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Herman Potočnik

1892 - 1929

Herman Potočnik

Herman Potočnik (pseudonym Hermann Noordung; 22 December 1892 – 27 August 1929) was 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 143,554 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Herman Potočnik is the 133rd most popular engineer (up from 147th in 2019), the 109th most popular biography from Croatia (up from 112th in 2019) and the most popular Croatian Engineer.

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140k
Page Views (PV)
54.27
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
25
Languages Editions (L)
6.08
Effective Languages (L*)
2.24
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Herman Potočnik ranks 133 out of 323. Before him are Pierre Berthier, Aurel Vlaicu, Gustave Whitehead, Carlo Abarth, Alexander Lippisch, and Vitaly Abalakov. After him are Johan August Brinell, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Eduard Totleben, J. Walter Christie, Alexey Sudayev, and Georgy Shpagin.

Most Popular Engineers in Wikipedia

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Pierre Berthier
1782 - 1861
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 127
Aurel Vlaicu
1882 - 1913
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 128
Gustave Whitehead
1874 - 1927
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 129
Carlo Abarth
1908 - 1979
HPI: 54.58
Rank: 130
Alexander Lippisch
1894 - 1976
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 131
Vitaly Abalakov
1906 - 1986
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 132
Herman Potočnik
1892 - 1929
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 133
Johan August Brinell
1849 - 1925
HPI: 54.26
Rank: 134
Eliyahu M. Goldratt
1947 - 2011
HPI: 54.25
Rank: 135
Eduard Totleben
1818 - 1884
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 136
J. Walter Christie
1865 - 1944
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 137
Alexey Sudayev
1912 - 1946
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 138
Georgy Shpagin
1897 - 1952
HPI: 53.90
Rank: 139

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1892, Herman Potočnik ranks 113. Before him are Djuna Barnes, Chen Gongbo, Takeo Takagi, Mahidol Adulyadej, George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven, and Richard Aldington. After him are Alfred Lunt, Rebecca West, Reiner Stahel, Karl Lennart Oesch, Roberto Farinacci, and Carl Panzram. Among people deceased in 1929, Herman Potočnik ranks 51. Before him are Gotō Shinpei, Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi, Mahidol Adulyadej, Sergei Nilus, Aletta Jacobs, and Segundo de Chomón. After him are Jacek Malczewski, Adolf Meyer, P. J. Kennedy, André Messager, Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, and Henri Gervex.

Others Born in 1892

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Djuna Barnes
1892 - 1982
HPI: 54.81
Rank: 107
Chen Gongbo
1892 - 1946
HPI: 54.60
Rank: 108
Takeo Takagi
1892 - 1944
HPI: 54.54
Rank: 109
Mahidol Adulyadej
1892 - 1929
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 110
George Mountbatten, 2nd Marquess of Milford Haven
1892 - 1938
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 111
Richard Aldington
1892 - 1962
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 112
Herman Potočnik
1892 - 1929
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 113
Alfred Lunt
1892 - 1977
HPI: 54.21
Rank: 114
Rebecca West
1892 - 1983
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 115
Reiner Stahel
1892 - 1955
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 116
Karl Lennart Oesch
1892 - 1978
HPI: 53.93
Rank: 117
Roberto Farinacci
1892 - 1945
HPI: 53.73
Rank: 118
Carl Panzram
1892 - 1930
HPI: 53.68
Rank: 119

Others Deceased in 1929

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Gotō Shinpei
1857 - 1929
HPI: 54.86
Rank: 45
Hamza Hakimzade Niyazi
1889 - 1929
HPI: 54.74
Rank: 46
Mahidol Adulyadej
1892 - 1929
HPI: 54.45
Rank: 47
Sergei Nilus
1862 - 1929
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 48
Aletta Jacobs
1854 - 1929
HPI: 54.35
Rank: 49
Segundo de Chomón
1871 - 1929
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 50
Herman Potočnik
1892 - 1929
HPI: 54.27
Rank: 51
Jacek Malczewski
1854 - 1929
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 52
Adolf Meyer
1881 - 1929
HPI: 54.00
Rank: 53
P. J. Kennedy
1858 - 1929
HPI: 53.91
Rank: 54
André Messager
1853 - 1929
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 55
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery
1847 - 1929
HPI: 53.29
Rank: 56
Henri Gervex
1852 - 1929
HPI: 53.18
Rank: 57