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Enrico Forlanini

1848 - 1930

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Enrico Forlanini (13 December 1848 – 9 October 1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aeroplanes, hydrofoils and dirigibles. He was born in Milan. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Enrico Forlanini has received more than 79,415 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Enrico Forlanini is the 243rd most popular engineer (down from 220th in 2019), the 3,197th most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,960th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Enrico Forlanini ranks 243 out of 389. Before him are Essam Sharaf, Aron Ralston, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Anousheh Ansari, and Alexander Kemurdzhian. After him are Konstantin Kalinin, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Jon Postel, Hans Moravec, Paul Mauser, and Wilhelm Nusselt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Enrico Forlanini ranks 85. Before him are Elia Millosevich, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Sándor Wekerle, Francis Davis Millet, Diederik Korteweg, and Ioan Slavici. After him are Otto von Emmich, Surendranath Banerjee, Alexander Kazbegi, Hubert Parry, Princess Frederica of Hanover, and Henry Augustus Rowland. Among people deceased in 1930, Enrico Forlanini ranks 84. Before him are Herbert Hall Turner, Glenn Curtiss, Joseph Achille Le Bel, Valeriano Weyler, Anna Lea Merritt, and Mary Harris Jones. After him are Albert von Le Coq, Kakutsa Cholokashvili, Prosper-René Blondlot, Max Valier, Aleksandr Golovin, and Henri Jobier.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Enrico Forlanini ranks 3,197 out of 5,161. Before him are Bertuccio Valier (1596), Guido Gonzaga (1290), Abella (1400), Pietro Mengoli (1626), William of Apulia (1100), and Alessandro Grandi (1586). After him are Luigi Bianchi (1856), Lanassa (-400), Joe Profaci (1897), Crescenzio Sepe (1943), Ecphantus the Pythagorean (null), and Maurizio Cattelan (1960).

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Among ENGINEERS In Italy

Among engineers born in Italy, Enrico Forlanini ranks 7. Before him are Umberto Nobile (1885), Marcello Gandini (1938), Nicola Romeo (1876), Flaminio Bertoni (1903), Riccardo Morandi (1902), and Giuseppe Colombo (1920). After him are Gioacchino Colombo (1903), Guenther Steiner (1965), and Aldo Costa (1961).

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