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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 61,380 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Viktor Kaplan is the 111th most popular engineer (down from 108th in 2019), the 440th most popular biography from Austria (down from 419th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Engineer.

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  • 55.71

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.03

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Viktor Kaplan ranks 111 out of 323. Before him are Erich Topp, Moshe Arens, Eupalinos, Christian Otto Mohr, Adrian Newey, and Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto. After him are Pierre Clostermann, Alexander Cunningham, François Laurent d'Arlandes, Alexander Lodygin, Robert Stephenson, and Álvaro del Portillo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Viktor Kaplan ranks 67. Before him are Tatyana Afanasyeva, Ettore Bastico, Edvard Eriksen, Nicola Romeo, Josef Hofmann, and Prince Harald of Denmark. After him are Madeleine Vionnet, Paul Masson, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Irving Baxter, Henri Winkelman, and Alvin Kraenzlein. Among people deceased in 1934, Viktor Kaplan ranks 55. Before him are Adrien de Gerlache, Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma, Frederick Delius, Paul Troost, Baby Face Nelson, and Hermann Bahr. After him are Hans Hahn, Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, Karl Ernst, Roberto Ferruzzi, Carsten Borchgrevink, and Thorleif Haug.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Viktor Kaplan ranks 440 out of 1,237. Before him are Otto Hofmann (1896), Hermann Bahr (1863), Gordon Gollob (1912), Kurt Diemberger (1932), Alexander Korda (1893), and Archduke Felix of Austria (1916). After him are Anne of Austria, Margravine of Brandenburg (1280), Karl von Stürgkh (1859), Hans von Dohnanyi (1902), Hans Hahn (1879), Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria (1917), and Wirich Philipp von Daun (1669).

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Among ENGINEERS In Austria

Among engineers born in Austria, Viktor Kaplan ranks 3. Before him are Alexander Wienerberger (1891) and Hans Ledwinka (1878). After him are Aurel Vlaicu (1882), Carlo Abarth (1908), Béla Barényi (1907), and Hans Moravec (1948).

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