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Friedrich Zander

1887 - 1933

Friedrich Zander

Georg Arthur Constantin Friedrich Zander (also Tsander, Russian: Фри́дрих Арту́рович Ца́ндер, tr. Fridrikh Arturovich Tsander; Latvian: Frīdrihs Canders, 23 August [O.S. 11 August] 1887 – 28 March 1933), was a Baltic German pioneer of rocketry and spaceflight in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Friedrich Zander has received more than 65,008 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Friedrich Zander is the 182nd most popular inventor (down from 171st in 2019), the 43rd most popular biography from Latvia (down from 42nd in 2019) and the most popular Latvian Inventor.

Memorability Metrics

65k
Page Views (PV)
54.87
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
32
Languages Editions (L)
5.06
Effective Languages (L*)
3.34
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Friedrich Zander ranks 182 out of 354. Before him are Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Melvil Dewey, Matthew Boulton, Johann Christoph Denner, Garrett Morgan, and Traian Vuia. After him are Gerald Bull, George Pullman, Royal Rife, J. Presper Eckert, Bartolomeu de Gusmão, and Charles Xavier Thomas.

Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia

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Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky
1862 - 1919
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 176
Melvil Dewey
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 177
Matthew Boulton
1728 - 1809
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 178
Johann Christoph Denner
1655 - 1707
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 179
Garrett Morgan
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 180
Traian Vuia
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 181
Friedrich Zander
1887 - 1933
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 182
Gerald Bull
1928 - 1990
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 183
George Pullman
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 184
Royal Rife
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 185
J. Presper Eckert
1919 - 1995
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 186
Bartolomeu de Gusmão
1685 - 1724
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 187
Charles Xavier Thomas
1785 - 1870
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 188

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Friedrich Zander ranks 91. Before him are Mario Roatta, Korechika Anami, Antanas Merkys, Simon Kimbangu, Louis Jouvet, and Georg Heym. After him are Josef Lada, Samuil Marshak, Hitoshi Ashida, Chico Marx, Lil Dagover, and Jim Thorpe. Among people deceased in 1933, Friedrich Zander ranks 45. Before him are Roscoe Arbuckle, Hasan Prishtina, Nitobe Inazō, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, Carl Correns, and Hermann von François. After him are Sen Katayama, Theodor Lessing, Giovanni Giacometti, Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon, Princess Mathilde of Saxony, and Sigfrid Karg-Elert.

Others Born in 1887

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Mario Roatta
1887 - 1968
HPI: 55.95
Rank: 85
Korechika Anami
1887 - 1945
HPI: 55.48
Rank: 86
Antanas Merkys
1887 - 1955
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 87
Simon Kimbangu
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 88
Louis Jouvet
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.15
Rank: 89
Georg Heym
1887 - 1912
HPI: 54.99
Rank: 90
Friedrich Zander
1887 - 1933
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 91
Josef Lada
1887 - 1957
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 92
Samuil Marshak
1887 - 1964
HPI: 54.73
Rank: 93
Hitoshi Ashida
1887 - 1959
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 94
Chico Marx
1887 - 1961
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 95
Lil Dagover
1887 - 1980
HPI: 54.40
Rank: 96
Jim Thorpe
1887 - 1953
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 97

Others Deceased in 1933

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Roscoe Arbuckle
1887 - 1933
HPI: 55.97
Rank: 39
Hasan Prishtina
1873 - 1933
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 40
Nitobe Inazō
1862 - 1933
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 41
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
1862 - 1933
HPI: 55.31
Rank: 42
Carl Correns
1864 - 1933
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 43
Hermann von François
1856 - 1933
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 44
Friedrich Zander
1887 - 1933
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 45
Sen Katayama
1859 - 1933
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 46
Theodor Lessing
1872 - 1933
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 47
Giovanni Giacometti
1868 - 1933
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 48
Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon
1862 - 1933
HPI: 53.49
Rank: 49
Princess Mathilde of Saxony
1863 - 1933
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 50
Sigfrid Karg-Elert
1877 - 1933
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 51