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Josep Bonaplata i Corriol

1795 - 1843

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Josep Bonaplata i Corriol (1795 - Bunyol, 2 June 1843) was a Catalan industrial entrepreneur known for introducing the steam engine into Catalonia and Spain. His parents, Ramon Bonaplata and Teresa Corriol, were textile manufacturers, principally of chintz, and he had three brothers, Salvador, Ramon and Narcís. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josep Bonaplata i Corriol is the 610th most popular businessperson (up from 662nd in 2019), the 1,802nd most popular biography from Spain (up from 1,969th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Spanish Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol ranks 610 out of 847Before him are Kim Dotcom, Kimbal Musk, Irving Kristol, Tim O'Reilly, Bruce Buck, and Steve Forbes. After him are Alan Sugar, Mira Murati, Richard Bass, Shuntaro Furukawa, Zhang Yiming, and Vijay Mallya.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1795, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol ranks 62Before him are Christian Friedrich Ecklon, John P. Kennedy, Pedro Blanco Soto, John Francis Davis, José Miguel de Velasco Franco, and Charles Sturt. After him are Vasily Perovsky, Benizelos Roufos, Benjamin Franklin Butler, Frances Wright, William Lyon Mackenzie, and Benjamin Morrell. Among people deceased in 1843, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol ranks 33Before him are Sylvestre François Lacroix, Friedrich von Adelung, Johann Natterer, Kazim Rashti, Washington Allston, and José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno. After him are John Claudius Loudon, Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, and Smith Thompson.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol ranks 1,802 out of 3,355Before him are Voro (1963), Miguel Mihura (1905), Pedro Duque (1963), José Hierro (1922), Enrique Jardiel Poncela (1901), and Julia Navarro (1953). After him are Juan Carlos Navarro (1980), Francisco Gamborena (1901), José Juncosa (1922), Marcelino Oreja, 1st Marquis of Oreja (1935), Ismael Urzaiz (1971), and José Amador de los Ríos (1818).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Spain

Among businesspeople born in Spain, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol ranks 12Before him are Josep Maria Bartomeu (1963), Rosalía Mera (1944), Ramón Calderón (1951), Josep Lluís Núñez (1931), Joseph Oller (1839), and Ana Botín (1960). After him are Francesc Xavier Bultó (1912), María Sefidari (1982), Jordi Cuixart (1975), and Ángel Granda (1997).