1870 - 1941
Štefan Banič (Slovak pronunciation: [ˈʂcefam ˈbaɲitʂ]; 23 November 1870 – 2 January 1941) was a Slovak inventor who patented an early parachute design. Born in Jánostelek (Slovak: Neštich, Smolenická Nová Ves), Austria-Hungary (now Smolenická Nová Ves, a part of Smolenice, Slovakia), Banič immigrated to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Greenville, Pennsylvania. After witnessing a plane crash in 1912, Banič constructed a prototype of a parachute, and on August 25, 1914 was granted US patent, No. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Štefan Banič has received more than 78,054 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Štefan Banič is the 276th most popular inventor (down from 271st in 2019), the 693rd most popular biography from Austria (down from 112th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Austrian Inventor.
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Among inventors, Štefan Banič ranks 276 out of 354. Before him are Joseph Aspdin, Lester Allan Pelton, Adolf Martens, Alexander P. de Seversky, L. L. Langstroth, and Edward Lawry Norton. After him are Franz Xaver Gabelsberger, Paul von Jankó, John Wilkinson, Thomas Wedgwood, Ivan Kulibin, and André Blondel.
1778 - 1855
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 270
1829 - 1908
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 271
1850 - 1914
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 272
1894 - 1974
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 273
1810 - 1895
HPI: 49.64
Rank: 274
1898 - 1983
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 275
1870 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 276
1789 - 1849
HPI: 49.43
Rank: 277
1856 - 1919
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 278
1728 - 1808
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 279
1771 - 1805
HPI: 49.24
Rank: 280
1735 - 1818
HPI: 49.17
Rank: 281
1863 - 1938
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 282
Among people born in 1870, Štefan Banič ranks 106. Before him are Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, Magnus Enckell, Dirk Jan de Geer, Erik Adolf von Willebrand, Amado Nervo, and Hans Baluschek. After him are Sascha Schneider, Lars Sonck, Emil Młynarski, Henri Jaspar, Jędrzej Moraczewski, and Grigory Gershuni. Among people deceased in 1941, Štefan Banič ranks 118. Before him are Mario García Menocal, Friedrich Akel, Pavel Filonov, Ernst, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Wilhelm Kienzl, and Rudolf Ramek. After him are George Abraham Grierson, Yakov Smushkevich, Dimitrios Golemis, Franciszek Kleeberg, Karl Neukirch, and Fritz Manteuffel.
1870 - 1946
HPI: 50.16
Rank: 100
1870 - 1925
HPI: 49.98
Rank: 101
1870 - 1960
HPI: 49.83
Rank: 102
1870 - 1949
HPI: 49.71
Rank: 103
1870 - 1919
HPI: 49.67
Rank: 104
1870 - 1935
HPI: 49.57
Rank: 105
1870 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 106
1870 - 1927
HPI: 49.16
Rank: 107
1870 - 1956
HPI: 49.15
Rank: 108
1870 - 1935
HPI: 48.61
Rank: 109
1870 - 1939
HPI: 48.60
Rank: 110
1870 - 1944
HPI: 48.47
Rank: 111
1870 - Present
HPI: 48.21
Rank: 112
1866 - 1941
HPI: 50.54
Rank: 112
1871 - 1941
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 113
1883 - 1941
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 114
1859 - 1941
HPI: 50.23
Rank: 115
1857 - 1941
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 116
1881 - 1941
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 117
1870 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 118
1851 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 119
1902 - 1941
HPI: 49.47
Rank: 120
1874 - 1941
HPI: 49.36
Rank: 121
1888 - 1941
HPI: 49.22
Rank: 122
1864 - 1941
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 123
1875 - 1941
HPI: 49.20
Rank: 124
Among people born in Austria, Štefan Banič ranks 693 out of 1,237. Before him are Harald Reinl (1908), Theodore Bikel (1924), Karl Markovics (1963), Egon Wellesz (1885), Wlodimir Ledóchowski (1866), and Ernst Stojaspal (1925). After him are Ulrich Seidl (1952), Tina Blau (1845), Gerda Lerner (1920), Josef Abel (1764), Alfred Körner (1926), and İlber Ortaylı (1947).
1908 - 1986
HPI: 49.66
Rank: 687
1924 - 2015
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 688
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.61
Rank: 689
1885 - 1974
HPI: 49.60
Rank: 690
1866 - 1942
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 691
1925 - 2002
HPI: 49.56
Rank: 692
1870 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 693
1952 - Present
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 694
1845 - 1916
HPI: 49.51
Rank: 695
1920 - 2013
HPI: 49.48
Rank: 696
1764 - 1818
HPI: 49.42
Rank: 697
1926 - 2020
HPI: 49.40
Rank: 698
1947 - Present
HPI: 49.39
Rank: 699
Among inventors born in Austria, Štefan Banič ranks 5. Before him are Robert Adler (1913), Georg Luger (1849), Viktor Schauberger (1885), and Gaston Glock (1929).
1913 - 2007
HPI: 58.75
Rank: 1
1849 - 1923
HPI: 57.55
Rank: 2
1885 - 1958
HPI: 57.41
Rank: 3
1929 - 2023
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 4
1870 - 1941
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 5