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Herman Potočnik

1892 - 1929

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Herman Potočnik (pseudonym Hermann Noordung; 22 December 1892 – 27 August 1929) was an Austro-Hungarian Army officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Herman Potočnik has received more than 155,450 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Herman Potočnik is the 122nd most popular engineer (up from 131st in 2019), the 110th most popular biography from Croatia (down from 109th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 160k

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  • 61.97

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.72

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.43

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Herman Potočnik ranks 122 out of 389. Before him are Alexandre Darracq, Georgy Shpagin, John A. Roebling, Álvaro del Portillo, Alexander Lippisch, and Claude Dornier. After him are Eduard Totleben, Erik Dahlbergh, Christian Otto Mohr, Georges Leclanché, Hidesaburō Ueno, and Eliyahu M. Goldratt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Herman Potočnik ranks 104. Before him are Edoardo Agnelli, Ludwig Crüwell, Erich Brandenberger, Mahidol Adulyadej, Harry Dexter White, and Helmuth Plessner. After him are James M. Cain, Karl Lennart Oesch, Josyf Slipyj, Eugen Meindl, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, and Takeo Takagi. Among people deceased in 1929, Herman Potočnik ranks 47. Before him are Aletta Jacobs, Manuel Gomes da Costa, Enrico Ferri, Grand Duke Michael Mikhailovich of Russia, Mahidol Adulyadej, and Jacek Malczewski. After him are Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Georg von der Marwitz, Gotō Shinpei, Princess Viktoria of Prussia, Clemens von Pirquet, and Sergei Nilus.

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In Croatia

Among people born in Croatia, Herman Potočnik ranks 110 out of 700. Before him are Goran Hadžić (1958), Mile Budak (1889), Stjepan Filipović (1916), Slaven Bilić (1968), Vladimir Nazor (1876), and Maximianus of Ravenna (499). After him are Tin Ujević (1891), Trpimir I of Croatia (850), Zlatko Čajkovski (1923), Pietro I Candiano (842), Josif Pančić (1814), and Franjo Šeper (1905).

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Among ENGINEERS In Croatia

Among engineers born in Croatia, Herman Potočnik ranks 1. 

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