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Franz Reuleaux

1829 - 1905

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Franz Reuleaux (French: [ʁœlo]; German: [ʁøˈloː]; 30 September 1829 – 20 August 1905) was a German mechanical engineer and a lecturer of the Berlin Royal Technical Academy, later appointed as the president of the academy. He was often called the father of kinematics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Reuleaux has received more than 76,961 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Reuleaux is the 124th most popular engineer (down from 120th in 2019), the 2,189th most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,100th in 2019) and the 18th most popular German Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Franz Reuleaux ranks 124 out of 323. Before him are Hertha Ayrton, John A. Roebling, Flaminio Bertoni, Alexandre Darracq, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, and Borys Paton. After him are Erik Dahlbergh, Yevgeny Dragunov, Pierre Berthier, Aurel Vlaicu, Gustave Whitehead, and Carlo Abarth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Franz Reuleaux ranks 27. Before him are Adolf Eugen Fick, John of Kronstadt, Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov, N. R. Pogson, Hon'inbō Shūsaku, and Pierre Alexis Ponson du Terrail. After him are Prince William of Baden, Elwin Bruno Christoffel, Ignacio Zaragoza, José de Alencar, Allan Octavian Hume, and Laura Bridgman. Among people deceased in 1905, Franz Reuleaux ranks 34. Before him are Infanta Amalia of Spain, Anton Ažbe, George MacDonald, Carmine Crocco, Lew Wallace, and Tippu Tip. After him are Otto Wilhelm von Struve, José-Maria de Heredia, Franz Overbeck, Josip Belušić, Siegfried Bing, and Debendranath Tagore.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz Reuleaux ranks 2,189 out of 6,142. Before him are Franz Anton Maulbertsch (1724), Anna Maria Franziska of Saxe-Lauenburg (1673), Princess Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1779), Hermann Breith (1892), Frederick VII, Margrave of Baden-Durlach (1647), and Kai Hansen (1963). After him are Bruno Loerzer (1891), Handrij Zejler (1804), Konrad von Jungingen (1355), Philipp Ludwig von Seidel (1821), Johann Nikolaus Forkel (1749), and Johannes R. Becher (1891).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Franz Reuleaux ranks 18. Before him are Walter Dornberger (1895), Claude Dornier (1884), Erich Topp (1914), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), John A. Roebling (1806), and Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935). After him are Gustave Whitehead (1874), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Hellmuth Walter (1900), Anton Flettner (1885), Hugo Eckener (1868), and Walter Hohmann (1880).

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