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Hugo Junkers

1859 - 1935

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Hugo Junkers (3 February 1859 – 3 February 1935) was a German aircraft engineer and aircraft designer who pioneered the design of all-metal airplanes and flying wings. His company, Junkers Flugzeug- und Motorenwerke AG (Junkers Aircraft and Motor Works), was one of the mainstays of the German aircraft industry in the years between World War I and World War II. His multi-engined, all-metal passenger and freight planes helped establish airlines in Germany and around the world. In addition to aircraft, Junkers also built both diesel and petrol engines and held various thermodynamic and metallurgical patents. He was also one of the main sponsors of the Bauhaus movement and facilitated the move of the Bauhaus from Weimar to Dessau (where his factory was situated) in 1925. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Hugo Junkers is the 42nd most popular engineer (down from 34th in 2019), the 909th most popular biography from Germany (down from 841st in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Engineer.

Hugo Junkers was a German engineer and inventor who is most famous for designing the Junker JU-87, a German military aircraft that was used in World War II.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Hugo Junkers ranks 42 out of 389. Before him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Hertha Ayrton, Anthony Fokker, Emil Škoda, Loránd Eötvös, and Ildefons Cerdà. After him are Abram Petrovich Gannibal, Villard de Honnecourt, Howard H. Aiken, Sergey Ilyushin, Felix Wankel, and Pavel Sukhoi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1859, Hugo Junkers ranks 21. Before him are Sholem Aleichem, Alexandre Millerand, Jean Jaurès, George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, Jerome K. Jerome, and Pierre Janet. After him are Alexander Samsonov, Anna Ancher, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Venustiano Carranza, Francisco Ferrer, and Bertha Pappenheim. Among people deceased in 1935, Hugo Junkers ranks 31. Before him are Josef Suk, Max Liebermann, Ivan Vladimirovich Michurin, Aron Nimzowitsch, Henri Pirenne, and Izz ad-Din al-Qassam. After him are Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche, Mihajlo Pupin, Panait Istrati, Magnus Hirschfeld, Anna Ancher, and Ali of Hejaz.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Hugo Junkers ranks 909 out of 7,253. Before him are Udo Kier (1944), Ernest, Elector of Saxony (1441), Joachim Frank (1940), Nastassja Kinski (1961), Hartmut Michel (1948), and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1876). After him are Elizabeth of Carinthia, Queen of Germany (1262), John George I, Elector of Saxony (1585), Elisabeth Förster-Nietzsche (1846), Isdal Woman (1940), Luise Rainer (1910), and Carl Friedrich Abel (1723).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Hugo Junkers ranks 7. Before him are Gottlieb Daimler (1834), Otto Lilienthal (1848), Fritz Todt (1891), August Horch (1868), Willy Messerschmitt (1898), and Albert Göring (1895). After him are Felix Wankel (1902), Ernst Heinkel (1888), Kurt Gerstein (1905), Arthur Scherbius (1878), Walter Dornberger (1895), and John A. Roebling (1806).

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