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Wilhelm Maybach

1846 - 1929

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Wilhelm Maybach (German: [ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈmaɪbax] ; 9 February 1846 – 29 December 1929) was an early German engine designer and industrialist. During the 1890s he was hailed in France, then the world centre for car production, as the "King of Designers". From the late 19th century Wilhelm Maybach, together with Gottlieb Daimler, developed light, high-speed internal combustion engines suitable for land, water, and air use. These were fitted to the world's first motorcycle, motorboat, and after Daimler's death, a new automobile introduced in late 1902, the Mercedes model, built to the specifications of Emil Jellinek. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Maybach is the 44th most popular inventor (up from 45th in 2019), the 402nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 365th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Inventor.

Wilhelm Maybach is most famous for designing the first internal combustion engine to be used in a car.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Wilhelm Maybach ranks 44 out of 426. Before him are László Bíró, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Frank Whittle, Bob Kahn, Ismail al-Jazari, and Adolphe Sax. After him are Herman Hollerith, Robert Fulton, Steve Wozniak, Karl Drais, George Westinghouse, and Douglas Engelbart.

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Among people born in 1846, Wilhelm Maybach ranks 5. Before him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Princess Helena of the United Kingdom, and Peter Carl Fabergé. After him are Buffalo Bill, Comte de Lautréamont, George Westinghouse, Edmondo De Amicis, Wladimir Köppen, Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil, and Prince Leopold of Bavaria. Among people deceased in 1929, Wilhelm Maybach ranks 6. Before him are Karl Benz, Georges Clemenceau, Richard Adolf Zsigmondy, Ferdinand Foch, and Gustav Stresemann. After him are Herman Hollerith, Charles Cooley, Hugo von Hofmannsthal, Bernhard von Bülow, Prince Maximilian of Baden, and Sergei Diaghilev.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Maybach ranks 402 out of 7,253. Before him are Jürgen Klopp (1967), Helmuth Weidling (1891), Princess Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine (1864), Ilse Koch (1906), Rupert, King of Germany (1352), and Max Bruch (1838). After him are Einhard (770), Ernst Thälmann (1886), Hans Georg Dehmelt (1922), Chlodio (393), Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486), and Maria of Yugoslavia (1900).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Wilhelm Maybach ranks 7. Before him are Johannes Gutenberg (1394), Karl Benz (1844), Nikolaus Otto (1832), Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850), Hans Lippershey (1570), and Werner von Siemens (1816). After him are Karl Drais (1785), Konrad Zuse (1910), Adam Opel (1837), Emile Berliner (1851), Joseph Pilates (1883), and Johann Philipp Reis (1834).

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