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Alexander Lippisch

1894 - 1976

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Alexander Martin Lippisch (2 November 1894 – 11 February 1976) was a German aeronautical engineer, a pioneer of aerodynamics who made important contributions to the understanding of tailless aircraft, delta wings and the ground effect, and also worked in the U.S. Within the Opel-RAK program, he was the designer of the world's first rocket-powered glider. He developed and conceptualized delta wing designs which functioned practically in supersonic delta wing fighter aircraft as well as in hang gliders. People he worked with continued the development of the delta wing and supersonic flight concepts over the 20th century. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexander Lippisch has received more than 238,499 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexander Lippisch is the 131st most popular engineer (down from 105th in 2019), the 2,266th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,831st in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Engineer.

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Among engineers, Alexander Lippisch ranks 131 out of 323. Before him are Erik Dahlbergh, Yevgeny Dragunov, Pierre Berthier, Aurel Vlaicu, Gustave Whitehead, and Carlo Abarth. After him are Vitaly Abalakov, Herman Potočnik, Johan August Brinell, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Eduard Totleben, and J. Walter Christie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Alexander Lippisch ranks 98. Before him are T. V. Soong, Mei Lanfang, Thorleif Haug, Ottavio Bottecchia, Max Weinreich, and Ecaterina Teodoroiu. After him are Prince Igor Constantinovich of Russia, Friedrich Pollock, Marietta Blau, Frans G. Bengtsson, Nedo Nadi, and Boris Lyatoshinsky. Among people deceased in 1976, Alexander Lippisch ranks 90. Before him are Karl Schäfer, Paul Strand, Wilder Penfield, Freddie King, Mohammed Ben Aarafa, and Hans von Obstfelder. After him are Josef Sudek, Gottfried von Cramm, Rudolf Kempe, Marcel Broodthaers, Boris Iofan, and Howlin' Wolf.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Alexander Lippisch ranks 2,266 out of 6,142. Before him are Prince Ernst August of Hanover (1954), Hans von Obstfelder (1886), Fritz Müller (1822), Countess Palatine Elisabeth Auguste of Sulzbach (1721), Louis III, Elector Palatine (1378), and Princess Helena Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1888). After him are William, Prince of Wied (1845), Princess Alexandra of Bavaria (1826), Johann Hieronymus Schröter (1745), Adolphus Frederick II, Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (1658), Ludwig Klages (1872), and Casimir, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1481).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Alexander Lippisch ranks 20. Before him are Erich Topp (1914), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), John A. Roebling (1806), Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935), Franz Reuleaux (1829), and Gustave Whitehead (1874). After him are Hellmuth Walter (1900), Anton Flettner (1885), Hugo Eckener (1868), Walter Hohmann (1880), Wilhelm Nusselt (1882), and Franz Grashof (1826).

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