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Erich Topp

1914 - 2005

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Erich Topp (2 July 1914 – 26 December 2005) was a German U-boat commander of World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves and Swords of Nazi Germany. He sank 35 ships for a total of 197,460 gross register tons (GRT). After the war, he served with the Federal German Navy, in which he reached the rank of Konteradmiral (rear admiral). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erich Topp is the 115th most popular engineer (up from 130th in 2019), the 2,295th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,409th in 2019) and the 14th most popular German Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Erich Topp ranks 115 out of 389. Before him are Lu Ban, Mikhail Mil, Carlo Abarth, Pierre Clostermann, Sergei Khrushchev, and François Laurent d'Arlandes. After him are Eupalinos, Erik Dahlbergh, Henry Darcy, Borys Paton, Alexander Cunningham, and Valdemar Poulsen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1914, Erich Topp ranks 118. Before him are Jean-Pierre Vernant, Bernard Malamud, Eugene Nida, Carlos Castillo Armas, Go Seigen, and Bill Finger. After him are Lyman Spitzer, J. Lee Thompson, George Tabori, Marcel Bich, Juan Carlos Onganía, and Joe Rantz. Among people deceased in 2005, Erich Topp ranks 88. Before him are Zhang Chunqiao, Richard Pryor, Ghena Dimitrova, Simone Simon, Amrish Puri, and Andre Gunder Frank. After him are Vasco Gonçalves, Amrita Pritam, Alberto Lattuada, John Mills, Vincent Gigante, and Guillermo Cabrera Infante.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Erich Topp ranks 2,296 out of 7,253. Before him are Jordan of Saxony (1190), Klaus Allofs (1956), Max Morlock (1925), Friedrich Traun (1876), Fredrik Barth (1928), and Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (1694). After him are Josef Bürckel (1895), Philip, Elector Palatine (1448), Karl Mauss (1898), Mario Gómez (1985), Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1794), and Moritz Wagner (1813).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Erich Topp ranks 14. Before him are Felix Wankel (1902), Ernst Heinkel (1888), Kurt Gerstein (1905), Arthur Scherbius (1878), Walter Dornberger (1895), and John A. Roebling (1806). After him are Alexander Lippisch (1894), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), Claude Dornier (1884), Franz Reuleaux (1829), Hellmuth Walter (1900), and Walter Hohmann (1880).

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