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Ferdinand Porsche

1875 - 1951

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Ferdinand Porsche (3 September 1875 – 30 January 1951) was a German-Czech automotive engineer and founder of the Porsche AG. He is best known for creating the first gasoline–electric hybrid vehicle (Lohner–Porsche), the Volkswagen Beetle, the Auto Union racing cars, the Mercedes-Benz SS/SSK, and several other important developments and Porsche automobiles. An important contributor to the German war effort during World War II, Porsche was involved in the production of advanced tanks such as the VK 45.01 (P), the Elefant (initially called "Ferdinand") self-propelled gun, and the Panzer VIII Maus super-heavy tank, as well as other weapon systems, including the V-1 flying bomb. Porsche was a member of the Nazi Party and an honorary Oberführer of the Allgemeine SS. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand Porsche is the 4th most popular designer (down from 3rd in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Czechia (down from 17th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Designer.

Ferdinand Porsche is most famous for designing the first Volkswagen Beetle.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Ferdinand Porsche ranks 4 out of 104. Before him are Steve Jobs, Antonio Stradivari, and Thomas Andrews. After him are Peter Carl Fabergé, Giorgio Armani, Gianni Versace, Hugo Boss, William Morris, Aldus Manutius, Paco Rabanne, and Giorgetto Giugiaro.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Ferdinand Porsche ranks 11. Before him are Vallabhbhai Patel, Syngman Rhee, Rainer Maria Rilke, Albert Schweitzer, D. W. Griffith, and Ibn Saud. After him are Jeanne Calment, Mileva Marić, Gerd von Rundstedt, Marie of Romania, Albert I of Belgium, and Mikhail Kalinin. Among people deceased in 1951, Ferdinand Porsche ranks 6. Before him are Ludwig Wittgenstein, Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim, André Gide, Philippe Pétain, and Arnold Schoenberg. After him are Wilhelm, German Crown Prince, Arnold Sommerfeld, Abdullah I of Jordan, Otto Fritz Meyerhof, René Guénon, and Hermann Broch.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Ferdinand Porsche ranks 22 out of 1,200. Before him are Edmund Husserl (1859), Jan Žižka (1360), Bertha von Suttner (1843), Kurt Gödel (1906), Wilhelm Steinitz (1836), and John of Nepomuk (1350). After him are Karel Čapek (1890), Joseph Radetzky von Radetz (1766), Miloš Forman (1932), Ernst Mach (1838), Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (1850), and Edvard Beneš (1884).

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Among DESIGNERS In Czechia

Among designers born in Czechia, Ferdinand Porsche ranks 1. 

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