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Ferdinand von Zeppelin

1838 - 1917

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Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin (German: Ferdinand Adolf Heinrich August Graf von Zeppelin; 8 July 1838 – 8 March 1917) was a German general and later inventor of the Zeppelin rigid airships. His name became synonymous with airships and dominated long-distance flight until the 1930s. He founded the company Luftschiffbau Zeppelin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ferdinand von Zeppelin is the 30th most popular businessperson (down from 24th in 2019), the 262nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 233rd in 2019) and the most popular German Businessperson.

Ferdinand von Zeppelin was a German general and aviation pioneer who is most famous for designing the Zeppelin airship.

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Among businesspeople, Ferdinand von Zeppelin ranks 30 out of 847. Before him are William Boeing, Jeffrey Epstein, Estée Lauder, Steve Ballmer, Lee Byung-chul, and Amancio Ortega. After him are Ludwig Erhard, P. T. Barnum, Guccio Gucci, Eddie Jordan, Margaret Hamilton, and Linda McMahon.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Ferdinand von Zeppelin ranks 5. Before him are John Wilkes Booth, Georges Bizet, Liliʻuokalani, and Ernst Mach. After him are Max Bruch, Tobias Asser, Jan Matejko, Edward W. Morley, Franz Brentano, Luís I of Portugal, and Émile Loubet. Among people deceased in 1917, Ferdinand von Zeppelin ranks 10. Before him are Mata Hari, Edgar Degas, L. L. Zamenhof, Liliʻuokalani, Eduard Buchner, and Adolf von Baeyer. After him are Emil von Behring, Emil Theodor Kocher, Edward Burnett Tylor, Buffalo Bill, Franz Brentano, and Dragutin Dimitrijević.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ferdinand von Zeppelin ranks 262 out of 7,253. Before him are Louis IV, Holy Roman Emperor (1282), Werner von Siemens (1816), August Ferdinand Möbius (1790), Helmuth von Moltke the Elder (1800), Anne of Cleves (1515), and Hans Holbein the Younger (1497). After him are Ludwig Erhard (1897), Konstantin von Neurath (1873), Albert Kesselring (1885), Friedrich Bessel (1784), Walther von Brauchitsch (1881), and Max Stirner (1806).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Ferdinand von Zeppelin ranks 1. After him are Ludwig Erhard (1897), Bertha Benz (1849), Adolf Dassler (1900), Levi Strauss (1829), Rudolf Dassler (1898), Otto Frank (1889), Robert Bosch (1861), Jakob Fugger (1459), Henri Nestlé (1814), Paul Reuter (1816), and Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777).

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