1868 - 1954
Hugo Eckener (10 August 1868 – 14 August 1954) was the manager of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin during the inter-war years, and also the commander of the famous Graf Zeppelin for most of its record-setting flights, including the first airship flight around the world, making him the most successful airship commander in history. He was also responsible for the construction of the most successful type of airships of all time. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hugo Eckener has received more than 200,999 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Eckener is the 176th most popular engineer (down from 148th in 2019), the 2,952nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,415th in 2019) and the 23rd most popular German Engineer.
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Among engineers, Hugo Eckener ranks 176 out of 323. Before him are Béla Barényi, Alphonse Pénaud, Robert Maillart, Pierre-Paul Riquet, Alfred Neubauer, and Henryk Dembiński. After him are Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, John Smeaton, Pierre Charles L'Enfant, Walter Hohmann, Michel Chevalier, and Gotthilf Hagen.
1907 - 1997
HPI: 52.21
Rank: 170
1850 - 1880
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 171
1872 - 1940
HPI: 52.12
Rank: 172
1609 - 1680
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 173
1891 - 1980
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 174
1791 - 1864
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 175
1868 - 1954
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 176
1896 - 1964
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 177
1724 - 1792
HPI: 51.91
Rank: 178
1754 - 1825
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 179
1880 - 1945
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 180
1806 - 1879
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 181
1797 - 1884
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 182
Among people born in 1868, Hugo Eckener ranks 105. Before him are Lauri Ingman, Hovhannes Kajaznuni, George Arliss, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, Alois Musil, and Georgy Voronoy. After him are Josep Comas i Solà, Ivan Regen, Max Slevogt, Vydūnas, Juventino Rosas, and John Nance Garner. Among people deceased in 1954, Hugo Eckener ranks 69. Before him are Alfredo Ildefonso Schuster, B. C. Forbes, Henri Laurens, Mikimoto Kōkichi, Jacob Tullin Thams, and Joachim Lemelsen. After him are Rudolf Beran, Friedrich Meinecke, Mikhail Prishvin, Axel Pehrsson-Bramstorp, Oswald de Andrade, and Omer Nishani.
1868 - 1934
HPI: 52.33
Rank: 99
1868 - 1938
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 100
1868 - 1946
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 101
1868 - 1919
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 102
1868 - 1944
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 103
1868 - 1908
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 104
1868 - 1954
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 105
1868 - 1937
HPI: 51.89
Rank: 106
1868 - 1947
HPI: 51.84
Rank: 107
1868 - 1932
HPI: 51.74
Rank: 108
1868 - 1953
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 109
1868 - 1894
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 110
1868 - 1967
HPI: 51.48
Rank: 111
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 63
1880 - 1954
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 64
1885 - 1954
HPI: 52.54
Rank: 65
1858 - 1954
HPI: 52.35
Rank: 66
1898 - 1954
HPI: 52.20
Rank: 67
1888 - 1954
HPI: 52.11
Rank: 68
1868 - 1954
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 69
1887 - 1954
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 70
1862 - 1954
HPI: 51.70
Rank: 71
1873 - 1954
HPI: 51.66
Rank: 72
1883 - 1954
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 73
1890 - 1954
HPI: 51.21
Rank: 74
1887 - 1954
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 75
Among people born in Germany, Hugo Eckener ranks 2,952 out of 6,142. Before him are Margaret of Thuringia (1449), Johann Andreas Stein (1728), Henryk Zygalski (1908), Toni Turek (1919), Princess Emma of Anhalt-Bernburg-Schaumburg-Hoym (1802), and Prince Moritz of Saxe-Altenburg (1829). After him are Princess Caroline Louise of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1786), Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper (1742), Volker Finke (1948), Ignaz von Döllinger (1799), Princess Caroline Reuss of Greiz (1884), and Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied (1782).
1449 - 1501
HPI: 51.98
Rank: 2,946
1728 - 1792
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 2,947
1908 - 1978
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 2,948
1919 - 1984
HPI: 51.97
Rank: 2,949
1802 - 1858
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 2,950
1829 - 1907
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 2,951
1868 - 1954
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 2,952
1786 - 1816
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 2,953
1742 - 1810
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 2,954
1948 - Present
HPI: 51.94
Rank: 2,955
1799 - 1890
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 2,956
1884 - 1905
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 2,957
1782 - 1867
HPI: 51.93
Rank: 2,958
Among engineers born in Germany, Hugo Eckener ranks 23. Before him are Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935), Franz Reuleaux (1829), Gustave Whitehead (1874), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Hellmuth Walter (1900), and Anton Flettner (1885). After him are Walter Hohmann (1880), Wilhelm Nusselt (1882), Franz Grashof (1826), Paul Mauser (1838), Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848), and Johann Georg Halske (1814).
1935 - 2012
HPI: 54.96
Rank: 17
1829 - 1905
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 18
1874 - 1927
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 19
1894 - 1976
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 20
1900 - 1980
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 21
1885 - 1961
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 22
1868 - 1954
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 23
1880 - 1945
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 24
1882 - 1957
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 25
1826 - 1893
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 26
1838 - 1914
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 27
1848 - 1904
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 28
1814 - 1890
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 29