1882 - 1957
Ernst Kraft Wilhelm Nußelt (Nusselt in English; November 25, 1882, in Nuremberg – September 1, 1957, in Munich) was a German engineer. Nusselt studied mechanical engineering at the Munich Technical University (Technische Universität München), where he got his doctorate in 1907. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Wilhelm Nusselt has received more than 33,521 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Wilhelm Nusselt is the 202nd most popular engineer (down from 195th in 2019), the 3,282nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 2,989th in 2019) and the 25th most popular German Engineer.
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Among engineers, Wilhelm Nusselt ranks 202 out of 323. Before him are Semyon Lavochkin, Adolphe Alphand, Eugen Sänger, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, and Mikhail Koshkin. After him are Pierre-François Bouchard, Charles F. Brush, Preston Tucker, Ed Heinemann, Charles Renard, and Sergei Tumansky.
1900 - 1960
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 196
1817 - 1891
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 197
1905 - 1964
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 198
1822 - 1883
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 199
1887 - 1973
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 200
1898 - 1940
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 201
1882 - 1957
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 202
1771 - 1822
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 203
1849 - 1929
HPI: 50.63
Rank: 204
1903 - 1956
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 205
1908 - 1991
HPI: 50.42
Rank: 206
1847 - 1905
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 207
1901 - 1973
HPI: 50.38
Rank: 208
Among people born in 1882, Wilhelm Nusselt ranks 146. Before him are Alexander Kutepov, Károly Huszár, Otto Ruge, Carl Diem, Harry Porter, and Paul Anspach. After him are Ernst Weiss, Louis Pergaud, Ali Fuat Cebesoy, James Somerville, Julius Edgar Lilienfeld, and Giorgio Abetti. Among people deceased in 1957, Wilhelm Nusselt ranks 121. Before him are Ralph Benatzky, Kiyoshi Shiga, James Whale, Peter Freuchen, Augusto Genina, and Ramon Magsaysay. After him are Harrison Ford, Elia Abu Madi, Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Othmar Schoeck, Princess Alexandra Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, and Elizabeth Hesselblad.
1882 - 1930
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 140
1882 - 1941
HPI: 51.39
Rank: 141
1882 - 1961
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 142
1882 - 1962
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 143
1882 - 1965
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 144
1882 - 1981
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 145
1882 - 1957
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 146
1882 - 1940
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 147
1882 - 1915
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 148
1882 - 1968
HPI: 50.36
Rank: 149
1882 - 1949
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 150
1882 - 1963
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 151
1882 - 1982
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 152
1884 - 1957
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 115
1871 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 116
1889 - 1957
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 117
1886 - 1957
HPI: 50.76
Rank: 118
1892 - 1957
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 119
1907 - 1957
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 120
1882 - 1957
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 121
1884 - 1957
HPI: 50.62
Rank: 122
1890 - 1957
HPI: 50.59
Rank: 123
1898 - 1957
HPI: 50.50
Rank: 124
1886 - 1957
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 125
1887 - 1957
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 126
1870 - 1957
HPI: 50.21
Rank: 127
Among people born in Germany, Wilhelm Nusselt ranks 3,282 out of 6,142. Before him are Erich Bey (1898), John George II, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach (1665), Princess Pilar of Bavaria (1891), John Casimir, Duke of Saxe-Coburg (1564), Otto Deßloch (1889), and Petra Schürmann (1933). After him are Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1699), Paul Augustin Mayer (1911), Princess Christine of Hesse-Rotenburg (1717), Christoph Friedrich Nicolai (1733), Hanni Wenzel (1956), and Princess Pauline of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1852).
1898 - 1943
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 3,276
1665 - 1698
HPI: 50.72
Rank: 3,277
1891 - 1987
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 3,278
1564 - 1633
HPI: 50.71
Rank: 3,279
1889 - 1977
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 3,280
1933 - 2010
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 3,281
1882 - 1957
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 3,282
1699 - 1772
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 3,283
1911 - 2010
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 3,284
1717 - 1778
HPI: 50.67
Rank: 3,285
1733 - 1811
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 3,286
1956 - Present
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 3,287
1852 - 1904
HPI: 50.66
Rank: 3,288
Among engineers born in Germany, Wilhelm Nusselt ranks 25. Before him are Gustave Whitehead (1874), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Hellmuth Walter (1900), Anton Flettner (1885), Hugo Eckener (1868), and Walter Hohmann (1880). After him are Franz Grashof (1826), Paul Mauser (1838), Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848), Johann Georg Halske (1814), Oskar von Miller (1855), and Gerhard Fieseler (1896).
1874 - 1927
HPI: 54.59
Rank: 19
1894 - 1976
HPI: 54.52
Rank: 20
1900 - 1980
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 21
1885 - 1961
HPI: 52.59
Rank: 22
1868 - 1954
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 23
1880 - 1945
HPI: 51.65
Rank: 24
1882 - 1957
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 25
1826 - 1893
HPI: 50.35
Rank: 26
1838 - 1914
HPI: 50.32
Rank: 27
1848 - 1904
HPI: 50.04
Rank: 28
1814 - 1890
HPI: 48.64
Rank: 29
1855 - 1934
HPI: 47.86
Rank: 30
1896 - 1987
HPI: 47.68
Rank: 31