The Most Famous
ENGINEERS from Netherlands
This page contains a list of the greatest Dutch Engineers. The pantheon dataset contains 389 Engineers, 1 of which were born in Netherlands. This makes Netherlands the birth place of the 37th most number of Engineers behind Croatia, and Azerbaijan.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Dutch Engineers of all time. This list of famous Dutch Engineers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Menno van Coehoorn (1641 - 1704)
With an HPI of 53.65, Menno van Coehoorn is the most famous Dutch Engineer. His biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.
Menno, Baron van Coehoorn (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈmɛnoː vɑŋ ˈkuɦoːr(ə)n]; March 1641 – 17 March 1704) was a Dutch States Army officer and engineer, regarded as one of the most significant figures in Dutch military history. In an era when siege warfare dominated military campaigns, he and his French counterpart Vauban were the acknowledged experts in designing, taking and defending fortifications. Both had their advocates; Vauban's maxim of 'more powder, less blood' also took longer, an important consideration when most military deaths occurred from disease. He is also viewed as more innovative in the design and extent of his fortifications, which included ports, waterways, roads and even town layouts. However, unlike Vauban, Van Coehoorn had limited financial resources. He showed great skill in maximising these, while adapting to the specific challenges posed by the flat terrain in the Netherlands. Some of his water defences and designs were still being used in the 1950s.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as Dutch engineers born between 1641 and 1641. Of these 1, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Dutch engineers include Menno van Coehoorn.
