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Abbas ibn Firnas

810 - 887

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Abū al-Qāsim ʿAbbās ibn Firnās ibn Wardūs al-Tākurnī (Arabic: أبو القاسم عباس بن فرناس بن ورداس التاكرني; c. 809/810 – 887 CE), known as ʿAbbās ibn Firnās (Arabic: عباس ابن فرناس) was an Andalusi polymath: an inventor, astronomer, physician, chemist, engineer, Andalusi musician, and Arabic-language poet. He was reported to have experimented with unpowered flight. Ibn Firnas made various contributions in the field of astronomy and engineering. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abbas ibn Firnas is the 30th most popular inventor (down from 20th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Spain (down from 66th in 2019) and the most popular Spanish Inventor.

Abbas ibn Firnas is most famous for inventing the world's first flying machine.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Abbas ibn Firnas ranks 30 out of 426. Before him are Lee de Forest, Bartolomeo Cristofori, Werner von Siemens, John Logie Baird, Denis Papin, and Thomas Newcomen. After him are Jimmy Wales, Ernő Rubik, Samuel Colt, Gideon Sundback, John Herschel, and Antonio Meucci.

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Among people born in 810, Abbas ibn Firnas ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad al-Bukhari, John Scotus Eriugena, and Pope Benedict III. After him are Kenneth MacAlpin, Kassia, Halfdan the Black, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, García Íñiguez of Pamplona, Hastein, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and Eulogius of Córdoba. Among people deceased in 887, Abbas ibn Firnas ranks 1. After him are Boso of Provence, Emperor Kōkō, Pietro I Candiano, and Giovanni II Participazio.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Abbas ibn Firnas ranks 87 out of 3,355. Before him are Amancio Ortega (1936), Avempace (1080), Ibn Tufail (1110), Ferdinand VII of Spain (1784), Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548), and Muhammad XII of Granada (1459). After him are Roderic (688), Juan Gris (1887), Alfonso XII of Spain (1857), Rafael Benítez (1960), Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, 3rd Duke of Alba (1507), and Vasco Núñez de Balboa (1475).

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Among INVENTORS In Spain

Among inventors born in Spain, Abbas ibn Firnas ranks 1. After him are Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva (1895), Narcís Monturiol (1819), and Leonardo Torres y Quevedo (1852).

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