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Johannes Gutenberg

1394 - 1468

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Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg (c. 1393–1406 – 3 February 1468) was a German inventor and craftsman who invented the movable-type printing press. Though movable type was already in use in East Asia, Gutenberg's invention of the printing press enabled a much faster rate of printing. The printing press later spread across the world, and led to an information revolution and the unprecedented mass-spread of literature throughout Europe. It had a profound impact on the development of the Renaissance, Reformation, and humanist movements. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Gutenberg is the 4th most popular inventor, the 10th most popular biography from Germany (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular German Inventor.

Johannes Gutenberg is most famous for inventing the printing press in the 1400s.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 4 out of 426. Before him are Leonardo da Vinci, Nikola Tesla, and Thomas Edison. After him are James Watt, Karl Benz, Elon Musk, Alexander Graham Bell, Guglielmo Marconi, Henry Ford, Louis Braille, and Charles Babbage.

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Among people born in 1394, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 1. After him are Prince Henry the Navigator, Ulugh Beg, Charles, Duke of Orléans, James I of Scotland, Cymburgis of Masovia, Sidi Boushaki, Philippa of England, Ikkyū, Basil Valentine, Ashikaga Yoshinori, and Antonio Beccadelli. Among people deceased in 1468, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 1. After him are Skanderbeg, Sejo of Joseon, Abu'l-Khayr Khan, Jean de Dunois, Bianca Maria Visconti, Juana Enríquez, Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Francesco Squarcione, Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, and Zara Yaqob.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 10 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Sebastian Bach (1685), Martin Luther (1483), Karl Marx (1818), Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646), Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777), and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749). After him are Friedrich Nietzsche (1844), Charlemagne (748), Empress Elisabeth of Austria (1837), Albrecht Dürer (1471), Johannes Kepler (1571), and George Frideric Handel (1685).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Johannes Gutenberg ranks 1. After him are Karl Benz (1844), Nikolaus Otto (1832), Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), Hans Lippershey (1570), Werner von Siemens (1816), Wilhelm Maybach (1846), Karl Drais (1785), Konrad Zuse (1910), Adam Opel (1837), Emile Berliner (1851), and Joseph Pilates (1883).

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