The Most Famous
Engineers from Poland
Top 10 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.
People
Pantheon has 10 people classified as Polish engineers born between 1791 and 1912. Of these 10, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Polish engineers include Wernher von Braun, Hans Kammler, and Adam Czerniaków.
Deceased Polish Engineers
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Wernher von Braun
1912 - 1977
HPI: 77.92
Hans Kammler
1901 - 1945
HPI: 66.40
Adam Czerniaków
1880 - 1942
HPI: 66.27
Józef Bem
1794 - 1850
HPI: 65.67
Kurt Tank
1898 - 1983
HPI: 65.32
Henryk Dembiński
1791 - 1864
HPI: 62.12
Johannes Winkler
1897 - 1947
HPI: 58.34
Walter Thiel
1910 - 1943
HPI: 57.30
Konstantin Kalinin
1887 - 1938
HPI: 56.89
Boris Chertok
1912 - 2011
HPI: 56.32
Overlapping Lives
Which Engineers were alive at the same time? This visualization shows the lifespans of the 10 most globally memorable Engineers since 1700.
