1897 - 1947
Johannes Winkler (29 May 1897 – 27 December 1947) was a German rocket pioneer who co-founded with Max Valier of Opel RAK the first German rocket society "Verein für Raumschiffahrt" and launched, after Friedrich Wilhelm Sander's successful Opel RAK liquid-rocket launches in 1929, one of the first successful liquid-fuelled rocket in Europe.In 1915 during World War I, he joined the German army and was wounded in action the following year, leading to a lengthy hospitalisation. After his recovery, he studied as a machinist at the Danzig technical college and found a job at Junkers. On 5 July 1927, he was one of the founders the Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR – "Spaceflight Society"). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Johannes Winkler has received more than 22,947 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Johannes Winkler is the 237th most popular engineer (down from 228th in 2019), the 812th most popular biography from Poland (down from 734th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Polish Engineer.
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Among engineers, Johannes Winkler ranks 237 out of 323. Before him are Walter Thiel, Eugène Flachat, Burt Rutan, Johann Georg Halske, Marcel Deprez, and Aron Ralston. After him are Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Verghese Kurien, Jean-Augustin Barral, Percy Hobart, Hendrik Wade Bode, and Antoine Nicolas Duchesne.
1910 - 1943
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 231
1802 - 1873
HPI: 48.69
Rank: 232
1943 - Present
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 233
1814 - 1890
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 234
1843 - 1918
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 235
1975 - Present
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 236
1897 - 1947
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 237
1902 - 1978
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 238
1921 - 2012
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 239
1819 - 1884
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 240
1885 - 1957
HPI: 48.42
Rank: 241
1905 - 1982
HPI: 48.26
Rank: 242
1747 - 1827
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 243
Among people born in 1897, Johannes Winkler ranks 190. Before him are Fletcher Henderson, Harald Sæverud, Ardito Desio, George Murdock, Janaki Ammal, and Zhou Fohai. After him are Lya Mara, Edgard Colle, Nikolai Gikalo, Gene Tunney, Dorothy Arzner, and Géza von Bolváry. Among people deceased in 1947, Johannes Winkler ranks 134. Before him are Fyodor Dan, Emil Racoviță, Gyula Károlyi, Martin Mutschmann, Eugène Lanti, and Manuel Machado. After him are Harry Carey, Anton Schall, Hendrik van Gent, Ian Hamilton, Petras Cvirka, and Rudolf Noack.
1897 - 1952
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 184
1897 - 1992
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 185
1897 - 2001
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 186
1897 - 1985
HPI: 49.04
Rank: 187
1897 - 1984
HPI: 48.74
Rank: 188
1897 - 1948
HPI: 48.70
Rank: 189
1897 - 1947
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 190
1897 - 1960
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 191
1897 - 1932
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 192
1897 - 1938
HPI: 48.43
Rank: 193
1897 - 1978
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 194
1897 - 1979
HPI: 48.36
Rank: 195
1897 - 1961
HPI: 48.32
Rank: 196
1871 - 1947
HPI: 49.65
Rank: 128
1868 - 1947
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 129
1871 - 1947
HPI: 49.31
Rank: 130
1879 - 1947
HPI: 49.11
Rank: 131
1879 - 1947
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 132
1874 - 1947
HPI: 48.90
Rank: 133
1897 - 1947
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 134
1878 - 1947
HPI: 48.54
Rank: 135
1907 - 1947
HPI: 48.31
Rank: 136
1900 - 1947
HPI: 48.17
Rank: 137
1853 - 1947
HPI: 48.14
Rank: 138
1909 - 1947
HPI: 48.07
Rank: 139
1913 - 1947
HPI: 47.95
Rank: 140
Among people born in Poland, Johannes Winkler ranks 812 out of 1,454. Before him are Arkady Fiedler (1894), Wojciech Korfanty (1873), Max Gerson (1881), Jan Śniadecki (1756), Alfred Stock (1876), and Arno Holz (1863). After him are Gustav Radde (1831), Kornel Morawiecki (1941), Anna Langfus (1920), Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin (1922), Władysław Ślewiński (1856), and Edward Osóbka-Morawski (1909).
1894 - 1985
HPI: 48.71
Rank: 806
1873 - 1939
HPI: 48.67
Rank: 807
1881 - 1959
HPI: 48.65
Rank: 808
1756 - 1830
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 809
1876 - 1946
HPI: 48.63
Rank: 810
1863 - 1929
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 811
1897 - 1947
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 812
1831 - 1903
HPI: 48.57
Rank: 813
1941 - 2019
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 814
1920 - 1966
HPI: 48.53
Rank: 815
1922 - 2013
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 816
1856 - 1918
HPI: 48.50
Rank: 817
1909 - 1997
HPI: 48.48
Rank: 818
Among engineers born in Poland, Johannes Winkler ranks 8. Before him are Kurt Tank (1898), Hans Kammler (1901), Adam Czerniaków (1880), Józef Bem (1794), Henryk Dembiński (1791), and Walter Thiel (1910). After him are Boris Chertok (1912).
1898 - 1983
HPI: 59.75
Rank: 2
1901 - 1945
HPI: 59.22
Rank: 3
1880 - 1942
HPI: 58.36
Rank: 4
1794 - 1850
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 5
1791 - 1864
HPI: 51.99
Rank: 6
1910 - 1943
HPI: 48.72
Rank: 7
1897 - 1947
HPI: 48.59
Rank: 8
1912 - 2011
HPI: 47.62
Rank: 9