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Arthur Rudolph

1906 - 1996

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Arthur Louis Hugo Rudolph (November 9, 1906 – January 1, 1996) was a German rocket engineer who was a leader of the effort to develop the V-2 rocket for Nazi Germany. After World War II, the United States government's Office of Strategic Services (OSS) brought him to the U.S. as part of the clandestine Operation Paperclip, where he became one of the main developers of the U.S. space program. He worked within the U.S. Army and NASA, where he managed the development of several systems, including the Pershing missile and the Saturn V Moon rocket. In 1984, the U.S. government investigated him for war crimes, and he agreed to renounce his United States citizenship and leave the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Arthur Rudolph has received more than 469,463 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Rudolph is the 280th most popular engineer (down from 268th in 2019), the 4,588th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,103rd in 2019) and the 32nd most popular German Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Arthur Rudolph ranks 280 out of 389. Before him are Preston Tucker, Robert W. Paul, Gerhard Fieseler, Rudy Van Gelder, Mikhail Tikhonravov, and Eilmer of Malmesbury. After him are Ransom E. Olds, Pierre-François Bouchard, Georgy Langemak, Hideo Itokawa, Burt Rutan, and Alan Shugart.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Arthur Rudolph ranks 284. Before him are Wolfgang Koeppen, Vilmos Kohut, Carl Benjamin Boyer, Jānis Ivanovs, Buddy Adler, and Galo Plaza. After him are Lon Chaney Jr., Erich Kähler, Willy Hansen, Willy Jäggi, Klavdiya Shulzhenko, and Arturo Torres Carrasco. Among people deceased in 1996, Arthur Rudolph ranks 228. Before him are Bernard Edwards, Robert Nisbet, Bai Yang, Bibi Besch, Maati Bouabid, and Adelaide Lambert. After him are Zainab Biisheva, Alfredo Nobre da Costa, Bill Monroe, Jonathan Larson, Antonio Creus, and Anni Steuer.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Arthur Rudolph ranks 4,588 out of 7,253. Before him are Konrad von Würzburg (1225), Dora Doll (1922), Hans Zender (1936), Günther Beckstein (1943), Theodor Loos (1883), and Nina Hoss (1975). After him are Karl Julius Perleb (1794), Peter Frenkel (1939), Elias Holl (1573), Karl Dall (1941), Franz Josef Jung (1949), and Juliane Köhler (1965).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Arthur Rudolph ranks 32. Before him are Johann Georg Halske (1814), Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848), Paul Mauser (1838), Wilhelm Nusselt (1882), Oskar von Miller (1855), and Gerhard Fieseler (1896). After him are Friedrich L. Bauer (1924), Peter Schreyer (1953), Christopher Cockerell (1910), Willy Ley (1906), Mario Theissen (1952), and Willy Rampf (1953).

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