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Michael Thonet

1796 - 1871

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Michael Thonet (2 July 1796 – 3 March 1871) was a German-Austrian cabinet maker, known for the invention of bentwood furniture. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Michael Thonet is the 16th most popular designer (down from 14th in 2019), the 746th most popular biography from Germany (down from 638th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular German Designer.

Michael Thonet is most famous for designing the bentwood chair.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Michael Thonet ranks 16 out of 104. Before him are Aldus Manutius, Paco Rabanne, Giorgetto Giugiaro, Gerrit Rietveld, László Moholy-Nagy, and Valentino. After him are René Lalique, Miuccia Prada, Nina Ricci, Georg Elser, Exekias, and Charles Rennie Mackintosh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1796, Michael Thonet ranks 7. Before him are Nicholas I of Russia, Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Adolphe Quetelet, and Aloys II, Prince of Liechtenstein. After him are Franz Berwald, Caroline Amalie of Augustenburg, Asher Brown Durand, Jakob Steiner, Walter Hunt, and Peter Fendi. Among people deceased in 1871, Michael Thonet ranks 7. Before him are Charles Babbage, John Herschel, Shamil, 3rd Imam of Dagestan, Daniel Auber, Augustus De Morgan, and Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. After him are Louise of the Netherlands, Omar Pasha, Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, Anna Atkins, Sigismond Thalberg, and Robert Anderson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Michael Thonet ranks 746 out of 7,253. Before him are John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1658), Magda Schneider (1909), Hugo Ball (1886), Reinhard Gehlen (1902), Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria (1821), and Wilhelm Tempel (1821). After him are Otto Rehhagel (1938), Sandra (1962), Otto Grotewohl (1894), Hugh of Saint Victor (1096), Andrew Wiles (1953), and Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar (1530).

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Among DESIGNERS In Germany

Among designers born in Germany, Michael Thonet ranks 2. Before him are Hugo Boss (1885). After him are Georg Elser (1903), Dieter Rams (1932), Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (1914), Margarete Steiff (1847), Luigi Colani (1928), Otl Aicher (1922), Anton Koberger (1440), Erik Spiekermann (1947), and Philipp Plein (1978).

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