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Aurel Vlaicu

1882 - 1913

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Aurel Vlaicu (Romanian pronunciation: [a.uˈrel ˈvlajku] ; 19 November 1882 – 13 September 1913) was a Romanian engineer, inventor, airplane constructor, and early pilot. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Aurel Vlaicu has received more than 320,145 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Aurel Vlaicu is the 132nd most popular engineer (down from 126th in 2019), the 504th most popular biography from Austria (down from 473rd in 2019) and the 6th most popular Austrian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Aurel Vlaicu ranks 132 out of 389. Before him are Georges Leclanché, Hidesaburō Ueno, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Borys Paton, Erich Topp, and Rory Byrne. After him are Flaminio Bertoni, J. Walter Christie, Patrick Head, Johan August Brinell, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, and Pierre Berthier.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Aurel Vlaicu ranks 107. Before him are Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Shigenori Tōgō, Christian Mortensen, Harry Porter, Bronisław Huberman, and Anna Schäffer. After him are Inayat Khan, Emma Jung, Walther Meissner, Robert Hichens, Kamo, and Otto Weddigen. Among people deceased in 1913, Aurel Vlaicu ranks 36. Before him are John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Henry Flagler, Carl Hagenbeck, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, Louis Paul Cailletet, and Ğabdulla Tuqay. After him are Émile Ollivier, Ralph Rose, Reginald Lee, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, Camille Jenatzy, and Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Aurel Vlaicu ranks 504 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduchess Catherine Renata of Austria (1576), Clemens von Pirquet (1874), August Eigruber (1907), Joseph Anton Koch (1768), Peter Alexander (1926), and Iuliu Maniu (1873). After him are Karl von Stürgkh (1859), Richard Kohn (1888), Konstantin Jireček (1854), Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg (1865), Philipp Frank (1884), and Friedrich Koncilia (1948).

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Among ENGINEERS In Austria

Among engineers born in Austria, Aurel Vlaicu ranks 6. Before him are Hermann Oberth (1894), Alexander Wienerberger (1891), Hans Ledwinka (1878), Viktor Kaplan (1876), and Carlo Abarth (1908). After him are Hanns Hörbiger (1867), Béla Barényi (1907), Erwin Komenda (1904), and Hans Moravec (1948).

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