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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 298,776 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Aurel Vlaicu is the 128th most popular engineer (down from 127th in 2019), the 475th most popular biography from Austria (down from 460th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Aurel Vlaicu ranks 128 out of 323Before him are Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Borys Paton, Franz Reuleaux, Erik Dahlbergh, Yevgeny Dragunov, and Pierre Berthier. After him are Gustave Whitehead, Carlo Abarth, Alexander Lippisch, Vitaly Abalakov, Herman Potočnik, and Johan August Brinell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Aurel Vlaicu ranks 101Before him are Anna Schäffer, Infanta María Teresa of Spain, Volin, Christian Mortensen, Adolphus Frederick VI, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and August Kopff. After him are Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Fiorello H. La Guardia, Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria, Max Decugis, Vilém Mathesius, and Kâzım Karabekir. Among people deceased in 1913, Aurel Vlaicu ranks 36Before him are Reginald Lee, John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, Archduke Rainer Ferdinand of Austria, Hjalmar Johansen, Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky, and Louis Paul Cailletet. After him are Carl Hagenbeck, Ğabdulla Tuqay, Okakura Kakuzō, Manuel Ferraz de Campos Sales, Hermann, Prince of Hohenlohe-Langenburg, and Émile Ollivier.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Aurel Vlaicu ranks 475 out of 1,237Before him are Henri Herz (1803), Archduchess Isabella Clara of Austria (1629), Ivan Šubašić (1892), Anton Graf von Arco auf Valley (1897), Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (1620), and Franz Binder (1911). After him are Valentin Inzko (1949), Carl Schlechter (1874), Robert Fuchs (1847), Frederick III, Duke of Austria (1347), Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1759), and Julius Raab (1891).

Among ENGINEERS In Austria

Among engineers born in Austria, Aurel Vlaicu ranks 4Before him are Alexander Wienerberger (1891), Hans Ledwinka (1878), and Viktor Kaplan (1876). After him are Carlo Abarth (1908), Béla Barényi (1907), and Hans Moravec (1948).