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Wolfgang von Kempelen

1734 - 1804

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Johann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd (Hungarian: Kempelen Farkas; 23 January 1734 – 26 March 1804) was a Hungarian author, engineer, and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Wolfgang von Kempelen is the 93rd most popular inventor (down from 90th in 2019), the 25th most popular biography from Slovakia and the most popular Slovak Inventor.

Wolfgang von Kempelen was a Hungarian nobleman and inventor. He is most famous for his chess playing automaton, the Mechanical Turk.

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Among inventors, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 93 out of 426. Before him are Raymond Damadian, Joseph Pilates, Alphonse Bertillon, Henri Coandă, Thomas Savery, and André-Jacques Garnerin. After him are Johann Maria Farina, Sakichi Toyoda, Leo Fender, Daniel Swarovski, John Harrison, and Momofuku Ando.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1734, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 8. Before him are Franz Mesmer, Daniel Boone, Taksin, François-Joseph Gossec, Anna Göldi, and Sophie of France. After him are Cardinal de Rohan, Charles Alexandre de Calonne, Grigory Orlov, Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, Joseph Wright of Derby, and Ueda Akinari. Among people deceased in 1804, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 10. Before him are Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Jacques Necker, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot, Pierre Méchain, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, and Johann Friedrich Gmelin. After him are Jean-Charles Pichegru, Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo, Jazzar Pasha, Princess Carolina of Parma, Antoine Baumé, and Martin Vahl.

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In Slovakia

Among people born in Slovakia, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 25 out of 418. Before him are Ármin Vámbéry (1832), Jozef Gabčík (1912), Vojtech Tuka (1880), Ernst von Dohnányi (1877), Milan Rastislav Štefánik (1880), and Ľudovít Štúr (1815). After him are Ján Zachara (1928), Pribina (800), Andrej Babiš (1954), Edita Gruberová (1946), Ivan Reitman (1946), and Zuzana Čaputová (1973).

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Among INVENTORS In Slovakia

Among inventors born in Slovakia, Wolfgang von Kempelen ranks 1. After him are Slavoljub Eduard Penkala (1871), Aurel Stodola (1859), Jozef Murgaš (1864), and Kálmán Tihanyi (1897).

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