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Emil Jellinek

1853 - 1918

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Emil Jellinek, known after 1903 as Emil Jellinek-Mercedes (6 April 1853 – 21 January 1918), was an automobile entrepreneur of the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG), responsible in 1900 for commissioning the first modern automobile, the Mercedes 35hp. Jellinek created the Mercedes trademark in 1902, naming it in honor of his daughter, Mercédès Jellinek. The trademark developed into the company Mercedes-Benz, and the marque became one of the largest car brands in the world. Jellinek lived in Vienna, Austria, then later moved to Nice, on the French Riviera, where he was General Consul of Austria-Hungary. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emil Jellinek is the 4,422nd most popular politician (down from 3,725th in 2019), the 1,153rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,015th in 2019) and the 333rd most popular German Politician.

Emil Jellinek is most famous for being the founder of the Jellinek Law, which states that a person's blood alcohol content is proportional to the number of drinks they have had.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Emil Jellinek ranks 4,422 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Sibylle of Cleves, Benjamin Sheares, Andris Bērziņš, George Clinton, and Sabinianus. After him are Khutulun, Luitgard, Charles of Provence, Friedrich Adler, Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon, and John III of Navarre.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1853, Emil Jellinek ranks 26. Before him are Princess Thyra of Denmark, Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Oskar Potiorek, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Kitasato Shibasaburō, and Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are André Michelin, Francesco Filippini, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Flinders Petrie, Antonio Salandra, and Vladimir Korolenko. Among people deceased in 1918, Emil Jellinek ranks 52. Before him are István Tisza, Ivan Cankar, Koloman Moser, César Ritz, Prince John Konstantinovich of Russia, and Anna Dostoevskaya. After him are John Bauer, Daniel Burley Woolfall, Victor Adler, Vasily Radlov, Mikhail Alekseyev, and Princess Anna of Prussia.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Emil Jellinek ranks 1,153 out of 7,253. Before him are Johannes Valentinus Andreae (1586), Erich Auerbach (1892), Fritz Strassmann (1902), Friedrich Dollmann (1882), Ernst Albrecht (1930), and Sibylle of Cleves (1512). After him are Adam Elsheimer (1578), Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp (1759), Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), Michael Ballack (1976), Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713), and Gottlob Berger (1896).

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Among POLITICIANS In Germany

Among politicians born in Germany, Emil Jellinek ranks 333. Before him are Paul Langerhans (1847), Oskar Lafontaine (1943), Hans Oster (1887), Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709), Ernst Albrecht (1930), and Sibylle of Cleves (1512). After him are Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen (1925), Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen (1713), Gottlob Berger (1896), Philip William, Elector Palatine (1615), John George, Elector of Brandenburg (1525), and George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1624).

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