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Ed Heinemann

1908 - 1991

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Edward Henry Heinemann (March 14, 1908 – November 26, 1991) was a military aircraft designer for the Douglas Aircraft Company. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ed Heinemann has received more than 139,724 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Ed Heinemann is the 221st most popular engineer (down from 204th in 2019), the 4,708th most popular biography from United States (down from 4,457th in 2019) and the 18th most popular American Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Ed Heinemann ranks 221 out of 389Before him are André Waterkeyn, W. Ross Ashby, Charles F. Brush, Ma Jun, Georgy Beriev, and Seymour Cray. After him are Eugène Belgrand, Léon Serpollet, Kenneth Nichols, Charles Renard, Antoine Nicolas Duchesne, and Frederick W. Lanchester.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Ed Heinemann ranks 199Before him are Sucheta Kriplani, Jacques Herbrand, Artem Alikhanian, Gisèle Freund, Don Bradman, and Gualberto Villarroel. After him are Gideon Ståhlberg, Joseph Keilberth, Paolo Monti, Lars-Erik Larsson, Kočo Racin, and Arkhip Lyulka. Among people deceased in 1991, Ed Heinemann ranks 136Before him are Luis Miró, Yusuf Idris, Viviane Romance, Colleen Dewhurst, Vasco Pratolini, and Peggy Ashcroft. After him are Guy Bourdin, Northrop Frye, Dean Jagger, Gene Clark, Richard Speck, and Elisaveta Bagriana.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ed Heinemann ranks 4,708 out of 20,380Before him are Fernando J. Corbató (1926), Barney Kessel (1923), Dimebag Darrell (1966), Bob Rafelson (1933), Helen Churchill Candee (1858), and Randy Meisner (1946). After him are Evelyn Keyes (1916), Harold Osborn (1899), William Cameron Menzies (1896), Matisyahu (1979), Malcom McLean (1913), and Bridget Moynahan (1971).

Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Ed Heinemann ranks 18Before him are Eugene Stoner (1922), Emily Warren Roebling (1843), Gene Kranz (1933), Kelly Johnson (1910), Charles F. Brush (1849), and Seymour Cray (1925). After him are Kenneth Nichols (1907), Aron Ralston (1975), Jon Postel (1943), Butler Lampson (1943), Eugene Polley (1915), and Hendrik Wade Bode (1905).