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Hans Ledwinka

1878 - 1967

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Hans Ledwinka (14 February 1878 – 2 March 1967) was an Austrian automobile designer. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans Ledwinka is the 99th most popular engineer (down from 96th in 2019), the 416th most popular biography from Austria (up from 420th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Austrian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Hans Ledwinka ranks 99 out of 389Before him are Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, Robert Stephenson, George Cayley, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Vasily Degtyaryov, and Paul Cornu. After him are Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, André Courrèges, Jimmy Doolittle, Stephen Timoshenko, Fedor Tokarev, and Herman Potočnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, Hans Ledwinka ranks 69Before him are Louis Camille Maillard, Herbert Chapman, Yosano Akiko, Paul Pelliot, Upton Sinclair, and Edward Kasner. After him are Franz Schreker, Lionel Barrymore, Felix Bernstein, Stephen Timoshenko, Mohammad Ali Jauhar, and Charles Joughin. Among people deceased in 1967, Hans Ledwinka ranks 83Before him are Stanisław Sosabowski, Forough Farrokhzad, Josias, Hereditary Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Paul Muni, Jane Darwell, and Basil Rathbone. After him are Walter A. Shewhart, David Burliuk, H. H. Kung, Langston Hughes, Joseph Boxhall, and Ernst Niekisch.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hans Ledwinka ranks 416 out of 1,424Before him are Oscar Straus (1870), Jörg Lanz von Liebenfels (1874), Heinz Kohut (1913), Franz Vranitzky (1937), Friedrich von Amerling (1803), and Archduchess Adelheid of Austria (1914). After him are Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Austria (1628), Georg Alexander Pick (1859), Archduke Felix of Austria (1916), Georg Ritter von Schönerer (1842), Emil Artin (1898), and Josef Krips (1902).

Among ENGINEERS In Austria

Among engineers born in Austria, Hans Ledwinka ranks 3Before him are Hermann Oberth (1894), and Alexander Wienerberger (1891). After him are Viktor Kaplan (1876), Carlo Abarth (1908), Aurel Vlaicu (1882), Hanns Hörbiger (1867), Béla Barényi (1907), Hans Moravec (1948), and Erwin Komenda (1904).