







The Most Famous
Engineers from Poland
Trending Engineers from Poland This Week
The top 10 Engineers from Poland trending on Wikipedia in the past 7 days, with a quick note on what drove the spike.
- #1

Wernher von Braun
1912 - 1977
Trending in German (#80) and Dutch (#247) Wikipedia (1,735 views, on Apr 1).
Top 10 Polish Engineers
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Polish Engineers of all time. This list of famous Polish Engineers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography's online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Polish Engineers.
- #1

Wernher von Braun
1912 - 1977
HPI 77.9285 langsWernher von Braun is most famous for his work on the V-2 rocket in Nazi Germany and his work on the Saturn V rocket in the United States.
- #2

Hans Kammler
1901 - 1945
HPI 66.4023 langsGerman civil engineer, SS-Obergruppenführer
- #3

Adam Czerniaków
1880 - 1942
HPI 66.2723 langsPolish politician (1880–1942)
- #4

Józef Bem
1794 - 1850
HPI 65.6725 langsPolish general (1794–1850)
- #5

Kurt Tank
1898 - 1983
HPI 65.3228 langsGerman aircraft designer (1898–1983)
- #6

Henryk Dembiński
1791 - 1864
HPI 62.1218 langsPolish general (1791-1864)
- #7

Johannes Winkler
1897 - 1947
HPI 58.3416 langsGerman aerospace engineer
- #8

Walter Thiel
1910 - 1943
HPI 57.3016 langsGerman rocket scientist (1910-1943)
- #9

Konstantin Kalinin
1887 - 1938
HPI 56.8915 langsWorld War I aviator and Soviet aircraft designer (1887–1938)
- #10

Boris Chertok
1912 - 2011
HPI 56.3221 langsSoviet rocket designer (1912-2011)
Overlapping Lives
Which Engineers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 10 most globally memorable Engineers since 1700.
