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Melitta Bentz

1873 - 1950

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Amalie Auguste Melitta Bentz (née Liebscher, January 31, 1873 – June 29, 1950) was a German inventor and entrepreneur known for revolutionizing the process of coffee brewing with her invention of the coffee filter. Her company, Melitta, has long been a significant leader in the coffee industry. Her contributions enhanced coffee preparation methods and influenced coffee culture around the world. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Melitta Bentz is the 211th most popular businessperson (down from 156th in 2019), the 1,856th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,473rd in 2019) and the 21st most popular German Businessperson.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Melitta Bentz ranks 211 out of 847. Before her are Roy Raymond, Iwasaki Yatarō, Adriano Galliani, Robert Trump, Ted Turner, and Tom Wolf. After her are Morris Chang, John Langenus, Franz Josef Popp, Rebiya Kadeer, Maurice de Hirsch, and Stockton Rush.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1873, Melitta Bentz ranks 62. Before her are Nadežda Petrović, Viktor Chernov, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Adolph Zukor, Theodor Körner, and Ma Barker. After her are Leo Frobenius, Édouard Claparède, Fritz Thyssen, Hans Berger, Valery Bryusov, and Duke Adolf Friedrich of Mecklenburg. Among people deceased in 1950, Melitta Bentz ranks 54. Before her are Fevzi Çakmak, Francesco Cilea, Frederick Keeping, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Karl Guthe Jansky, and Charles Bennett. After her are Rafael Sabatini, Liane de Pougy, Henry L. Stimson, Grigory Kulik, Abraham Wald, and Salvatore Giuliano.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Melitta Bentz ranks 1,856 out of 7,253. Before her are Gregor Gysi (1948), Wilhelm Schmidt (1868), Armin Laschet (1961), Frederick of Saxony (1474), Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984), and Prince Louis Ferdinand of Prussia (1772). After her are Princess Feodora of Leiningen (1807), Ernest Mandel (1923), Carl Ludvig Engel (1778), Ralf Rangnick (1958), Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1679), and Friedrich Rückert (1788).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Melitta Bentz ranks 21. Before her are Johann Friedrich Böttger (1682), Karl Albrecht (1920), Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773), James Mayer de Rothschild (1792), Salomon Mayer von Rothschild (1774), and Peter Thiel (1967). After her are Maurice de Hirsch (1831), John Jacob Astor (1763), Axel Springer (1912), Dieter Schwarz (1939), Carl Laemmle (1867), and Karl Baedeker (1801).

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