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Enrico Forlanini

1848 - 1930

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Enrico Forlanini (13 December 1848 – 9 October 1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aeroplanes, hydrofoils and dirigibles. He was born in Milan. His older brother Carlo Forlanini was a physician. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Enrico Forlanini is the 232nd most popular engineer (up from 243rd in 2019), the 3,188th most popular biography from Italy (up from 3,197th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Enrico Forlanini ranks 232 out of 389. Before him are Eugène Belgrand, Anousheh Ansari, Seymour Cray, Johannes Winkler, Georgy Beriev, and Benoît Fourneyron. After him are Béla Barényi, Jon Postel, Vladimir Grigoryevich Fyodorov, Eilmer of Malmesbury, Alfred Neubauer, and René Panhard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1848, Enrico Forlanini ranks 82. Before him are Belle Starr, Hubert Parry, Gustav Fischer, Otto von Emmich, Sándor Wekerle, and Hubertine Auclert. After him are Kamal-ol-molk, Ferdinand Mannlicher, Gunnar Knudsen, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Henry Augustus Rowland, and Francis Davis Millet. Among people deceased in 1930, Enrico Forlanini ranks 81. Before him are Henry Dudeney, Carl Panzram, Launceston Elliot, Alexander Kutepov, Abram Arkhipov, and Julio Romero de Torres. After him are Henri Jobier, Bill Tuttle, Mary Whiton Calkins, Albert von Le Coq, Max Valier, and Misuzu Kaneko.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Enrico Forlanini ranks 3,189 out of 5,161. Before him are Marisa Allasio (1934), Nicolò Sagredo (1606), Pierluigi Martini (1961), Luigi Bianchi (1856), Tullio Lombardo (1455), and Marino Zorzi (1231). After him are Pino Daniele (1955), Attilio Ariosti (1666), Marcus Vinicius (null), Margherita Maria Farnese (1664), Giorgio Zampori (1887), and Pino Cerami (1922).

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Among ENGINEERS In Italy

Among engineers born in Italy, Enrico Forlanini ranks 8. Before him are Marcello Gandini (1938), Nicola Romeo (1876), Guenther Steiner (1965), Flaminio Bertoni (1903), Giuseppe Colombo (1920), and Riccardo Morandi (1902). After him are Gioacchino Colombo (1903), and Aldo Costa (1961).

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