1886 - 1972
Henri Marie Coandă (Romanian pronunciation: [ɑ̃ˈri ˈko̯andə] ; 7 June 1886 – 25 November 1972) was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910, which never flew. He invented a great number of devices, designed a "flying saucer" and discovered the Coandă effect of fluid dynamics. In the 1950s, Coandă inflated his importance in aviation history, describing falsely how he had invented the air-breathing jet engine and incorporated that design into the Coandă-1910 aircraft. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Coandă has received more than 432,238 page views. His biography is available in 30 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Henri Coandă is the 101st most popular inventor (down from 99th in 2019), the 66th most popular biography from Romania (down from 63rd in 2019) and the most popular Romanian Inventor.
Henri Coandă is most famous for his discovery of the Coanda effect, or the tendency of air to flow around objects.
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Among inventors, Henri Coandă ranks 101 out of 354. Before him are Johann Maria Farina, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Bob Kahn, Charles-Émile Reynaud, Edmund Cartwright, and Léon Theremin. After him are Robert Noyce, Taiichi Ohno, W. O. Bentley, Jacque Fresco, William Webb Ellis, and Joseph Pilates.
1685 - 1766
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 95
1734 - 1804
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 96
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 97
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 98
1743 - 1823
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 99
1896 - 1993
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 100
1886 - 1972
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 101
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 102
1912 - 1990
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 103
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 104
1916 - 2017
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 105
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 106
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 107
Among people born in 1886, Henri Coandă ranks 40. Before him are Edward C. Tolman, Carl-Heinrich von Stülpnagel, Kurt Koffka, Aron Nimzowitsch, Paul Tillich, and Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Archibald Hill, Garegin Nzhdeh, Raymond A. Spruance, Jisaburō Ozawa, Dong Biwu, and Rex Stout. Among people deceased in 1972, Henri Coandă ranks 34. Before him are Georg von Békésy, Ferdinand Čatloš, Margaret Rutherford, Jackie Robinson, Emil Maurice, and Ludwig von Bertalanffy. After him are Karl Silberbauer, Natalie Clifford Barney, Fredric Brown, Lale Andersen, Bronislava Nijinska, and Ásgeir Ásgeirsson.
1886 - 1959
HPI: 62.74
Rank: 34
1886 - 1944
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 35
1886 - 1941
HPI: 61.55
Rank: 36
1886 - 1935
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 37
1886 - 1965
HPI: 61.27
Rank: 38
1886 - 1954
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 39
1886 - 1972
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 40
1886 - 1977
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 41
1886 - 1955
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 42
1886 - 1969
HPI: 60.35
Rank: 43
1886 - 1966
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 44
1886 - 1975
HPI: 60.10
Rank: 45
1886 - 1975
HPI: 60.03
Rank: 46
1899 - 1972
HPI: 62.12
Rank: 28
1895 - 1972
HPI: 62.10
Rank: 29
1892 - 1972
HPI: 61.65
Rank: 30
1919 - 1972
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 31
1897 - 1972
HPI: 61.24
Rank: 32
1901 - 1972
HPI: 61.11
Rank: 33
1886 - 1972
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 34
1911 - 1972
HPI: 60.87
Rank: 35
1876 - 1972
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 36
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 37
1905 - 1972
HPI: 60.40
Rank: 38
1891 - 1972
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 39
1894 - 1972
HPI: 59.18
Rank: 40
Among people born in Romania, Henri Coandă ranks 66 out of 665. Before him are Ion Ivanovici (1845), Elisabeth of Romania (1894), Ana Pauker (1893), Mircea II of Wallachia (1422), Mundzuk (368), and Zoia Ceaușescu (1949). After him are Corneliu Zelea Codreanu (1899), George Emil Palade (1912), Dinu Lipatti (1917), Fritz Klein (1888), Jean Negulesco (1900), and Petre Dumitrescu (1882).
1845 - 1902
HPI: 61.35
Rank: 60
1894 - 1956
HPI: 61.31
Rank: 61
1893 - 1960
HPI: 61.25
Rank: 62
1422 - 1447
HPI: 61.16
Rank: 63
368 - 434
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 64
1949 - 2006
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 65
1886 - 1972
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 66
1899 - 1938
HPI: 60.90
Rank: 67
1912 - 2008
HPI: 60.84
Rank: 68
1917 - 1950
HPI: 60.83
Rank: 69
1888 - 1945
HPI: 60.82
Rank: 70
1900 - 1993
HPI: 60.74
Rank: 71
1882 - 1950
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 72
Among inventors born in Romania, Henri Coandă ranks 1. After him are Orban (1404) and Traian Vuia (1872).
1886 - 1972
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 1
1404 - 1453
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 2
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 3