1895 - 1937
Reginald Joseph Mitchell (20 May 1895 – 11 June 1937) was a British aircraft designer who worked for the Southampton aviation company Supermarine from 1916 until 1936. He is best known for designing racing seaplanes such as the Supermarine S.6B, and for leading the team that designed the Supermarine Spitfire. Born in Butt Lane, Staffordshire, Mitchell attended Hanley High School and afterwards worked as an apprentice at a locomotive engineering works, whilst also studying engineering and mathematics at night. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of R. J. Mitchell has received more than 738,798 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. R. J. Mitchell is the 293rd most popular engineer (down from 284th in 2019), the 3,950th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,036th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Engineer.
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Among engineers, R. J. Mitchell ranks 293 out of 323. Before him are Boris Lisunov, Friedrich L. Bauer, Otmar Szafnauer, Isaac Roberts, Butler Lampson, and Octave Chanute. After him are Guenther Steiner, Louis Armand, Hugh Latimer Dryden, Christopher Cockerell, Robert H. Dennard, and John R. Pierce.
1898 - 1946
HPI: 45.12
Rank: 287
1924 - 2015
HPI: 45.07
Rank: 288
1964 - Present
HPI: 45.04
Rank: 289
1829 - 1904
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 290
1943 - Present
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 291
1832 - 1910
HPI: 44.93
Rank: 292
1895 - 1937
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 293
1965 - Present
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 294
1905 - 1971
HPI: 44.73
Rank: 295
1898 - 1965
HPI: 44.69
Rank: 296
1910 - 1999
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 297
1932 - Present
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 298
1910 - 2002
HPI: 44.38
Rank: 299
Among people born in 1895, R. J. Mitchell ranks 217. Before him are Leo Ornstein, Karel Koželuh, Luigi Cevenini, Karel Pešek, Manuel Alonso Areizaga, and Bert Lahr. After him are Anita Stewart, Dudley Nichols, Blossom Rock, Cliff Edwards, Jan Parandowski, and Nygmet Nurmakov. Among people deceased in 1937, R. J. Mitchell ranks 142. Before him are F. C. S. Schiller, Antônio Parreiras, Anastasios Metaxas, Juan Campisteguy, Wilhelm Weinberg, and Colin Campbell Cooper. After him are William Gillette, Nygmet Nurmakov, Gyula Juhász, Harry Vardon, Cécile Tormay, and Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati.
1895 - 2002
HPI: 45.75
Rank: 211
1895 - 1950
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 212
1895 - 1968
HPI: 45.67
Rank: 213
1895 - 1970
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 214
1895 - 1984
HPI: 45.56
Rank: 215
1895 - 1967
HPI: 45.52
Rank: 216
1895 - 1937
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 217
1895 - 1961
HPI: 44.84
Rank: 218
1895 - 1960
HPI: 44.80
Rank: 219
1895 - 1978
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 220
1895 - 1971
HPI: 44.77
Rank: 221
1895 - 1978
HPI: 44.76
Rank: 222
1895 - 1937
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 223
1864 - 1937
HPI: 45.84
Rank: 136
1860 - 1937
HPI: 45.78
Rank: 137
1862 - 1937
HPI: 45.64
Rank: 138
1859 - 1937
HPI: 45.23
Rank: 139
1862 - 1937
HPI: 45.22
Rank: 140
1856 - 1937
HPI: 44.94
Rank: 141
1895 - 1937
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 142
1853 - 1937
HPI: 44.79
Rank: 143
1895 - 1937
HPI: 44.75
Rank: 144
1883 - 1937
HPI: 44.72
Rank: 145
1870 - 1937
HPI: 44.49
Rank: 146
1876 - 1937
HPI: 44.43
Rank: 147
1874 - 1937
HPI: 44.37
Rank: 148
Among people born in United Kingdom, R. J. Mitchell ranks 3,950 out of 7,765. Before him are Dexter Fletcher (1966), Jamie Hewlett (1968), Carlos Raúl Villanueva (1900), Brian Aherne (1902), John Sykes (1959), and Julian Barbour (1937). After him are Morton Betts (1847), Brendan Perry (1959), Wilbert Awdry (1911), Charles Wilkins (1749), George Graham (1944), and Dev Patel (1990).
1966 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 3,944
1968 - Present
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 3,945
1900 - 1975
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 3,946
1902 - 1986
HPI: 44.89
Rank: 3,947
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,948
1937 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,949
1895 - 1937
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,950
1847 - 1914
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,951
1959 - Present
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 3,952
1911 - 1997
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 3,953
1749 - 1836
HPI: 44.87
Rank: 3,954
1944 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 3,955
1990 - Present
HPI: 44.86
Rank: 3,956
Among engineers born in United Kingdom, R. J. Mitchell ranks 31. Before him are Robert W. Paul (1869), James B. Francis (1815), Geoffrey de Havilland (1882), William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong (1810), Jesse Ramsden (1735), and Isaac Roberts (1829). After him are Christopher Cockerell (1910), Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Ove Arup (1895), Kevin Warwick (1954), Pat Symonds (1953), and Pat Fry (1964).
1869 - 1943
HPI: 47.63
Rank: 25
1815 - 1892
HPI: 47.61
Rank: 26
1882 - 1965
HPI: 45.49
Rank: 27
1810 - 1900
HPI: 45.45
Rank: 28
1735 - 1800
HPI: 45.34
Rank: 29
1829 - 1904
HPI: 44.95
Rank: 30
1895 - 1937
HPI: 44.88
Rank: 31
1910 - 1999
HPI: 44.67
Rank: 32
1819 - 1891
HPI: 43.41
Rank: 33
1895 - 1988
HPI: 43.37
Rank: 34
1954 - Present
HPI: 43.09
Rank: 35
1953 - Present
HPI: 42.53
Rank: 36
1964 - Present
HPI: 42.04
Rank: 37