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Hans von Ohain

1911 - 1998

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Hans Joachim Pabst von Ohain (14 December 1911 – 13 March 1998) was a German physicist, engineer, and the designer of the first aircraft to use a turbojet engine. Together with Frank Whittle and Anselm Franz, he has been described as the co-inventor of the turbojet engine. However, the historical timelines show that von Ohain was still a university student when, in January 1930, Whittle filed his first patent for a turbojet engine and successfully tested his first engine in April 1937, some 6 months before von Ohain. Additionally, prior to building his engine and filing his own patent in 1935, von Ohain had read and critiqued Whittle's patents. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hans von Ohain is the 123rd most popular inventor (up from 238th in 2019), the 1,357th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,137th in 2019) and the 15th most popular German Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Hans von Ohain ranks 123 out of 426. Before him are Robert Noyce, James Hargreaves, Edmund Cartwright, Theobald Boehm, Franz Reichelt, and Samuel Crompton. After him are Nikolai Kardashev, Paul Otlet, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., André Michelin, Alfred Krupp, and Christopher C. Kraft Jr..

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Among people born in 1911, Hans von Ohain ranks 69. Before him are Brian O'Nolan, George Stigler, Princess Cecilie of Greece and Denmark, Bernard Herrmann, Karel Čurda, and Lee J. Cobb. After him are Dieter Wisliceny, Stanisława Walasiewicz, David Seymour, André Claveau, Nicholas Ray, and Eduardo Frei Montalva. Among people deceased in 1998, Hans von Ohain ranks 46. Before him are Lúcio Costa, André Weil, Martin Rodbell, Maria Reiche, Antonio Quarracino, and Bob Kane. After him are Zlatko Čajkovski, Lloyd Bridges, David McClelland, Roddy McDowall, Ferdinand Anton Ernst Porsche, and Nelson Goodman.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hans von Ohain ranks 1,357 out of 7,253. Before him are Countess Caroline of Nassau-Saarbrücken (1704), Albert IV, Duke of Bavaria (1447), Wilhelm Müller (1794), Adolf Heusinger (1897), Heidi Klum (1973), and Princess Auguste of Bavaria (1877). After him are Franciscus Sylvius (1614), Sepp Herberger (1897), Oskar Morgenstern (1902), Franz Gürtner (1881), George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1484), and Ernst Zermelo (1871).

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Among INVENTORS In Germany

Among inventors born in Germany, Hans von Ohain ranks 15. Before him are Konrad Zuse (1910), Adam Opel (1837), Emile Berliner (1851), Joseph Pilates (1883), Johann Philipp Reis (1834), and Theobald Boehm (1794). After him are Alfred Krupp (1812), Hugo Schmeisser (1884), Siegfried Marcus (1831), Johann Nepomuk Maelzel (1772), Peter Henlein (1479), and Heinrich Göbel (1818).

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