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Othmar Ammann

1879 - 1965

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Othmar Hermann Ammann (March 26, 1879 – September 22, 1965) was a Swiss-American civil engineer whose bridge designs include the George Washington Bridge, Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, and Bayonne Bridge. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Othmar Ammann has received more than 233,026 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Othmar Ammann is the 272nd most popular engineer, the 465th most popular biography from Switzerland and the 3rd most popular Swiss Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Othmar Ammann ranks 272 out of 323. Before him are Markus Reiner, Sam Eyde, Ransom E. Olds, Robert Esnault-Pelterie, Arthur Rudolph, and Peter Schreyer. After him are K. Eric Drexler, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Da-Wen Sun, Eilmer of Malmesbury, Alan Shugart, and Mikhail Tikhonravov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1879, Othmar Ammann ranks 159. Before him are Urban Gad, Aeneas Mackintosh, Billy Mitchell, Bagha Jatin, Lucile Watson, and E. H. Shepard. After him are Lois Weber, Kārlis Skalbe, Perikles Kakousis, Antti Tulenheimo, Marie Juchacz, and Manuel Arce y Ochotorena. Among people deceased in 1965, Othmar Ammann ranks 144. Before him are David Smith, Hamo Beknazarian, Eleanor Farjeon, Francisco Garza Gutiérrez, Myra Hess, and Jacques Audiberti. After him are Teodor Koskenniemi, Mikheil Tsereteli, Sonja Graf, Arnold Luhaäär, Reino Kuuskoski, and Albert Gutterson.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Othmar Ammann ranks 465 out of 876. Before him are Nicolas Fatio de Duillier (1664), Numa Droz (1844), Bernard Challandes (1951), Konrad Stäheli (1931), Martin Suter (1948), and Viola Amherd (1962). After him are Georges Beuchat (1910), Thomas Erastus (1524), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Paul Martin (1901), Elizabeth Thompson (1846), and Casimir de Candolle (1836).

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Among ENGINEERS In Switzerland

Among engineers born in Switzerland, Othmar Ammann ranks 3. Before him are Hans Albert Einstein (1904) and Robert Maillart (1872).

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