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Ernst Heinkel

1888 - 1958

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Dr. Ernst Heinkel (24 January 1888 – 30 January 1958) was a German aircraft designer, manufacturer, Wehrwirtschaftsführer in Nazi Germany, and member of the Nazi Party. His company Heinkel Flugzeugwerke produced the Heinkel He 178, the world's first turbojet-powered aircraft, and the Heinkel He 176, the first rocket aircraft. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Heinkel is the 52nd most popular engineer (down from 39th in 2019), the 1,106th most popular biography from Germany (down from 886th in 2019) and the 9th most popular German Engineer.

Ernst Heinkel was a German engineer and aircraft designer who is most famous for designing the He 178, the world's first turbojet-powered aircraft.

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Among engineers, Ernst Heinkel ranks 52 out of 389. Before him are Sergey Ilyushin, Felix Wankel, Pavel Sukhoi, Viktor Bryukhanov, Bjarne Stroustrup, and Marcello Gandini. After him are Godfrey Hounsfield, Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr., William Armstrong, 1st Baron Armstrong, John Ambrose Fleming, Kurt Gerstein, and Valentin Glushko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1888, Ernst Heinkel ranks 46. Before him are Ossip Zadkine, Katherine Mansfield, Josef Albers, Ernst Kretschmer, August Kubizek, and Oskar Schlemmer. After him are Vladimir K. Zworykin, Max Steiner, Nuri al-Said, Irving Berlin, Fritz Klein, and Georgios Papandreou. Among people deceased in 1958, Ernst Heinkel ranks 30. Before him are J. G. Strijdom, Giacomo Balla, Kim Tu-bong, Edna Purviance, André Bazin, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. After him are Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, Petru Groza, Ole Kirk Christiansen, Nuri al-Said, Alfred Weber, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ernst Heinkel ranks 1,106 out of 7,253. Before him are Margarethe von Trotta (1942), Paul Blobel (1894), August Neidhardt von Gneisenau (1760), Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Gustav Ritter von Kahr (1862), and Harald Schumacher (1954). After him are Veit Stoss (1450), Moses Hess (1812), Maria Margaretha Kirch (1670), Niko Kovač (1971), Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1709), and Heinrich Schwabe (1789).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Ernst Heinkel ranks 9. Before him are Fritz Todt (1891), August Horch (1868), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), Albert Göring (1895), Hugo Junkers (1859), and Felix Wankel (1902). After him are Kurt Gerstein (1905), Arthur Scherbius (1878), Walter Dornberger (1895), John A. Roebling (1806), Erich Topp (1914), and Alexander Lippisch (1894).

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