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Geoffrey de Havilland

1882 - 1965

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Captain Sir Geoffrey de Havilland, (27 July 1882 – 21 May 1965) was an English aviation pioneer and aerospace engineer. The aircraft company he founded produced the Mosquito, which has been considered the most versatile warplane ever built, and his Comet was the first jet airliner to go into production. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Geoffrey de Havilland is the 315th most popular engineer (up from 326th in 2019), the 4,310th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,506th in 2019) and the 33rd most popular British Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Geoffrey de Havilland ranks 315 out of 389. Before him are Vladimir Mikhailovich Myasishchev, Robert H. Dennard, Peter Schreyer, K. Eric Drexler, Ralph Bagnold, and Marina Popovich. After him are Peter Chen, Sidney Darlington, Charles Combes, Preston Tucker, Yuri Artsutanov, and Gordon Bell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Geoffrey de Havilland ranks 243. Before him are Ștefania Mărăcineanu, C. E. Ruthenberg, Bidhan Chandra Roy, Oswald Holmberg, Helena Kottler Vurnik, and León Cortés Castro. After him are Paul Günther, Georg Jacoby, Edwin Barclay, Axel Sjöblom, Nevile Henderson, and Juan Guevara. Among people deceased in 1965, Geoffrey de Havilland ranks 180. Before him are Daniel Frank, Nancy Carroll, Harry Crerar, W. T. Cosgrave, John Cregan, and Francisco Garza Gutiérrez. After him are Carlos Scarone, Eric Brook, Sida Košutić, Roberto Battaglia, Kōsaku Yamada, and Margaret Dumont.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey de Havilland ranks 4,311 out of 8,785. Before him are Ray Wilson (1968), Kay Stammers (1914), Ronnie Rooke (1911), Tobias Menzies (1974), Princess Charlotte of Cambridge (2015), and Zaida Ben-Yusuf (1869). After him are Anne V. Coates (1925), Mark Williams (1975), Simon Davies (1979), Henry Liddell (1811), Margaret Leighton (1922), and Gerry Anderson (1929).

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Among ENGINEERS In United Kingdom

Among engineers born in United Kingdom, Geoffrey de Havilland ranks 33. Before him are William Froude (1810), Joseph Bazalgette (1819), Ron Tauranac (1925), Robert W. Paul (1869), Mal Evans (1935), and Ralph Bagnold (1896). After him are Ove Arup (1895), Jesse Ramsden (1735), Isaac Roberts (1829), Charles Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford (1893), R. J. Mitchell (1895), and Harry Ricardo (1885).

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