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Hanns Hörbiger

1867 - 1931

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Johannes "Hanns" Evangelist Hörbiger (29 November 1860, in Atzgersdorf – 11 October 1931, in Mauer) was an Austrian engineer from Vienna with roots in Tyrol. He took part in the construction of the Budapest subway and in 1894 invented a new type of valve essential for compressors still in widespread use today. He is also remembered today for his pseudoscientific Welteislehre ("World Ice doctrine"). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hanns Hörbiger is the 174th most popular engineer (down from 160th in 2019), the 617th most popular biography from Austria (down from 573rd in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Hanns Hörbiger ranks 174 out of 389. Before him are Antoine de Chézy, Peter Hirsch, Alexei Tupolev, Riccardo Morandi, Gustave Whitehead, and Louis Charles Breguet. After him are Alphonse Pénaud, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, Alexander Mozhaysky, Gérard Larrousse, John Smeaton, and Ma Jun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1867, Hanns Hörbiger ranks 88. Before him are Léon Delacroix, Dimitrios Gounaris, Ali Kemal, Hjalmar Johansen, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, and Alexander Vasiliev. After him are Aleksandar Malinov, Charles Dillon Perrine, Wilhelm Peterson-Berger, Giuseppe Morello, Maximilian Bircher-Benner, and Léon Daudet. Among people deceased in 1931, Hanns Hörbiger ranks 71. Before him are Xu Zhimo, Jean-Louis Forain, William Bates, Wilson Bentley, Nicolae Paulescu, and David Starr Jordan. After him are Rachel Bluwstein, Viktor Dyk, Emil Warburg, Princess Isabella of Croÿ, Motilal Nehru, and Osachi Hamaguchi.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hanns Hörbiger ranks 617 out of 1,424. Before him are Marianna Martines (1744), Carlo Gaetano Gaisruck (1769), Josef Klaus (1910), Herma Bauma (1915), Archduchess Margaret of Austria (1567), and Archduke Leopold Ferdinand of Austria (1868). After him are Karl Michael Ziehrer (1843), Felix Mottl (1856), Ottokar III of Styria (1129), László Almásy (1895), Karl Markovics (1963), and Walter Mischel (1930).

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Among ENGINEERS In Austria

Among engineers born in Austria, Hanns Hörbiger ranks 7. Before him are Hermann Oberth (1894), Alexander Wienerberger (1891), Hans Ledwinka (1878), Viktor Kaplan (1876), Carlo Abarth (1908), and Aurel Vlaicu (1882). After him are Béla Barényi (1907), Hans Moravec (1948), and Erwin Komenda (1904).

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