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Viktor Kaplan

1876 - 1934

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Viktor Kaplan (27 November 1876 – 23 August 1934) was an Austrian engineer and the inventor of the Kaplan turbine. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viktor Kaplan has received more than 66,081 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Viktor Kaplan is the 102nd most popular engineer (up from 109th in 2019), the 426th most popular biography from Austria (up from 438th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 66k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.95

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Viktor Kaplan ranks 102 out of 389. Before him are Hans Ledwinka, George Cayley, Vasily Degtyaryov, Hertha Ayrton, Nikolai Polikarpov, and Harry Nyquist. After him are Adrian Newey, Henry Darcy, Eupalinos, Carlo Abarth, Stephen Timoshenko, and Yevgeny Dragunov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Viktor Kaplan ranks 65. Before him are Archduchess Maria Annunciata of Austria, Prince Harald of Denmark, Alvin Kraenzlein, Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay, André Tardieu, and Ettore Bastico. After him are Josef Hofmann, A. L. Kroeber, Julio González, Henri Winkelman, Paul Masson, and Irving Baxter. Among people deceased in 1934, Viktor Kaplan ranks 52. Before him are Franz Schreker, Winsor McCay, Thorleif Haug, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Hans Hahn, and Hermann Bahr. After him are Charles Webster Leadbeater, Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Paul Troost, Kate Sheppard, Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Roberto Ferruzzi.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Viktor Kaplan ranks 426 out of 1,424. Before him are Hans Ledwinka (1878), Johann Nepomuk Karl, Prince of Liechtenstein (1724), Karl-Maria Kertbeny (1824), Princess Alexandra of Hanover (1882), Oscar Straus (1870), and Johannes Schober (1874). After him are Willi Boskovsky (1909), Ivan Šubašić (1892), Moritz von Schwind (1804), Annie Fischer (1914), Charles of Austria, Bishop of Wroclaw (1590), and Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić (1874).

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Among ENGINEERS In Austria

Among engineers born in Austria, Viktor Kaplan ranks 4. Before him are Hermann Oberth (1894), Alexander Wienerberger (1891), and Hans Ledwinka (1878). After him are Carlo Abarth (1908), Aurel Vlaicu (1882), Hanns Hörbiger (1867), Béla Barényi (1907), Erwin Komenda (1904), and Hans Moravec (1948).

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