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John A. Roebling

1806 - 1869

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John Augustus Roebling (born Johann August Röbling; June 12, 1806 – July 22, 1869) was a German-born American civil engineer. He designed and built wire rope suspension bridges, in particular the Brooklyn Bridge, which has been designated as a National Historic Landmark and a National Historic Civil Engineering Landmark. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John A. Roebling is the 107th most popular engineer (up from 118th in 2019), the 2,136th most popular biography from Germany (up from 2,150th in 2019) and the 13th most popular German Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, John A. Roebling ranks 107 out of 389. Before him are André Courrèges, Jimmy Doolittle, Stephen Timoshenko, Fedor Tokarev, Herman Potočnik, and Viktor Kaplan. After him are Álvaro del Portillo, Lu Ban, Mikhail Mil, Carlo Abarth, Pierre Clostermann, and Sergei Khrushchev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1806, John A. Roebling ranks 24. Before him are Juan Crisóstomo Arriaga, Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller, Louis III, Grand Duke of Hesse, Otto Wilhelm Hermann von Abich, Karl Friedrich Mohr, and Johan Vilhelm Snellman. After him are William, Duke of Brunswick, Antoine Wiertz, Teodolfo Mertel, Juliette Drouet, Lionel Kieseritzky, and Infanta Ana de Jesus Maria of Braganza. Among people deceased in 1869, John A. Roebling ranks 24. Before him are Alexandrine Tinné, Carl Gustav Carus, Carl Loewe, Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Princess Maria Carolina of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, and Carl Reichenbach. After him are Roger Fenton, Afzal-ud-Daulah, Jean René Constant Quoy, Mehmed Fuad Pasha, Wilhelm, Duke of Urach, and Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, John A. Roebling ranks 2,137 out of 7,253. Before him are Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben (1744), Igor Mitoraj (1944), Klaus Kinkel (1936), Helmold (1120), Johann VI, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg (1536), and Ami Boué (1794). After him are Princess Elisabeth of Prussia (1815), Prince Karl Theodor of Bavaria (1795), Thomas C. Südhof (1955), Princess Mathilde of Saxony (1863), Anton Friedrich Justus Thibaut (1772), and Philipp Veit (1793).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, John A. Roebling ranks 13. Before him are Hugo Junkers (1859), Felix Wankel (1902), Ernst Heinkel (1888), Kurt Gerstein (1905), Arthur Scherbius (1878), and Walter Dornberger (1895). After him are Erich Topp (1914), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), Claude Dornier (1884), Franz Reuleaux (1829), and Hellmuth Walter (1900).

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