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Anthony Fokker

1890 - 1939

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Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker (6 April 1890 – 23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer. He produced fighter aircraft in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Dr.1 triplane and the D.VII biplane. After the Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to produce aircraft, Fokker moved his business to the Netherlands. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anthony Fokker has received more than 539,010 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 37 in 2019). Anthony Fokker is the 41st most popular engineer (down from 37th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Indonesia and the most popular Indonesian Engineer.

Anthony Fokker was a Dutch aviation pioneer who designed and built aircraft for the German air force during World War I. He was most famous for designing the Fokker Dr.I triplane, which was the main fighter plane used by the Germans in World War I.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Anthony Fokker ranks 41 out of 389. Before him are Villard de Honnecourt, Pavel Sukhoi, Felix Wankel, Ildefons Cerdà, Ernst Heinkel, and Howard H. Aiken. After him are Sergey Ilyushin, Marcello Gandini, William John Macquorn Rankine, Moshe Arens, Vannevar Bush, and Lu Ban.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Anthony Fokker ranks 38. Before him are Karl Harrer, Rachele Mussolini, Eduard Dietl, Hans-Valentin Hube, Jaroslav Heyrovský, and Elsa Schiaparelli. After him are Groucho Marx, Beniamino Gigli, Ronald Fisher, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Jacques Ibert, and Vannevar Bush. Among people deceased in 1939, Anthony Fokker ranks 23. Before him are Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Antonio Machado, Louis Wain, Ferdinand von Lindemann, Ambroise Vollard, and Alexander Yegorov. After him are Ghazi of Iraq, Otto Rank, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, Ernst Toller, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, and Prince Valdemar of Denmark.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Anthony Fokker ranks 9 out of 158. Before him are Willem Einthoven (1860), Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Joko Widodo (1961), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), and B. J. Habibie (1936). After him are Laura Gemser (1950), Prabowo Subianto (1951), Enrique of Malacca (1495), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), and Jan Toorop (1858).

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Among ENGINEERS In Indonesia

Among engineers born in Indonesia, Anthony Fokker ranks 1. 

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