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Hans Reissner

1874 - 1967

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Hans Jacob Reissner, also known as Jacob Johannes Reissner (18 January 1874, Berlin – 2 October 1967, Mt. Angel, Oregon), was a German aeronautical engineer whose avocation was mathematical physics. During World War I he was awarded the Iron Cross second class (for civilians) for his pioneering work on aircraft design. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Reissner is the 744th most popular physicist (down from 660th in 2019), the 5,267th most popular biography from Germany (down from 4,635th in 2019) and the 101st most popular German Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Hans Reissner ranks 744 out of 851Before him are Seymour Benzer, Peter Mark Roget, Ted Fujita, Shirley Ann Jackson, Rolf-Dieter Heuer, and Robert Bacher. After him are Hubert Curien, Adriaan Fokker, Humberto Fernández-Morán, Friedrich Carl Alwin Pockels, Stanton T. Friedman, and John Hopkinson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Hans Reissner ranks 221Before him are Paul Van Asbroeck, Émile Reuter, Frank Knox, Auguste Giroux, Cathal Brugha, and Victor Sonnemans. After him are Ottó Hellmich, Josiah McCracken, Ivan Moskvin, Manuel María Ponce Brousset, Sergey Lebedev, and William Dickey. Among people deceased in 1967, Hans Reissner ranks 248Before him are Max Taut, Henry J. Kaiser, Robert Daniel Carmichael, Samuel Mosberg, Gaetano Martino, and Anatoly Maltsev. After him are Nathaniel Cartmell, Charles Darrow, Anders Hylander, Joe Orton, Malcolm Sargent, and Edward Givens.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans Reissner ranks 5,270 out of 7,253Before him are Karim Adeyemi (2002), Holger Hieronymus (1959), Wolfgang Güldenpfennig (1951), Hans Deppe (1897), Brigitte Zypries (1953), and Josef Peters (1914). After him are Lars Ricken (1976), Princess Victoria Margaret of Prussia (1890), Hans von Pechmann (1850), Hanns Kilian (1905), Caspar Memering (1953), and Elke Erb (1938).

Among PHYSICISTS In Germany

Among physicists born in Germany, Hans Reissner ranks 101Before him are Ernst Ising (1900), Rudolf Haag (1922), Walter Gordon (1893), Arthur Schuster (1851), Gregor Wentzel (1898), and Rolf-Dieter Heuer (1948). After him are Rolf Landauer (1927), Werner Israel (1931), Hedwig Kohn (1887), Sabine Hossenfelder (1976), Gabriele Hegerl (1962), and Katherine Freese (1957).