1880 - 1973
Gabriel Voisin (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 102,041 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Gabriel Voisin is the 145th most popular engineer, the 2,655th most popular biography from France (down from 2,512th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Engineer.
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Among engineers, Gabriel Voisin ranks 145 out of 323. Before him are Georgy Shpagin, Eugene Stoner, Alexei Tupolev, Mikhail Yangel, Philippe LeBon, and Riccardo Morandi. After him are Li Kui, Kerim Kerimov, Jorge Chávez, Mstislav Keldysh, Hellmuth Walter, and Menno van Coehoorn.
1897 - 1952
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 139
1922 - 1997
HPI: 53.86
Rank: 140
1925 - 2001
HPI: 53.83
Rank: 141
1911 - 1971
HPI: 53.76
Rank: 142
1767 - 1804
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 143
1902 - 1989
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 144
1880 - 1973
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 145
500 BC - 400 BC
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 146
1917 - 2003
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 147
1887 - 1910
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 148
1911 - 1978
HPI: 53.32
Rank: 149
1900 - 1980
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 150
1641 - 1704
HPI: 53.22
Rank: 151
Among people born in 1880, Gabriel Voisin ranks 88. Before him are Waldemar Bonsels, Kōdō Sawaki, Archie Hahn, Mihail Sadoveanu, Joseph Trumpeldor, and Eric Lemming. After him are Ildebrando Pizzetti, Begum Rokeya, Princess Thyra of Denmark, Tudor Arghezi, Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, and Leonard Woolf. Among people deceased in 1973, Gabriel Voisin ranks 103. Before him are Tanzan Ishibashi, Henry Darger, Ben Webster, Adolfo Ruiz Cortines, Walter Krüger, and Archduchess Isabella of Austria. After him are Lorenzo Fernández, Vilhelm Moberg, Robert Watson-Watt, Mirra Alfassa, Laurens Hammond, and Alexander Mosolov.
1880 - 1952
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 82
1880 - 1965
HPI: 53.92
Rank: 83
1880 - 1955
HPI: 53.74
Rank: 84
1880 - 1961
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 85
1880 - 1920
HPI: 53.69
Rank: 86
1880 - 1930
HPI: 53.67
Rank: 87
1880 - 1973
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 88
1880 - 1968
HPI: 53.48
Rank: 89
1880 - 1932
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 90
1880 - 1945
HPI: 53.15
Rank: 91
1880 - 1967
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 92
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 93
1880 - 1969
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 94
1884 - 1973
HPI: 53.79
Rank: 97
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 98
1909 - 1973
HPI: 53.63
Rank: 99
1889 - 1973
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 100
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 101
1888 - 1973
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 102
1880 - 1973
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 103
1900 - 1973
HPI: 53.41
Rank: 104
1898 - 1973
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 105
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 106
1878 - 1973
HPI: 52.99
Rank: 107
1895 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 108
1900 - 1973
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 109
Among people born in France, Gabriel Voisin ranks 2,655 out of 6,011. Before him are Fernando Ocáriz Braña (1944), Alberic of Cîteaux (1001), Jean Guitton (1901), Guillaume Le Gentil (1725), François de Bourbon, Prince of Conti (1558), and Claude Bolling (1930). After him are Yvon Douis (1935), Aristide Bruant (1851), Emmeram of Regensburg (600), Jean-Joseph de Mondonville (1711), Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau (1737), and Daniel Buren (1938).
1944 - Present
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 2,649
1001 - 1109
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 2,650
1901 - 1999
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 2,651
1725 - 1792
HPI: 53.60
Rank: 2,652
1558 - 1614
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 2,653
1930 - 2020
HPI: 53.59
Rank: 2,654
1880 - 1973
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 2,655
1935 - 2021
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 2,656
1851 - 1925
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 2,657
600 - 652
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 2,658
1711 - 1772
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 2,659
1737 - 1816
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 2,660
1938 - Present
HPI: 53.57
Rank: 2,661
Among engineers born in France, Gabriel Voisin ranks 17. Before him are Henry Darcy (1803), André Courrèges (1923), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Pierre Berthier (1782), and Philippe LeBon (1767). After him are Jorge Chávez (1887), Georges Leclanché (1836), Marc Seguin (1786), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Gérard Larrousse (1940), and Pierre-Émile Martin (1824).
1803 - 1858
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 11
1923 - 2016
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 12
1742 - 1809
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 13
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 14
1782 - 1861
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 15
1767 - 1804
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 16
1880 - 1973
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 17
1887 - 1910
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 18
1836 - 1882
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 19
1786 - 1875
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 20
1857 - 1926
HPI: 52.79
Rank: 21
1940 - Present
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 22
1824 - 1915
HPI: 52.70
Rank: 23