1874 - 1958
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 79,652 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Henri Farman is the 83rd most popular engineer (down from 75th in 2019), the 1,686th most popular biography from France (down from 1,550th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Engineer.
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Among engineers, Henri Farman ranks 83 out of 323. Before him are Nikolay Zhukovsky, Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, Jack Swigert, Marcel Renault, Vannevar Bush, and Józef Bem. After him are Vasily Degtyaryov, Yuri Kondratyuk, Karl von Terzaghi, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Harry Nyquist, and Ivan Sechenov.
1847 - 1921
HPI: 58.34
Rank: 77
1850 - 1916
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 78
1931 - 1982
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 79
1872 - 1903
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 80
1890 - 1974
HPI: 58.21
Rank: 81
1794 - 1850
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 82
1874 - 1958
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 83
1880 - 1949
HPI: 57.72
Rank: 84
1897 - 1942
HPI: 57.66
Rank: 85
1883 - 1963
HPI: 57.57
Rank: 86
1906 - 1989
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 87
1889 - 1976
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 88
1829 - 1905
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 89
Among people born in 1874, Henri Farman ranks 48. Before him are Henri Guisan, Reynaldo Hahn, Charles Lightoller, D. F. Malan, Emilie Louise Flöge, and Vyacheslav Menzhinsky. After him are Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels, Thomas J. Watson, Otto Mueller, Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Lewis Hine, and George Tupou II. Among people deceased in 1958, Henri Farman ranks 37. Before him are Alfred Weber, Petru Groza, Tyrone Power, Duncan Edwards, Princess Louise of Orléans, and Prince Oskar of Prussia. After him are Peter Collins, Nuri al-Said, Wilhelm Zaisser, Viktor Schauberger, Franz Bardon, and Mikhail Zoshchenko.
1874 - 1960
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 42
1874 - 1947
HPI: 59.67
Rank: 43
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.82
Rank: 44
1874 - 1959
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 45
1874 - 1952
HPI: 58.10
Rank: 46
1874 - 1934
HPI: 58.08
Rank: 47
1874 - 1958
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 48
1874 - 1954
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 49
1874 - 1956
HPI: 57.52
Rank: 50
1874 - 1930
HPI: 57.46
Rank: 51
1874 - 1899
HPI: 57.38
Rank: 52
1874 - 1940
HPI: 56.97
Rank: 53
1874 - 1918
HPI: 56.94
Rank: 54
1868 - 1958
HPI: 59.90
Rank: 31
1884 - 1958
HPI: 59.77
Rank: 32
1914 - 1958
HPI: 59.68
Rank: 33
1936 - 1958
HPI: 59.51
Rank: 34
1882 - 1958
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 35
1888 - 1958
HPI: 58.31
Rank: 36
1874 - 1958
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 37
1931 - 1958
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 38
1888 - 1958
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 39
1893 - 1958
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 40
1885 - 1958
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 41
1909 - 1958
HPI: 57.02
Rank: 42
1894 - 1958
HPI: 56.85
Rank: 43
Among people born in France, Henri Farman ranks 1,686 out of 6,011. Before him are Christiane Martel (1936), Christian III, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1674), Jacques Becker (1906), Felix of Valois (1127), Paul Abadie (1812), and Émile Picard (1856). After him are Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy (1758), Michel Verne (1861), Roger Lemerre (1941), Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne (1498), Henri de la Rochejaquelein (1772), and Roger Ducos (1747).
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,680
1674 - 1735
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,681
1906 - 1960
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,682
1127 - 1212
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,683
1812 - 1884
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,684
1856 - 1941
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,685
1874 - 1958
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,686
1758 - 1838
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,687
1861 - 1925
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 1,688
1941 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,689
1498 - 1519
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 1,690
1772 - 1794
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 1,691
1747 - 1816
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 1,692
Among engineers born in France, Henri Farman ranks 10. Before him are André Citroën (1878), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), Paul Cornu (1881), Marcel Dassault (1892), and Marcel Renault (1872). After him are Henry Darcy (1803), André Courrèges (1923), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Pierre Berthier (1782), and Philippe LeBon (1767).
1878 - 1935
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 4
1200 - 1250
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 5
1240 - 1300
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 6
1881 - 1944
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 7
1892 - 1986
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 8
1872 - 1903
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 9
1874 - 1958
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 10
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