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Burt Rutan

1943 - Today

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Elbert Leander "Burt" Rutan (; born June 17, 1943) is a retired American aerospace engineer and entrepreneur noted for his originality in designing light, strong, unusual-looking, and energy-efficient air and space craft. He designed the record-breaking Voyager, which in 1986 was the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling. He also designed the Virgin Atlantic GlobalFlyer, which in 2006 set the world record for the fastest (342 mph/551 km/h in 67 hours) and longest (25,766 miles/41,466 km) nonstop non-refueled circumnavigation flight in history. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Burt Rutan has received more than 1,003,962 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). Burt Rutan is the 285th most popular engineer (down from 231st in 2019), the 6,908th most popular biography from United States (down from 5,371st in 2019) and the 28th most popular American Engineer.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.57

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Burt Rutan ranks 285 out of 389. Before him are Eilmer of Malmesbury, Arthur Rudolph, Ransom E. Olds, Pierre-François Bouchard, Georgy Langemak, and Hideo Itokawa. After him are Alan Shugart, Frances Spence, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Peter Chen, Pavel Solovyov, and Friedrich L. Bauer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Burt Rutan ranks 471. Before him are Lasse Holm, Marilynne Robinson, Elizabeth Hartman, Safi Faye, Hélène Vincent, and Pat Barker. After him are Charles H. Bennett, Steve Miller, Ron Geesin, Martha Rosler, Gary Wright, and Carolyn Schuler.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Burt Rutan ranks 6,908 out of 20,380. Before him are Paula Fox (1923), Edgar Winter (1946), Brenda Song (1988), Michael Learned (1939), Curtis Fuller (1934), and Mildred Gillars (1900). After him are John Romita Sr. (1930), John F. Reynolds (1820), Joe Sample (1939), Marie Doro (1882), Bob Weinstein (1954), and Eben Alexander (1953).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Burt Rutan ranks 28. Before him are Butler Lampson (1943), Eugene Polley (1915), Hendrik Wade Bode (1905), Preston Tucker (1903), Rudy Van Gelder (1924), and Ransom E. Olds (1864). After him are Alan Shugart (1930), Frances Spence (1922), Donald Wills Douglas Sr. (1892), K. Eric Drexler (1955), Frederick Terman (1900), and Hugh Latimer Dryden (1898).

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