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Alfred Krupp

1812 - 1887

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Alfred Krupp (born Alfried Felix Alwyn Krupp; Essen, 26 April 1812 – Essen, 14 July 1887) was a German steel manufacturer and inventor; the largest arms supplier of his era, which earned him the nickname "The Cannon King". He was the head of the Krupp company, known today as ThyssenKrupp. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Alfred Krupp is the 128th most popular inventor (down from 113th in 2019), the 1,413th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,170th in 2019) and the 16th most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Alfred Krupp ranks 128 out of 426. Before him are Samuel Crompton, Hans von Ohain, Nikolai Kardashev, Paul Otlet, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., and André Michelin. After him are Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Robert Adler, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, W. O. Bentley, Percy Spencer, and Elisha Gray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1812, Alfred Krupp ranks 18. Before him are Amélie of Leuchtenberg, Moses Hess, Sigismond Thalberg, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, Ascanio Sobrero, and Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde. After him are Robert Browning, Pertevniyal Sultan, Paul Abadie, Natalia Pushkina, Friedrich von Flotow, and Edward Lear. Among people deceased in 1887, Alfred Krupp ranks 11. Before him are Aleksandr Ulyanov, Ivan Kramskoi, Multatuli, Jenny Lind, Johann Jakob Bachofen, and Juan, Count of Montizón. After him are Jules Laforgue, Friedrich von Amerling, Jean-Baptiste Boussingault, Doc Holliday, Agostino Depretis, and William A. Wheeler.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alfred Krupp ranks 1,413 out of 7,253. Before him are August Grisebach (1814), Philipp Franz von Siebold (1796), Maria Josepha Amalia of Saxony (1803), Else Lasker-Schüler (1869), Arnold van Gennep (1873), and Hans Werner Henze (1926). After him are Axel Honneth (1949), Anne Christine of Sulzbach, Princess of Piedmont (1704), Philipp Ludwig, Count Palatine of Neuburg (1547), Wilhelm Groener (1867), Thea von Harbou (1888), and John B. Goodenough (1922).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Alfred Krupp ranks 16. Before him are Adam Opel (1837), Emile Berliner (1851), Joseph Pilates (1883), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), Theobald Boehm (1794), and Hans von Ohain (1911). After him are Hugo Schmeisser (1884), Siegfried Marcus (1831), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Peter Henlein (1479), Heinrich Göbel (1818), and Uziel Gal (1923).

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