Bertillon, Henri Coandă, Thomas Savery, and André-Jacques Garnerin. After him are Johann Maria Farina, Sakichi Toyoda, Leo Fender, Daniel Swarovski, John Harrison, and Momofuku Ando.
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Raymond Damadian
1936 - 2022
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 87
Joseph Pilates
1883 - 1967
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 88
Alphonse Bertillon
1853 - 1914
HPI: 68.55
Rank: 89
Henri Coandă
1886 - 1972
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 90
Thomas Savery
1650 - 1715
HPI: 68.36
Rank: 91
André-Jacques Garnerin
1769 - 1823
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 92
Wolfgang von Kempelen
1734 - 1804
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 93
Johann Maria Farina
1685 - 1766
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 94
Sakichi Toyoda
1867 - 1930
HPI: 68.22
Rank: 95
Leo Fender
1909 - 1991
HPI: 68.21
Rank: 96
Daniel Swarovski
1862 - 1956
HPI: 68.17
Rank: 97
John Harrison
1693 - 1776
HPI: 68.12
Rank: 98
Momofuku Ando
1910 - 2007
HPI: 68.02
Rank: 99
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1734, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 8. Before him are Franz Mesmer, Daniel Boone, Taksin, François-Joseph Gossec, Anna Göldi, and Sophie of France. After him are Cardinal de Rohan, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Grigory Orlov, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Ueda Akinari. Among people deceased in 1804, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 10. Before him are Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Jacques Necker, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Pierre Méchain, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, and Johann Friedrich Gmelin. After him are Jean-Charles Pichegru, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Jazzar Pasha, Princess Carolina of Parma, Antoine Baumé, and Martin Vahl.
Others Born in 1734
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Franz Mesmer
PHYSICIAN
1734 - 1815
HPI: 73.50
Rank: 2
Daniel Boone
EXPLORER
1734 - 1820
HPI: 73.46
Rank: 3
Taksin
POLITICIAN
1734 - 1782
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 4
François-Joseph Gossec
COMPOSER
1734 - 1829
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 5
Anna Göldi
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1734 - 1782
HPI: 68.54
Rank: 6
Sophie of France
COMPANION
1734 - 1782
HPI: 68.44
Rank: 7
Wolfgang von Kempelen
INVENTOR
1734 - 1804
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 8
Cardinal de Rohan
POLITICIAN
1734 - 1803
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 9
Charles Alexandre de Calonne
POLITICIAN
1734 - 1802
HPI: 66.34
Rank: 10
Grigory Orlov
POLITICIAN
1734 - 1783
HPI: 65.36
Rank: 11
Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière
WRITER
1734 - 1793
HPI: 65.23
Rank: 12
Joseph Wright of Derby
PAINTER
1734 - 1797
HPI: 64.87
Rank: 13
Ueda Akinari
WRITER
1734 - 1809
HPI: 64.83
Rank: 14
Others Deceased in 1804
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Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria
POLITICIAN
1746 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 4
Jacques Necker
POLITICIAN
1732 - 1804
HPI: 73.38
Rank: 5
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
INVENTOR
1725 - 1804
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 6
Pierre Méchain
ASTRONOMER
1744 - 1804
HPI: 70.29
Rank: 7
Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien
POLITICIAN
1772 - 1804
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 8
Johann Friedrich Gmelin
BIOLOGIST
1748 - 1804
HPI: 69.08
Rank: 9
Wolfgang von Kempelen
INVENTOR
1734 - 1804
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 10
Jean-Charles Pichegru
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1761 - 1804
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 11
Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo
PAINTER
1727 - 1804
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 12
Jazzar Pasha
POLITICIAN
1722 - 1804
HPI: 66.14
Rank: 13
Princess Carolina of Parma
NOBLEMAN
1770 - 1804
HPI: 65.84
Rank: 14
Antoine Baumé
CHEMIST
1728 - 1804
HPI: 65.57
Rank: 15
Martin Vahl
BIOLOGIST
1749 - 1804
HPI: 64.91
Rank: 16
In Slovakia
Among people born in Slovakia, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 25 out of 516. Before him are Ármin Vámbéry (1832), Jozef Gabčík (1912), Vojtech Tuka (1880), Ernst von Dohnányi (1877), Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880), and Ľudovít Štúr (1815). After him are Ján Zachara (1928), Pribina (800), Andrej Babiš (1954), Edita Gruberová (1946), Edith Eger (1927), and Ivan Reitman (1946).
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Ármin Vámbéry
EXPLORER
1832 - 1913
HPI: 69.47
Rank: 19
Jozef Gabčík
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1912 - 1942
HPI: 69.27
Rank: 20
Vojtech Tuka
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1946
HPI: 69.25
Rank: 21
Ernst von Dohnányi
COMPOSER
1877 - 1960
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 22
Milan Rastislav Štefánik
POLITICIAN
1880 - 1919
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 23
Ľudovít Štúr
WRITER
1815 - 1856
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 24
Wolfgang von Kempelen
INVENTOR
1734 - 1804
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 25
Ján Zachara
BOXER
1928 - 2025
HPI: 68.20
Rank: 26
Pribina
POLITICIAN
800 - 860
HPI: 68.06
Rank: 27
Andrej Babiš
POLITICIAN
1954 - Present
HPI: 67.53
Rank: 28
Edita Gruberová
SINGER
1946 - 2021
HPI: 67.33
Rank: 29
Edith Eger
PSYCHOLOGIST
1927 - 2026
HPI: 67.31
Rank: 30
Ivan Reitman
FILM DIRECTOR
1946 - 2022
HPI: 67.25
Rank: 31
Among Inventors In Slovakia
Among inventors born in Slovakia, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 1. After him are Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871), Aurel Stodola (1859), Jozef Murgaš (1864), and Kálmán Tihanyi (1897).
Wolfgang von Kempelen
1734 - 1804
HPI: 68.23
Rank: 1
Slavoljub Eduard Penkala
1871 - 1922
HPI: 61.34
Rank: 2
Aurel Stodola
1859 - 1942
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 3
Jozef Murgaš
1864 - 1929
HPI: 56.30
Rank: 4
Kálmán Tihanyi
1897 - 1947
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 5
