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Anthony Fokker

1890 - 1939

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Anton Herman Gerard "Anthony" Fokker (6 April 1890 – 23 December 1939) was a Dutch aviation pioneer, aviation entrepreneur, aircraft designer, and aircraft manufacturer. He produced fighter aircraft in Germany during the First World War such as the Eindecker monoplanes, the Dr.1 triplane and the D.VII biplane. After the Treaty of Versailles forbade Germany to produce aircraft, Fokker moved his business to the Netherlands. There, his company was responsible for a variety of aircraft including the Fokker F.VII/3m trimotor, a successful interwar passenger aircraft. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anthony Fokker is the 38th most popular engineer (up from 41st in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Indonesia (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Indonesian Engineer.

Anthony Fokker was a Dutch aviation pioneer who designed and built aircraft for the German air force during World War I. He was most famous for designing the Fokker Dr.I triplane, which was the main fighter plane used by the Germans in World War I.

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Among engineers, Anthony Fokker ranks 38 out of 389. Before him are Philo of Byzantium, Albert Göring, Lennart Torstensson, Theodore von Kármán, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and Hertha Ayrton. After him are Emil Škoda, Loránd Eötvös, Ildefons Cerdà, Hugo Junkers, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, and Villard de Honnecourt.

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Among people born in 1890, Anthony Fokker ranks 39. Before him are Eduard Dietl, Fanny Kaplan, Karl Harrer, Ronald Fisher, Elsa Schiaparelli, and Rachele Mussolini. After him are Michael Collins, Beniamino Gigli, Hans-Valentin Hube, Nikolai Trubetzkoy, Groucho Marx, and Jacques Ibert. Among people deceased in 1939, Anthony Fokker ranks 23. Before him are Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Douglas Fairbanks, James Naismith, Matthias Sindelar, Ferdinand von Lindemann, and Antonio Machado. After him are Louis Wain, Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, Otto Rank, Archduke Franz Salvator of Austria, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, and Ernst Toller.

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In Indonesia

Among people born in Indonesia, Anthony Fokker ranks 10 out of 158. Before him are Abdurrahman Wahid (1940), Megawati Sukarnoputri (1947), Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (1949), Joko Widodo (1961), B. J. Habibie (1936), and Prabowo Subianto (1951). After him are Laura Gemser (1950), Mohammad Hatta (1902), Gajah Mada (1290), Kartini (1879), Anggun (1972), and Enrique of Malacca (1495).

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Among ENGINEERS In Indonesia

Among engineers born in Indonesia, Anthony Fokker ranks 1. 

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