1872 - 1950
Traian Vuia or Trajan Vuia (Romanian pronunciation: [traˈjan ˈvuja]; 17 August 1872 – 3 September 1950) was a Romanian inventor and aviation pioneer who designed, built, and tested the first tractor monoplane. He was the first to demonstrate that a flying machine could rise into the air by running on wheels on an ordinary road. He is credited with a powered hop of 11 m (36 ft) made on 18 March, 1906, and he later claimed a powered hop of 24 m (79 ft). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Traian Vuia has received more than 247,887 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Traian Vuia is the 181st most popular inventor (down from 180th in 2019), the 135th most popular biography from Romania (up from 444th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Romanian Inventor.
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Among inventors, Traian Vuia ranks 181 out of 354. Before him are Hubert Cecil Booth, Mikhail Dolivo-Dobrovolsky, Melvil Dewey, Matthew Boulton, Johann Christoph Denner, and Garrett Morgan. After him are Friedrich Zander, Gerald Bull, George Pullman, Royal Rife, J. Presper Eckert, and Bartolomeu de Gusmão.
1871 - 1955
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 175
1862 - 1919
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 176
1851 - 1931
HPI: 55.35
Rank: 177
1728 - 1809
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 178
1655 - 1707
HPI: 55.30
Rank: 179
1877 - 1963
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 180
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 181
1887 - 1933
HPI: 54.87
Rank: 182
1928 - 1990
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 183
1831 - 1897
HPI: 54.84
Rank: 184
1888 - 1971
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 185
1919 - 1995
HPI: 54.75
Rank: 186
1685 - 1724
HPI: 54.72
Rank: 187
Among people born in 1872, Traian Vuia ranks 61. Before him are Otto Braun, Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium, Sidónio Pais, Arsen Kotsoyev, Solomiya Krushelnytska, and Albert Sarraut. After him are Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme, Luigi Orione, Ludwig Klages, Princess Maria Ludwiga Theresia of Bavaria, Hàm Nghi, and Theodor Lessing. Among people deceased in 1950, Traian Vuia ranks 65. Before him are Nikolai Voznesensky, Walter Huston, Henry H. Arnold, Yvan Goll, Kim Kyu-sik, and Olaf Stapledon. After him are Edwin Sutherland, Hantaro Nagaoka, Walter Eucken, Walton Walker, Abraham Wald, and Kazys Grinius.
1872 - 1955
HPI: 55.42
Rank: 55
1872 - 1958
HPI: 55.39
Rank: 56
1872 - 1918
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 57
1872 - 1944
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 58
1872 - 1952
HPI: 55.16
Rank: 59
1872 - 1962
HPI: 55.14
Rank: 60
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 61
1872 - 1931
HPI: 55.09
Rank: 62
1872 - 1940
HPI: 54.65
Rank: 63
1872 - 1956
HPI: 54.50
Rank: 64
1872 - 1954
HPI: 54.49
Rank: 65
1872 - 1943
HPI: 54.14
Rank: 66
1872 - 1933
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 67
1903 - 1950
HPI: 56.18
Rank: 59
1883 - 1950
HPI: 56.06
Rank: 60
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.91
Rank: 61
1891 - 1950
HPI: 55.86
Rank: 62
1881 - 1950
HPI: 55.68
Rank: 63
1886 - 1950
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 64
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 65
1883 - 1950
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 66
1865 - 1950
HPI: 54.66
Rank: 67
1891 - 1950
HPI: 54.57
Rank: 68
1889 - 1950
HPI: 54.46
Rank: 69
1902 - 1950
HPI: 54.43
Rank: 70
1866 - 1950
HPI: 54.24
Rank: 71
Among people born in Romania, Traian Vuia ranks 135 out of 665. Before him are László Bölöni (1953), Constantin Brâncoveanu (1654), Armand Călinescu (1893), Dora d'Istria (1828), Constantin Sănătescu (1885), and Countess Claudine Rhédey von Kis-Rhéde (1812). After him are László Tőkés (1952), Petre Roman (1946), Mihail Kogălniceanu (1817), Bálint Bakfark (1507), Ion I. C. Brătianu (1864), and Lucien Goldmann (1913).
1953 - Present
HPI: 55.74
Rank: 129
1654 - 1714
HPI: 55.73
Rank: 130
1893 - 1939
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 131
1828 - 1888
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 132
1885 - 1947
HPI: 55.20
Rank: 133
1812 - 1841
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 134
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 135
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 136
1946 - Present
HPI: 55.01
Rank: 137
1817 - 1891
HPI: 55.00
Rank: 138
1507 - 1576
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 139
1864 - 1927
HPI: 54.92
Rank: 140
1913 - 1970
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 141
Among inventors born in Romania, Traian Vuia ranks 3. Before him are Henri Coandă (1886) and Orban (1404).
1886 - 1972
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 1
1404 - 1453
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 2
1872 - 1950
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 3