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Alec Issigonis

1906 - 1988

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Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis (Greek: σερ Άλεκ, Αλέξανδρος Αρνόλδος Κωνσταντίνος Ισηγόνης) (18 November 1906 – 2 October 1988) was a British-Greek automotive designer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alec Issigonis has received more than 458,190 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Alec Issigonis is the 146th most popular engineer (up from 154th in 2019), the 645th most popular biography from Türkiye (up from 775th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Engineer.

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  • 23

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.52

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.65

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Alec Issigonis ranks 146 out of 389. Before him are Pierre-Émile Martin, Gabriel Voisin, Franz Reuleaux, Li Kui, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, and Kerim Kerimov. After him are Yahya Ayyash, Joseph Strauss, Georgy Babakin, William Playfair, Mikhail Yangel, and Alexei Tupolev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Alec Issigonis ranks 132. Before him are Antal Doráti, Jørgen Juve, Mary Astor, Franz Waxman, Shigemaru Takenokoshi, and Tekla Juniewicz. After him are Zinka Milanov, J. R. Jayewardene, T. H. White, Lilian Harvey, Anton Karas, and Paolo Stoppa. Among people deceased in 1988, Alec Issigonis ranks 83. Before him are Abdulrahman Fawzi, Giacinto Scelsi, Gil Evans, Françoise Dolto, Antal Doráti, and Raymond Williams. After him are Henry Koster, Divine, Anne Ramsey, Cyril Jackson, Hillel Slovak, and Seán MacBride.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Alec Issigonis ranks 645 out of 1,347. Before him are Saint Domnius (300), John of Ephesus (507), Theodore I Palaiologos (1355), Sibel Can (1970), Manuel III of Trebizond (1364), and Timotheus of Miletus (-450). After him are Nuri Bilge Ceylan (1959), Theodore Prodromos (1115), Halid Ziya Uşaklıgil (1865), Mkhitar Sebastatsi (1676), Aristeas (-600), and Aulus Licinius Archias (-121).

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Among ENGINEERS In Türkiye

Among engineers born in Türkiye, Alec Issigonis ranks 2. Before him are Philo of Byzantium (-280).

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