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Vittorio Jano

1891 - 1965

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Vittorio Jano (Hungarian: János Viktor; 22 April 1891 – 13 March 1965) was an Italian automobile designer of Hungarian descent from the 1920s through 1960s. Jano was born Viktor János in San Giorgio Canavese, in Piedmont, to Hungarian immigrants, who arrived there several years earlier. He began at the car and truck company Società Torinese Automobili Rapid owned by G.B. Ceirano. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vittorio Jano has received more than 150,070 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Vittorio Jano is the 222nd most popular inventor (up from 260th in 2019).

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  • 150k

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  • 53.93

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  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.94

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Vittorio Jano ranks 222 out of 426. Before him are Artur Fischer, George Washington, Josip Belušić, Max Skladanowsky, Walter Hunt, and Slavoljub Eduard Penkala. After him are George Pullman, Lou Ottens, Robert Watson-Watt, Robert Ludvigovich Bartini, Alexander Parkes, and Aurel Stodola.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Vittorio Jano ranks 111. Before him are Ahmad bin Yahya, Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, Abraham Fraenkel, Earl Warren, Franz Alexander, and Pietro Nenni. After him are Maria Skobtsova, Juan Yagüe, Jan Mukařovský, Carl Jacob Burckhardt, Francisco Lázaro, and Jüri Lossmann. Among people deceased in 1965, Vittorio Jano ranks 87. Before him are Frederick, Prince of Hohenzollern, Abraham Fraenkel, Wilhelm Worringer, Boris Barnet, Princess Pauline of Württemberg, and Lee Hoi-chuen. After him are Fred Quimby, Johann Kremer, Erik Heinrichs, Mostafa El-Nahas, Árpád Szakasits, and Linda Darnell.

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