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Erwin Komenda

1904 - 1966

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Erwin Komenda (6 April 1904 - 22 August 1966) was an Austrian automobile designer and Porsche employee, and a lead contributor to the design of the bodies for the VW Beetle and various Porsche sports cars. Erwin Komenda was born on 6 April 1904 in Jauern am Semmering. His father, Franz Komenda, was the technical director of the first power station on the Semmering and in Weyer / Enns, where the family relocated in 1913. From 1916 to 1920 he attended a higher technical institute for iron processing in Steyr. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Erwin Komenda is the 275th most popular engineer (down from 234th in 2019), the 852nd most popular biography from Austria (down from 725th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Austrian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Erwin Komenda ranks 275 out of 389. Before him are Ernest Goüin, Albert Auguste Perdonnet, Butler Lampson, Nikolay Makarov, Frances Spence, and Jean-Augustin Barral. After him are Hendrik Wade Bode, Arkhip Lyulka, Émile Lemoine, Mikhail Tikhonravov, Rudy Van Gelder, and Boris Chertok.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Erwin Komenda ranks 234. Before him are Yves Giraud-Cabantous, Tita Merello, J. R. D. Tata, Jimmy McGrory, Käthe von Nagy, and Vladimir Kokkinaki. After him are Pretty Boy Floyd, Gregg Toland, Josef Pieper, Abdullah Goran, Gino Rossetti, and Sabin Carr. Among people deceased in 1966, Erwin Komenda ranks 158. Before him are Yuri Shaporin, Clifton Webb, Emil Julius Gumbel, Hilde Schrader, Sofya Yanovskaya, and Pablo Birger. After him are Gösta Olson, René Barbier, Joel Stebbins, Mississippi John Hurt, Paul Zielinski, and Santiago Lovell.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Erwin Komenda ranks 852 out of 1,424. Before him are Baron Karl von Hasenauer (1833), Erik Schinegger (1948), Rudolf Raftl (1911), Leopold Vietoris (1891), Trixi Schuba (1951), and Franz Unger (1800). After him are Rudolf Viertl (1902), Franz Bartl (1915), Leopold Hofmann (1905), Bruno Pezzey (1955), Joe May (1880), and Bruno de Finetti (1906).

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Among ENGINEERS In Austria

Among engineers born in Austria, Erwin Komenda ranks 10. Before him are Viktor Kaplan (1876), Carlo Abarth (1908), Aurel Vlaicu (1882), Hanns Hörbiger (1867), Béla Barényi (1907), and Hans Moravec (1948).

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