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Felix Wankel

1902 - 1988

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Felix Heinrich Wankel (German: [ˈfeːlɪks ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈvaŋkl̩]; 13 August 1902 – 9 October 1988) was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Felix Wankel has received more than 305,669 page views. His biography is available in 35 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Felix Wankel is the 37th most popular engineer (down from 33rd in 2019), the 869th most popular biography from Germany (down from 825th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Engineer.

Felix wankel is most famous for inventing the wankel engine, which is a type of internal combustion engine.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 35

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Felix Wankel ranks 37 out of 389. Before him are Albert Göring, Theodore von Kármán, Emil Škoda, Hugo Junkers, Villard de Honnecourt, and Pavel Sukhoi. After him are Ildefons Cerdà, Ernst Heinkel, Howard H. Aiken, Anthony Fokker, Sergey Ilyushin, and Marcello Gandini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Felix Wankel ranks 43. Before him are Theodore Schultz, Reinhard Gehlen, Günther Anders, Prince George, Duke of Kent, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and Alexandre Kojève. After him are Max Ophüls, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Antonia Brico, Luis Barragán, Lúcio Costa, and George Ostrogorsky. Among people deceased in 1988, Felix Wankel ranks 23. Before him are Juan Pujol García, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Raymond Carver, John Holmes, Kim Philby, and Tibor Sekelj. After him are Clifford D. Simak, Virginia Satir, Richard S. Castellano, Hiroaki Sato, Gert Fröbe, and Luis Barragán.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Felix Wankel ranks 869 out of 7,253. Before him are Louisa Ulrika of Prussia (1720), Anna Seghers (1900), Josef Albers (1888), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Queen of the Netherlands (1774), and Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg (1546). After him are Rudolf Schenker (1948), Roland Emmerich (1955), Robert Huber (1937), Charles I of Württemberg (1823), Hildegard Knef (1925), and David Fabricius (1564).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Felix Wankel ranks 8. Before him are Otto Lilienthal (1848), Fritz Todt (1891), August Horch (1868), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), Albert Göring (1895), and Hugo Junkers (1859). After him are Ernst Heinkel (1888), Arthur Scherbius (1878), Kurt Gerstein (1905), Walter Dornberger (1895), John A. Roebling (1806), and Alexander Lippisch (1894).

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