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Felix Wankel

1902 - 1988

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Felix Heinrich Wankel (German: [ˈfeːlɪks ˈhaɪnʁɪç ˈvaŋkl̩]; 13 August 1902 – 9 October 1988) was a German mechanical engineer and inventor after whom the Wankel engine was named. Wankel joined various radical antisemitic organizations after World War I and was a prominent member of the Nazi Party. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Felix Wankel is the 47th most popular engineer (down from 37th in 2019), the 1,005th most popular biography from Germany (down from 869th in 2019) and the 8th most popular German Engineer.

Felix wankel is most famous for inventing the wankel engine, which is a type of internal combustion engine.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Felix Wankel ranks 47 out of 389. Before him are Ildefons Cerdà, Hugo Junkers, Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Villard de Honnecourt, Howard H. Aiken, and Sergey Ilyushin. After him are Pavel Sukhoi, Viktor Bryukhanov, Bjarne Stroustrup, Marcello Gandini, Ernst Heinkel, and Godfrey Hounsfield.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Felix Wankel ranks 47. Before him are Günther Anders, Princess Mafalda of Savoy, Harold Lasswell, Alexander Luria, Prince George, Duke of Kent, and Max Ophüls. After him are Ryuzo Shimizu, George Ostrogorsky, Luis Barragán, Mohammad Hatta, Gianpiero Combi, and Lúcio Costa. Among people deceased in 1988, Felix Wankel ranks 30. Before him are Hiroaki Sato, Kim Philby, Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad, Virginia Satir, Raymond Carver, and Richard S. Castellano. After him are Clifford D. Simak, Luis Barragán, Franz Josef Strauss, Christina Onassis, Farida of Egypt, and Henryk Szeryng.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Felix Wankel ranks 1,005 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Ophüls (1902), Louis Ferdinand, Prince of Prussia (1907), Elizabeth Christ Trump (1880), Frederick II, Elector of Saxony (1412), Dorothea of Brandenburg (1430), and Hennig Brand (1630). After him are Johann Christian Daniel von Schreber (1739), Georg Ratzinger (1924), Charles Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden (1728), Erich Kempka (1910), Eva Hesse (1936), and Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France (1174).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Felix Wankel ranks 8. Before him are Otto Lilienthal (1848), Fritz Todt (1891), August Horch (1868), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), Albert Göring (1895), and Hugo Junkers (1859). After him are Ernst Heinkel (1888), Kurt Gerstein (1905), Arthur Scherbius (1878), Walter Dornberger (1895), John A. Roebling (1806), and Erich Topp (1914).

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