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Hermann Oberth

1894 - 1989

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Hermann Julius Oberth (German: [ˈhɛrman ˈjuːli̯ʊs ˈoːbɛrt]; 25 June 1894 – 28 December 1989) was an Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocket pioneer of Transylvanian Saxon descent. Oberth supported Nazi Germany's war effort and received the War Merit Cross (1st Class) in 1943. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hermann Oberth is the 30th most popular engineer, the 191st most popular biography from Austria (down from 172nd in 2019) and the most popular Austrian Engineer.

Hermann Oberth is most famous for his work in rocketry and spaceflight. He is credited with being the father of the space age.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Hermann Oberth ranks 30 out of 389. Before him are Banū Mūsā, Leslie Groves, Hans Albert Einstein, August Horch, Willy Messerschmitt, and Bassel al-Assad. After him are Jiro Horikoshi, Philo of Byzantium, Albert Göring, Lennart Torstensson, Theodore von Kármán, and Isambard Kingdom Brunel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Hermann Oberth ranks 30. Before him are Pyotr Kapitsa, Heinrich Lübke, Harold Macmillan, Kiichiro Toyoda, Alfred Kinsey, and C. R. Swart. After him are Otto Grotewohl, Satyendra Nath Bose, Dashiell Hammett, Benjamin Graham, Arthur Nebe, and Wilhelm Bittrich. Among people deceased in 1989, Hermann Oberth ranks 34. Before him are Sándor Márai, Thomas Bernhard, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, Michel Aflaq, John Hicks, and Daphne du Maurier. After him are William Shockley, John Cassavetes, Sugar Ray Robinson, Giuseppe Siri, Danilo Kiš, and Leon Festinger.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Hermann Oberth ranks 191 out of 1,424. Before him are Archduchess Maria Johanna Gabriela of Austria (1750), Angela Hitler (1883), Albert IV, Duke of Austria (1377), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Archduchess Maria Anna of Austria (1610), and Hans Selye (1907). After him are Karl Thomas Mozart (1784), Karl Seitz (1869), Anton Zeilinger (1945), Elizabeth of Austria (1526), Otto of Freising (1114), and Baron Alexander von Bach (1813).

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Among ENGINEERS In Austria

Among engineers born in Austria, Hermann Oberth ranks 1. After him are Alexander Wienerberger (1891), Hans Ledwinka (1878), Viktor Kaplan (1876), Carlo Abarth (1908), Aurel Vlaicu (1882), Hanns Hörbiger (1867), Béla Barényi (1907), Hans Moravec (1948), and Erwin Komenda (1904).

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