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Joseph Strauss

1870 - 1938

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Joseph Baermann Strauss (January 9, 1870 – May 16, 1938) was an American structural engineer who revolutionized the design of bascule bridges. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph Strauss has received more than 23,960 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Joseph Strauss is the 186th most popular engineer (down from 162nd in 2019), the 4,054th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,333rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Engineer.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Joseph Strauss ranks 186 out of 323. Before him are Walter Hohmann, Michel Chevalier, Gotthilf Hagen, Vladimir Petlyakov, Louis Dollo, and Agustín de Betancourt. After him are Nikolay Kamov, Gene Kranz, Jon Postel, William Playfair, W. Ross Ashby, and Seymour Cray.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Joseph Strauss ranks 90. Before him are Annie Londonderry, Hilaire Belloc, Charles Tournemire, Francisco S. Carvajal, John Boland, and Amadeo Giannini. After him are Princess Helena Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein, Albert Sechehaye, Evgeny Paton, Louis Bachelier, Conrad Böcker, and Édouard Le Roy. Among people deceased in 1938, Joseph Strauss ranks 116. Before him are Maurice Emmanuel, Marie-Joseph Lagrange, Lampião, Jānis Rudzutaks, Boris Pilnyak, and Gösta Ekman. After him are Abdurauf Fitrat, Leopoldo Lugones, Egon Friedell, Georges Urbain, Florence Lawrence, and Samuel Alexander.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph Strauss ranks 4,054 out of 18,182. Before him are Sam Phillips (1923), Judy Holliday (1921), James Pickens Jr. (1954), Lori Lightfoot (1962), Nile Rodgers (1952), and William Forsythe (1949). After him are Katherine Helmond (1929), John Tukey (1915), Billy Blanks (1955), Elliott Carter (1908), Hope Lange (1933), and Toni Braxton (1967).

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Among ENGINEERS In United States

Among engineers born in United States, Joseph Strauss ranks 13. Before him are Jack Swigert (1931), Vannevar Bush (1890), Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr. (1868), J. Walter Christie (1865), Eugene Stoner (1922), and Kelly Johnson (1910). After him are Gene Kranz (1933), Jon Postel (1943), Seymour Cray (1925), Charles F. Brush (1849), Preston Tucker (1903), and Ed Heinemann (1908).

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