POLITICIAN

Victor Lustig

1890 - 1947

Photo of Victor Lustig

Icon of person Victor Lustig

Victor Lustig (German pronunciation: [ˈvɪktoːɐ̯ ˈlʊstɪç]; January 4, 1890 – March 11, 1947) was a con artist from Austria-Hungary, who undertook a criminal career that involved conducting scams across Europe and the United States during the early 20th century. Lustig is widely regarded as one of the most notorious con artists of his time, and is infamous for being "the man who sold the Eiffel Tower twice" and for conducting the "Rumanian Box" scam. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Victor Lustig is the 2,888th most popular politician (down from 2,528th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 86th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Czech Politician.

Victor Lustig was most famous for being a con artist. He was known for selling the Eiffel Tower twice.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Victor Lustig by language

Loading...

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Victor Lustig ranks 2,888 out of 19,576. Before him are Theuderic II, Boran, Sergei Witte, Johann Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, Werner von Haeften, and Elizabeth of Portugal. After him are Adolfo Suárez, Merneith, Francisco I. Madero, Yazid III, Francesco Cossiga, and James III of Scotland.

Most Popular Politicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Victor Lustig ranks 30. Before him are Jaroslav Heyrovský, Robert Ley, Franz Werfel, Kurt Student, Maria Goretti, and Hermann Joseph Muller. After him are Giorgio Morandi, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Eduard Dietl, Fanny Kaplan, Karl Harrer, and Ronald Fisher. Among people deceased in 1947, Victor Lustig ranks 31. Before him are Ernst Lubitsch, Nicholas Roerich, Frederick Gowland Hopkins, G. H. Hardy, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, and Stanley Baldwin. After him are Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Alexander Löhr, Annie S. D. Maunder, Qazi Muhammad, Georg von Trapp, and Reginald Innes Pocock.

Others Born in 1890

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1947

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Victor Lustig ranks 90 out of 1,200. Before him are Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber (1644), Max Wertheimer (1880), Ludmila of Bohemia (860), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), and Petr Pavel (1961). After him are Josef Hoffmann (1870), Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679), Henry of Bohemia (1265), Johann Stamitz (1717), Christoph Schönborn (1945), and Alois Senefelder (1771).

Others born in Czechia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among POLITICIANS In Czechia

Among politicians born in Czechia, Victor Lustig ranks 26. Before him are Maria Christina of Austria (1858), Joseph Wenzel I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1696), Ottokar I of Bohemia (1155), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Maria of Austria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg (1531), and Petr Pavel (1961). After him are Henry of Bohemia (1265), Maria Theresa of Austria-Este (1849), Hans-Adam I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1662), Antonín Novotný (1904), Vratislaus II of Bohemia (1035), and Konrad Henlein (1898).

Czech born Politicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous