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Franz Reichelt

1879 - 1912

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Franz Karl Reichelt (German pronunciation: [fʁants kaʁl ˈʁaɪ̯çl̩t]; 16 October 1878 – 4 February 1912), also known as Henry François Reichelt after his French naturalization, was an Austro-Hungarian-born French tailor, inventor and parachuting pioneer, now sometimes referred to as the Flying Tailor, who is remembered for jumping to his death from the Eiffel Tower while testing a wearable parachute of his own design. Reichelt had become fixated on developing a suit for aviators that would convert into a parachute and allow them to survive a fall should they be forced to leave their aircraft in mid-air. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Reichelt has received more than 1,130,787 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Franz Reichelt is the 85th most popular inventor (up from 112th in 2019), the 94th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 122nd in 2019) and the most popular Czech Inventor.

Franz Reichelt was a tailor who attempted to test his invention of a parachute by jumping off the Eiffel Tower in 1912. He died on impact.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Franz Reichelt ranks 85 out of 354. Before him are Claude Chappe, Henry Bessemer, Momofuku Ando, Ray Tomlinson, Sakichi Toyoda, and Bi Sheng. After him are Alois Senefelder, John Harrison, Alphonse Bertillon, Cornelis Drebbel, Daniel Swarovski, and Abraham-Louis Breguet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Franz Reichelt ranks 26. Before him are Ramana Maharshi, Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Sarojini Naidu, Francis Peyton Rous, Italo Gariboldi, and An Jung-geun. After him are Victor Sjöström, Joseph Wirth, Fritz Haarmann, Henri Giraud, Frederick Griffith, and Hans Lammers. Among people deceased in 1912, Franz Reichelt ranks 20. Before him are William McMaster Murdoch, William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Auguste Beernaert, John Jacob Astor IV, and Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria. After him are Johann Martin Schleyer, Benjamin Guggenheim, George Darwin, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Osborne Reynolds, and James Paul Moody.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Franz Reichelt ranks 94 out of 973. Before him are Archduchess Anna of Austria (1528), Antonín Novotný (1904), Wenceslaus I of Bohemia (1205), Henry of Bohemia (1265), Konrad Henlein (1898), and Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen (1856). After him are Alois Senefelder (1771), Joseph Maria Olbrich (1867), Josef Suk (1874), Zdeněk Miler (1921), Jan Švankmajer (1934), and Martina Navratilova (1956).

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Among INVENTORS In Czechia

Among inventors born in Czechia, Franz Reichelt ranks 1. After him are Alois Senefelder (1771), Daniel Swarovski (1862), and Josef Ressel (1793).

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