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Alfred Büchi

Swiss engineer (1879-1959)

  • Fame47.4
  • Momentum10.3
  • Wikipedia689
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Lived 1879–1959, aged 80Switzerland
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  • Era
    1879–1959
    Aged 80
  • Awards
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Updated 2026-06-26

Alfred Büchi was a Swiss engineer and inventor. He was best known as the inventor of turbocharging. Büchi was born July 11, 1879, in Winterthur, Switzerland, growing up there and in Ludwigshafen. He was the son of Johann Büchi, a chief executive at Swiss industrial engineering and manufacturing firm Sulzer.

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Momentum10.3
Historical8.6
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Source confidence55.0
Completeness70.0
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