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Robert Bosch

1861 - 1942

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Robert Bosch (23 September 1861 – 12 March 1942) was a German business magnate, engineer and inventor, founder of Bosch. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Bosch is the 68th most popular businessperson (down from 57th in 2019), the 564th most popular biography from Germany (down from 480th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Businessperson.

Robert Bosch is most famous for inventing the spark plug.

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Robert Bosch ranks 68 out of 847. Before him are Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden, Rudolf Dassler, Boris Berezovsky, Soichiro Honda, Giovanni Agnelli, and Otto Frank. After him are Dietrich Mateschitz, J. Paul Getty, Martin Cooper, Jakob Fugger, Sergei Diaghilev, and Rupert Murdoch.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1861, Robert Bosch ranks 16. Before him are Victor Horta, Georgy Lvov, Erich von Falkenhayn, Alfred North Whitehead, Halford Mackinder, and Aristide Maillol. After him are José Rizal, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont, H. H. Holmes, and James Naismith. Among people deceased in 1942, Robert Bosch ranks 15. Before him are Bronisław Malinowski, Robert Musil, Walther von Reichenau, Anton Drexler, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and Fritz Todt. After him are William G. Morgan, Franz Boas, Irène Némirovsky, Bruno Schulz, Sabina Spielrein, and Kārlis Ulmanis.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Robert Bosch ranks 564 out of 7,253. Before him are Julius Lothar Meyer (1830), Gisela of Hungary (980), Victoria of Baden (1862), Friedrich Olbricht (1888), Otto Frank (1889), and Wilhelm List (1880). After him are Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony (1867), Karl Carstens (1914), Horst Ludwig Störmer (1949), Princess Charlotte of Prussia (1860), Ulrich von Hutten (1488), and Hendrik Goltzius (1558).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Germany

Among businesspeople born in Germany, Robert Bosch ranks 8. Before him are Ludwig Erhard (1897), Bertha Benz (1849), Adolf Dassler (1900), Levi Strauss (1829), Rudolf Dassler (1898), and Otto Frank (1889). After him are Jakob Fugger (1459), Henri Nestlé (1814), Paul Reuter (1816), Nathan Mayer Rothschild (1777), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), and Uli Hoeneß (1952).

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