1907 - 1997
Béla Barényi (1 March 1907, Hirtenberg, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy – 30 May 1997, Böblingen, Germany) was an ethnic Hungarian engineer from Austria-Hungary, who was a prolific inventor, sometimes even compared to Thomas Edison. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Béla Barényi has received more than 163,838 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Béla Barényi is the 170th most popular engineer, the 577th most popular biography from Austria and the 6th most popular Austrian Engineer.
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Among engineers, Béla Barényi ranks 170 out of 323. Before him are Anton Flettner, Louis Charles Breguet, Émile Levassor, Rory Byrne, Kelly Johnson, and Arthur Morin. After him are Alphonse Pénaud, Robert Maillart, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Alfred Neubauer, Henryk Dembiński, and Hugo Eckener.
1885 - 1961
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 164
1880 - 1955
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 165
1843 - 1897
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 166
1944 - Present
HPI: 52.25
Rank: 167
1910 - 1990
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 168
1795 - 1880
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 169
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 170
1850 - 1880
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 171
1872 - 1940
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 172
1609 - 1680
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 173
1891 - 1980
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 174
1791 - 1864
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 175
1868 - 1954
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 176
Among people born in 1907, Béla Barényi ranks 148. Before him are Mihail Sebastian, Helmut Walcha, L. Sprague de Camp, Ita Rina, Géza von Radványi, and Roberto Cherro. After him are Miguel Torga, James A. Michener, James M. Gavin, Philip Arthur Fisher, Jean Carzou, and Roman Rudenko. Among people deceased in 1997, Béla Barényi ranks 124. Before him are Saw Maung, Lev Kopelev, Colonel Tom Parker, Lam Ching-ying, Maria Prymachenko, and Juzo Itami. After him are James A. Michener, King Hu, Giorgio Strehler, Ella Maillart, Brian Keith, and Anatoliy Banishevskiy.
1907 - 1945
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 142
1907 - 1991
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 143
1907 - 2000
HPI: 52.36
Rank: 144
1907 - 1979
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 145
1907 - 1986
HPI: 52.24
Rank: 146
1907 - 1965
HPI: 52.23
Rank: 147
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 148
1907 - 1995
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 149
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 150
1907 - 1990
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 151
1907 - 2004
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 152
1907 - 2000
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 153
1907 - 1981
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 154
1928 - 1997
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 118
1912 - 1997
HPI: 52.65
Rank: 119
1909 - 1997
HPI: 52.63
Rank: 120
1952 - 1997
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 121
1908 - 1997
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 122
1933 - 1997
HPI: 52.22
Rank: 123
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 124
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 125
1932 - 1997
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 126
1921 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 127
1903 - 1997
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 128
1921 - 1997
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 129
1946 - 1997
HPI: 51.41
Rank: 130
Among people born in Austria, Béla Barényi ranks 577 out of 1,237. Before him are Ingrid Haebler (1926), Erich Fried (1921), Maria Wodzińska (1819), Michael Mayr (1864), Augustín Malár (1894), and Hermann Bondi (1919). After him are Georg Rafael Donner (1693), Emma Eckstein (1865), Albert Apponyi (1846), Anton Zeilinger (1945), Nathan Birnbaum (1864), and Konstantin Jireček (1854).
1926 - 2023
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 571
1921 - 1988
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 572
1819 - 1896
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 573
1864 - 1922
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 574
1894 - 1945
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 575
1919 - 2005
HPI: 52.29
Rank: 576
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 577
1693 - 1741
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 578
1865 - 1924
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 579
1846 - 1933
HPI: 52.13
Rank: 580
1945 - Present
HPI: 52.10
Rank: 581
1864 - 1937
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 582
1854 - 1918
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 583
Among engineers born in Austria, Béla Barényi ranks 6. Before him are Alexander Wienerberger (1891), Hans Ledwinka (1878), Viktor Kaplan (1876), Aurel Vlaicu (1882), and Carlo Abarth (1908). After him are Hans Moravec (1948).
1891 - 1955
HPI: 61.41
Rank: 1
1878 - 1967
HPI: 56.12
Rank: 2
1876 - 1934
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 3
1882 - 1913
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 4
1908 - 1979
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 5
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 6
1948 - Present
HPI: 47.27
Rank: 7