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Erich Topp

1914 - 2005

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Erich Topp (2 July 1914 – 26 December 2005) was a German U-boat commander of World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. He sank 35 ships for a total of 197,460 gross register tons (GRT). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erich Topp has received more than 268,678 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Erich Topp is the 130th most popular engineer (down from 103rd in 2019), the 2,409th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,931st in 2019) and the 17th most popular German Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Erich Topp ranks 130 out of 389. Before him are Erik Dahlbergh, Christian Otto Mohr, Georges Leclanché, Hidesaburō Ueno, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, and Borys Paton. After him are Rory Byrne, Aurel Vlaicu, Flaminio Bertoni, J. Walter Christie, Patrick Head, and Johan August Brinell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Erich Topp ranks 113. Before him are George Reeves, Sonny Boy Williamson I, Kirill Kondrashin, Vladimir Chelomey, Ilmari Juutilainen, and Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr.. After him are Woody Strode, Bernd Freytag von Loringhoven, Domènec Balmanya, George Volkoff, Noor Inayat Khan, and Yahya Khan. Among people deceased in 2005, Erich Topp ranks 90. Before him are Alexander Yakovlev, Ed McBain, Amrita Pritam, Jef Raskin, Julio César Turbay Ayala, and Edward Bunker. After him are George Mikan, Simone Simon, Philip Morrison, Ghena Dimitrova, Leo Sternbach, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Topp ranks 2,409 out of 7,253. Before him are Lothar Collatz (1910), Hans Albers (1891), August von Platen-Hallermünde (1796), Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662), Karl Krumbacher (1856), and Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (1522). After him are Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim (1701), Friedrich Christian Diez (1794), Heinrich Bär (1913), Joseph, Duke of Saxe-Altenburg (1789), Astrid Kirchherr (1938), and Princess Hermine of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1797).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Erich Topp ranks 17. Before him are Kurt Gerstein (1905), Walter Dornberger (1895), John A. Roebling (1806), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Claude Dornier (1884), and Christian Otto Mohr (1835). After him are Gustave Whitehead (1874), Franz Reuleaux (1829), Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935), Anton Flettner (1885), Hellmuth Walter (1900), and Hugo Eckener (1868).

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