Wolfgang von Kempelen
Hungarian engineer
Died when: 70 years 63 days (842 months)Star Sign: Aquarius
Johann Wolfgang Ritter von Kempelen de Pázmánd (Hungarian: Kempelen Farkas; 23 January 1734 – 26 March 1804) was a Hungarian author and inventor, known for his chess-playing "automaton" hoax The Turk and for his speaking machine.
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