ENGINEER

Sydney Camm

1893 - 1966

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Sir Sydney Camm, CBE, FRAeS (5 August 1893 – 12 March 1966) was an English aeronautical engineer who contributed to many Hawker aircraft designs, from the biplanes of the 1920s to jet fighters. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sydney Camm has received more than 180,792 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Sydney Camm is the 359th most popular engineer (down from 325th in 2019), the 5,740th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,043rd in 2019) and the 45th most popular British Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 180k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 40.68

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.87

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Sydney Camm ranks 359 out of 389. Before him are Gordon Bell, Kevin Warwick, Pat Fry, Willy Rampf, John Lombe, and James Allison. After him are Mike Gascoyne, Mike Coughlan, C. H. Douglas, Bob Bell, John Scott Russell, and Tessy Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1893, Sydney Camm ranks 268. Before him are Alfred Engelsen, Grace Cunard, John P. Marquand, Irving Bacon, Harley Earl, and Saunders Lewis. After him are Gladys Davis, Theresa Weld, Dorothy Dalton, Tom Forman, Bert McCaffrey, and Walter Donaldson. Among people deceased in 1966, Sydney Camm ranks 229. Before him are Alfred Engelsen, Ethel Clayton, Marguerite Higgins, Lucy Burns, Katsuo Takaishi, and Louis A. Johnson. After him are Walt Hansgen, William Frawley, Carmelita Geraghty, Harry F. Byrd, Don Branson, and Jack London.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sydney Camm ranks 5,740 out of 8,785. Before him are Louise Brown (1978), Tom Hopper (1985), Paul Nihill (1939), Hazel Court (1926), Susie Wolff (1982), and Dominic Raab (1974). After him are Lashana Lynch (1987), Julian Lloyd Webber (1951), Eddie Hopkinson (1935), Ernest Townsend (1880), Angus Wilson (1913), and Christopher Fairbank (1953).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Sydney Camm ranks 45. Before him are Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), Ralph Bagnold (1896), Kevin Warwick (1954), Pat Fry (1964), John Lombe (1693), and James Allison (1968). After him are Mike Gascoyne (1963), Mike Coughlan (1959), C. H. Douglas (1879), Bob Bell (1958), John Scott Russell (1808), and Tom Kilburn (1921).

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