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Gabriel Voisin

1880 - 1973

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Gabriel Voisin (French pronunciation: [ɡabʁijɛl vwazɛ̃]; 5 February 1880 – 25 December 1973) was a French aviation pioneer and the creator of Europe's first manned, engine-powered, heavier-than-air aircraft capable of a sustained (1 km), circular, controlled flight, which was made by Henry Farman on 13 January 1908 near Paris, France. During World War I, the company founded by Voisin became a major producer of military aircraft, notably the Voisin III. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gabriel Voisin has received more than 110,044 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Gabriel Voisin is the 141st most popular engineer (up from 143rd in 2019), the 2,700th most popular biography from France (down from 2,646th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Gabriel Voisin ranks 141 out of 389. Before him are Patrick Head, Johan August Brinell, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Pierre Berthier, Gustave Whitehead, and Pierre-Émile Martin. After him are Franz Reuleaux, Li Kui, Ferdinand Alexander Porsche, Kerim Kerimov, Alec Issigonis, and Yahya Ayyash.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Gabriel Voisin ranks 87. Before him are Eric Campbell, Hermann von Keyserling, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Lincoln Ellsworth, Carl Van Vechten, and Leonard Woolf. After him are Christabel Pankhurst, Kōdō Sawaki, Zequinha de Abreu, Mihail Sadoveanu, Waldemar Bonsels, and Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster. Among people deceased in 1973, Gabriel Voisin ranks 108. Before him are Tarsila do Amaral, Lidia Ruslanova, Bobby Darin, Laurence Harvey, Dmytro Dontsov, and Adolfo Ruiz Cortines. After him are Walter Krüger, Tanzan Ishibashi, Paul van Zeeland, Carlo Emilio Gadda, Noël Coward, and Joseph Szigeti.

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In France

Among people born in France, Gabriel Voisin ranks 2,700 out of 6,770. Before him are Christophe (1945), Louise Colet (1810), Emmeram of Regensburg (600), Roger Chartier (1945), Léon Brunschvicg (1869), and Émile Cohl (1857). After him are Ferdinand Hérold (1791), Charles Lecocq (1832), Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza (1913), Claude Farrère (1876), Jean-Baptiste Dubos (1670), and Charles-Joseph Natoire (1700).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Gabriel Voisin ranks 18. Before him are Henry Darcy (1803), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Georges Leclanché (1836), Pierre Berthier (1782), and Pierre-Émile Martin (1824). After him are Adolphe Alphand (1817), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Gérard Larrousse (1940), Philippe LeBon (1767), Marc Seguin (1786), and Antoine de Chézy (1718).

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