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Hideo Itokawa

1912 - 1999

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Hideo Itokawa (糸川 英夫, Itokawa Hideo; July 20, 1912 – February 21, 1999) was a pioneer of Japanese rocketry, popularly known as "Dr. Rocket," and described in the media as the father of Japan's space development. The near-Earth asteroid 25143 Itokawa was named in honor of Itokawa, and is notable as the target of the Hayabusa mission. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hideo Itokawa is the 292nd most popular engineer (down from 284th in 2019). (down from 3,930th in 2019)

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Among engineers, Hideo Itokawa ranks 292 out of 389. Before him are Charles Joseph Minard, Christopher Cockerell, Wilhelm Nusselt, Fulgence Bienvenüe, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, and William Froude. After him are Burt Rutan, Viktor Kozin, Joseph Bazalgette, Ron Tauranac, Markus Reiner, and Frederick Terman.

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Among people born in 1912, Hideo Itokawa ranks 299. Before him are Albert Richter, Rudolf Firkušný, Héctor Socorro, Jadwiga Jędrzejowska, Jean Vilar, and Gholam Reza Azhari. After him are Gyula Polgár, Antal Szalay, Karl Kreutzberg, Eva Ahnert-Rohlfs, Phạm Hùng, and Simón Lecue. Among people deceased in 1999, Hideo Itokawa ranks 210. Before him are Heinrich Schmid, Christopher Cockerell, Bing Xin, Raúl Silva Henríquez, Lloyd La Beach, and Rick Danko. After him are Birgit Cullberg, Celso Torrelio, Sarah Kane, João Cabral de Melo Neto, Alain Peyrefitte, and Umyar Mavlikhanov.

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