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Johannes Gutenberg

German inventor and craftsman (1400-1468)

  • Fame80.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Germany rank#24
Source-basedFalling
  • Fame80.9
  • Momentum0.0
  • Germany rank#24
  • Scientists rank#17
  • Wikipedia74.6K
Lived 1400–1468, aged 68Germany
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  • Wikipedia
    167 languages
    Cross-language footprint
  • Rank in Germany
    #24
    Scientists
  • Era
    1400–1468
    Aged 68
Summary
Updated 2026-07-27

He made it possible to clone a page of text hundreds of times in a day instead of once in a month. Before Gutenberg's press, every book in Europe was copied by hand; after it, ideas moved faster than they ever had, and the Reformation and Renaissance rode the wave.

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Born Johannes Gensfleisch zur Laden zum Gutenberg around 1393–1406 in what would become Germany, he was an inventor and craftsman who saw that East Asia's movable type could be re-engineered for speed. He developed a process for mass-producing metal type from a lead-tin-antimony alloy that melted fast and cast sharp, built adjustable molds and a wooden press adapted from agricultural screw presses, and switched to oil-based ink that actually stuck to metal. The result was the printing press, and his proof of concept was the Gutenberg Bible — the first printed Bible, still regarded for its tech…

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Fame
Falling
80.9
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Historical26.7
Now attention11.2
Source confidence60.0
Completeness70.0
Global rank
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Country rank
#24
Category rank
#17
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