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Anton Flettner

1885 - 1961

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Anton Flettner (1 November 1885 – 29 December 1961) was a German aviation engineer and inventor. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anton Flettner has received more than 121,463 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Flettner is the 164th most popular engineer (up from 180th in 2019), the 2,787th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,820th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular German Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 120k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 52.59

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.92

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Anton Flettner ranks 164 out of 323. Before him are Marc Seguin, John Bagot Glubb, Léon Charles Thévenin, Gérard Larrousse, Pierre-Émile Martin, and Antoine de Chézy. After him are Louis Charles Breguet, Émile Levassor, Rory Byrne, Kelly Johnson, Arthur Morin, and Béla Barényi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1885, Anton Flettner ranks 103. Before him are Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Francisco Bru, Liviu Rebreanu, Noman Çelebicihan, Josef Frank, and Muslim Magomayev. After him are St John Philby, Henri Laurens, Viggo Brun, Sophie, Princess of Albania, Alexander Shliapnikov, and Tadeusz Kutrzeba. Among people deceased in 1961, Anton Flettner ranks 70. Before him are Govind Ballabh Pant, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi, Jeff Chandler, Hélène Dutrieu, Gustav Ucicky, and Hubert Van Innis. After him are Thomas Beecham, H.D., Camille Guérin, Nicola Canali, Václav Talich, and Edith Wilson.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anton Flettner ranks 2,787 out of 6,142. Before him are Michael Kiske (1968), Eberhard II, Duke of Württemberg (1447), Adolf Kussmaul (1822), Johann Ludwig Krebs (1713), Franz Joseph Emil Fischer (1877), and Albrecht VII, Duke of Mecklenburg (1486). After him are Otl Aicher (1922), Otto Schott (1851), Heinrich Rubens (1865), Walter Andreas Schwarz (1913), Rosemarie Ackermann (1952), and Albert of Aix (1060).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Anton Flettner ranks 22. Before him are John A. Roebling (1806), Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935), Franz Reuleaux (1829), Gustave Whitehead (1874), Alexander Lippisch (1894), and Hellmuth Walter (1900). After him are Hugo Eckener (1868), Walter Hohmann (1880), Wilhelm Nusselt (1882), Franz Grashof (1826), Paul Mauser (1838), and Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848).

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