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Theodore von Kármán

1881 - 1963

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Theodore von Kármán (Hungarian: (szőllőskislaki) Kármán Tódor [(søːløːʃkiʃlɒki) ˈkaːrmaːn ˈtoːdor], May 11, 1881 – May 6, 1963) was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in aerodynamics characterizing supersonic and hypersonic airflow. The human-defined threshold of outer space is named the "Kármán line" in recognition of his work. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Theodore von Kármán has received more than 791,688 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Theodore von Kármán is the 32nd most popular engineer (down from 31st in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Hungary (down from 81st in 2019) and the most popular Hungarian Engineer.

Theodore von Kármán was a Hungarian-American physicist and engineer. He is most famous for his work in aeronautics and aerospace engineering.

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  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.19

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Theodore von Kármán ranks 32 out of 389. Before him are Willy Messerschmitt, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Philo of Byzantium, Lennart Torstensson, Hermann Oberth, and Albert Göring. After him are Emil Škoda, Hugo Junkers, Villard de Honnecourt, Pavel Sukhoi, Felix Wankel, and Ildefons Cerdà.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Theodore von Kármán ranks 39. Before him are Władysław Sikorski, François Darlan, Walter Rudolf Hess, Erwin von Witzleben, Ivan Ribar, and Natalia Goncharova. After him are Carlo Carrà, Otto Wille Kuusinen, Otto Bauer, Alfred Radcliffe-Brown, Emil Ludwig, and Ludwig Binswanger. Among people deceased in 1963, Theodore von Kármán ranks 27. Before him are Herbert Spencer Gasser, Archduchess Elisabeth Marie of Austria, Thích Quảng Đức, Abd al-Karim Qasim, Carmen Amaya, and Rajendra Prasad. After him are Oleg Penkovsky, Jacques Hadamard, Richard Baer, Kurt Zeitzler, Józef Gosławski, and Richard Barthelmess.

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In Hungary

Among people born in Hungary, Theodore von Kármán ranks 87 out of 1,077. Before him are Irene of Hungary (1088), Marcel Breuer (1902), Stephen II of Hungary (1101), Felix Salten (1869), Zoltán Czibor (1929), and Michael Curtiz (1886). After him are Violant of Hungary (1215), Stephen III of Hungary (1147), József Bozsik (1925), Ladislaus III of Hungary (1199), Georg von Békésy (1899), and Ignác Goldziher (1850).

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Among ENGINEERS In Hungary

Among engineers born in Hungary, Theodore von Kármán ranks 1. After him are Loránd Eötvös (1848).

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