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Kurt Tank

1898 - 1983

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Kurt Waldemar Tank (24 February 1898 – 5 June 1983) was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II, including the Fw 190 fighter aircraft, the Ta 152 fighter-interceptor and the Fw 200 Condor airliner. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Kurt Tank has received more than 644,177 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Tank is the 82nd most popular engineer (down from 56th in 2019), the 328th most popular biography from Poland (down from 244th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Kurt Tank ranks 82 out of 389. Before him are Marcel Renault, Józef Bem, Henri Farman, Edward A. Murphy Jr., André Courrèges, and Henry Royce. After him are Jack Swigert, Mikhail Mil, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., Viktor Bryukhanov, and Nicola Romeo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Kurt Tank ranks 67. Before him are Lotte Lenya, Viktor Ullmann, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Arletty, Gulzarilal Nanda, and Viktor Pavičić. After him are Julius Schaub, Ernő Gerő, Leopold Infeld, Marie-Pierre Kœnig, August Hirt, and Matvei Zakharov. Among people deceased in 1983, Kurt Tank ranks 50. Before him are Vladimir Gelfand, Georges Bidault, Germaine Tailleferre, Robert Aldrich, Nicolaus von Below, and Walther Nehring. After him are Karen Carpenter, Norma Shearer, Marianne Brandt, Horst Schumann, Victor Turner, and Dennis Wilson.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kurt Tank ranks 328 out of 1,694. Before him are Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), Lestek (870), Jerzy Stuhr (1947), Mieszko III the Old (1126), Ernst Wilimowski (1916), and Walther Nehring (1892). After him are Ewald Georg von Kleist (1700), Kurt Schumacher (1895), Mieczysław Weinberg (1919), Eberhard von Mackensen (1889), Tommy Wiseau (1955), and Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834).

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Among ENGINEERS In Poland

Among engineers born in Poland, Kurt Tank ranks 5. Before him are Wernher von Braun (1912), Hans Kammler (1901), Adam Czerniaków (1880), and Józef Bem (1794). After him are Henryk Dembiński (1791), Konstantin Kalinin (1887), Walter Thiel (1910), Johannes Winkler (1897), and Boris Chertok (1912).

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