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Adolphe Sax

1814 - 1894

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Antoine-Joseph "Adolphe" Sax (French: [ɑ̃twan ʒozɛf adɔlf saks]; 6 November 1814 – 7 February 1894) was a Belgian inventor and musician who invented the saxophone in the early 1840s, patenting it in 1846. He also invented the saxotromba, saxhorn and saxtuba, and redesigned the bass clarinet in a fashion still used in the 21st century. He played the flute and clarinet. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adolphe Sax is the 43rd most popular inventor (down from 39th in 2019), the 58th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 53rd in 2019) and the most popular Belgian Inventor.

Adolphe Sax was a Belgian inventor and musician who is most famous for inventing the saxophone.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Adolphe Sax ranks 43 out of 426. Before him are Igor Sikorsky, László Bíró, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Frank Whittle, Bob Kahn, and Ismail al-Jazari. After him are Wilhelm Maybach, Herman Hollerith, Robert Fulton, Steve Wozniak, Karl Drais, and George Westinghouse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1814, Adolphe Sax ranks 7. Before him are Mikhail Bakunin, Jean-François Millet, Taras Shevchenko, Mikhail Lermontov, Samuel Colt, and Anders Jonas Ångström. After him are Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, Julius von Mayer, Edwin Stanton, Hong Xiuquan, Henri Nestlé, and Jenny von Westphalen. Among people deceased in 1894, Adolphe Sax ranks 9. Before him are Robert Louis Stevenson, Hermann von Helmholtz, Francis II of the Two Sicilies, Lajos Kossuth, Ferdinand de Lesseps, and Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.. After him are Anton Rubinstein, Gustave Caillebotte, Hans von Bülow, Marie François Sadi Carnot, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, and John Sparrow David Thompson.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Adolphe Sax ranks 58 out of 1,190. Before him are Victor Horta (1861), Julio Cortázar (1914), Albert Claude (1899), Samo (600), Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence (1338), and Pepin of Landen (585). After him are Simon Stevin (1548), Henry van de Velde (1863), Yves Chauvin (1930), Marguerite Yourcenar (1903), Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927), and Dominique Pire (1910).

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Among INVENTORS In Belgium

Among inventors born in Belgium, Adolphe Sax ranks 1. After him are Étienne Lenoir (1822), Jacques Piccard (1922), Paul Otlet (1868), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Robert Cailliau (1947), and George Washington (1871).

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