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Henri Farman

1874 - 1958

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Henri Farman (26 May 1874 – 17 July 1958) was a British-French aviator and aircraft designer and manufacturer with his brother Maurice Farman. Before dedicating himself to aviation he gained fame as a sportsman, specifically in cycling and motor racing. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henri Farman has received more than 91,527 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Henri Farman is the 78th most popular engineer (up from 79th in 2019), the 1,684th most popular biography from France (down from 1,680th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Henri Farman ranks 78 out of 389. Before him are Su Song, Adam Czerniaków, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Mikhail Gurevich, Marcel Renault, and Józef Bem. After him are Edward A. Murphy Jr., André Courrèges, Henry Royce, Kurt Tank, Jack Swigert, and Mikhail Mil.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1874, Henri Farman ranks 50. Before him are Charles Ives, Vagn Walfrid Ekman, John D. Rockefeller Jr., Otto Mueller, Prince Jean, Duke of Guise, and D. F. Malan. After him are Elsa Beskow, Albin Lermusiaux, Vyacheslav Menzhinsky, Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Thomas J. Watson, and André-Louis Debierne. Among people deceased in 1958, Henri Farman ranks 36. Before him are Ole Kirk Christiansen, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia, Duncan Edwards, Pál Maléter, Nuri al-Said, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. After him are 'Abd al-Ilah, Prince Oskar of Prussia, Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Infanta Eulalia of Spain, Princess Louise of Orléans, and Otto Abetz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Henri Farman ranks 1,684 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Michel (1947), Hubert Lyautey (1854), François Fillon (1954), Antoine, Duke of Lorraine (1489), Gustave Garrigou (1884), and Charles Koechlin (1867). After him are Jacques Ellul (1912), César, Duke of Vendôme (1594), Valentin Haüy (1745), Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), Tristan Corbière (1845), and André Courrèges (1923).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Henri Farman ranks 10. Before him are André Citroën (1878), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Paul Cornu (1881), Marcel Dassault (1892), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), and Marcel Renault (1872). After him are André Courrèges (1923), Henry Darcy (1803), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Georges Leclanché (1836), and Pierre Berthier (1782).

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