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Christopher Cockerell

1910 - 1999

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Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell (4 June 1910 – 1 June 1999) was an English engineer, best known as the inventor of the hovercraft. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Christopher Cockerell is the 287th most popular engineer (up from 312th in 2019), the 4,666th most popular biography from Germany (up from 4,912th in 2019) and the 34th most popular German Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Christopher Cockerell ranks 287 out of 389. Before him are Boris Chertok, Oskar von Miller, Pierre-François Bouchard, Eugene Polley, Friedrich L. Bauer, and Charles Joseph Minard. After him are Wilhelm Nusselt, Fulgence Bienvenüe, Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, William Froude, Hideo Itokawa, and Burt Rutan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Christopher Cockerell ranks 273. Before him are Willy Ronis, William Higinbotham, Johann Urbanek, Adalberts Bubenko, Ludwig von Moos, and Hua Luogeng. After him are Carlos Marcello, Mary Wickes, Adri van Male, Alexandru Borbely, Charles P. Kindleberger, and Paul Chocque. Among people deceased in 1999, Christopher Cockerell ranks 205. Before him are Ashley Montagu, János Parti, Owen Hart, Maria Sander, Yury Malyshev, and Heinrich Schmid. After him are Bing Xin, Raúl Silva Henríquez, Lloyd La Beach, Rick Danko, Hideo Itokawa, and Birgit Cullberg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Christopher Cockerell ranks 4,669 out of 7,253. Before him are Nicole (1964), Lutz D. Schmadel (1942), Emmanuel Scheffer (1924), Georg Stollenwerk (1930), Ossi Oswalda (1897), and Georg Calixtus (1586). After him are Wilhelm Nusselt (1882), Norbert Eder (1955), Vladimir Lossky (1903), Otto Winzer (1902), Heinrich XIX, Prince Reuss of Greiz (1790), and Heinrich Gerber (1832).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Christopher Cockerell ranks 34. Before him are Arthur Rudolph (1906), Ferdinand Mannlicher (1848), Paul Mauser (1838), Gerhard Fieseler (1896), Oskar von Miller (1855), and Friedrich L. Bauer (1924). After him are Wilhelm Nusselt (1882), Peter Schreyer (1953), Mario Theissen (1952), Julius Kühn (1825), Willy Rampf (1953), and Willy Ley (1906).

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