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Erwin Komenda

1904 - 1966

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Erwin Komenda (6 April 1904 - 22 August 1966) was an Austrian automobile designer and Porsche employee, and a lead contributor to the design of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche sports cars. Erwin Komenda was born on 6 April 1904 in Jauern am Semmering. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Erwin Komenda has received more than 109,245 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Erwin Komenda is the 234th most popular engineer, the 725th most popular biography from Austria and the 9th most popular Austrian Engineer.

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  • 57.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.73

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.77

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Erwin Komenda ranks 234 out of 389. Before him are Johann Georg Halske, Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont, Marc Isambard Brunel, Hidetsugu Yagi, Arkhip Lyulka, and Harvey Postlethwaite. After him are Alexander Mikulin, James B. Francis, Essam Sharaf, Aron Ralston, Ferdinand Mannlicher, and Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Erwin Komenda ranks 186. Before him are Alexander Gerschenkron, Mykola Bazhan, Andrew Marton, Terence Fisher, Lauri Virtanen, and Esmat Dowlatshahi. After him are Hertta Kuusinen, Rambai Barni, Srečko Kosovel, Bill Brandt, Bobbie Rosenfeld, and Henry Russell. Among people deceased in 1966, Erwin Komenda ranks 130. Before him are Pierre Montet, Erich Pommer, Emil Julius Gumbel, Petar Radaković, Eva Justin, and Alfred Berger. After him are Agostinho Fortes Filho, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, John Taylor, Arthur Waley, Albert Renger-Patzsch, and Vladimir Veksler.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Erwin Komenda ranks 725 out of 1,424. Before him are Ludwig Andreas von Khevenhüller (1683), Friederike Mayröcker (1924), Alfred Berger (1894), Egon Wellesz (1885), František Svoboda (1906), and Archduke Friedrich of Austria (1821). After him are Harald Reinl (1908), Friedrich Welwitsch (1806), Elisabeth von Gutmann (1875), Karl H. Pribram (1919), Fritz Kortner (1892), and Walter Berry (1929).

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Among ENGINEERS In Austria

Among engineers born in Austria, Erwin Komenda ranks 9. Before him are Hans Ledwinka (1878), Viktor Kaplan (1876), Carlo Abarth (1908), Aurel Vlaicu (1882), Hanns Hörbiger (1867), and Béla Barényi (1907). After him are Hans Moravec (1948).

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