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Orban

1404 - 1453

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Orban, also known as Urban (Hungarian: Orbán; died 1453), was an iron founder and engineer from Brassó, Transylvania, in the Kingdom of Hungary (today Brașov, Romania), who cast large-calibre artillery, Basilic, for the siege of Constantinople by the Ottomans in 1453. Orban was Hungarian, according to most modern authors, while some scholars also mention his potential German ancestry. Alternative theories suggest he had Wallachian roots. Laonikos Chalkokondyles used the term Dacian to describe him. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Orban is the 107th most popular inventor (up from 192nd in 2019), the 76th most popular biography from Romania (up from 152nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Orban ranks 107 out of 426. Before him are Richard Arkwright, Elisha Otis, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Kōnosuke Matsushita, Henry Bessemer, and Étienne-Jules Marey. After him are Walter Hunt, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Vladimir K. Zworykin, William Webb Ellis, Johann Philipp Reis, and David Bushnell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1404, Orban ranks 5. Before him are Murad II, Constantine XI Palaiologos, Leon Battista Alberti, and Marie of Anjou. After him are Stjepan Vukčić Kosača, John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, Joan Beaufort, Queen of Scots, and Anne of Burgundy. Among people deceased in 1453, Orban ranks 3. Before him are Constantine XI Palaiologos, and Giovanni Giustiniani. After him are Sidi Boushaki, Loukas Notaras, John Dunstaple, Isabella, Duchess of Lorraine, Çandarlı Halil Pasha the Younger, Sophia of Lithuania, John Talbot, 1st Earl of Shrewsbury, Jacob, Margrave of Baden-Baden, and Álvaro de Luna, 1st Duke of Trujillo.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Orban ranks 76 out of 844. Before him are György Dózsa (1470), Iolanda Balaș (1936), György Kurtág (1926), Jean Negulesco (1900), Edward G. Robinson (1893), and Petre Dumitrescu (1882). After him are Nicu Ceaușescu (1951), László Rajk (1909), David Wechsler (1896), Stephen Bocskai (1557), Petru Groza (1884), and Artur Phleps (1881).

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Among INVENTORS In Romania

Among inventors born in Romania, Orban ranks 2. Before him are Henri Coandă (1886). After him are Traian Vuia (1872), and Petrache Poenaru (1799).

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