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Kurt Tank

1898 - 1983

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Kurt Waldemar Tank (24 February 1898 – 5 June 1983) was a German aeronautical engineer and test pilot who led the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931 to 1945. He was responsible for the creation of several important Luftwaffe aircraft of World War II, including the Fw 190 fighter aircraft, the Ta 152 fighter-interceptor and the Fw 200 Condor airliner. After the war, Tank spent two decades designing aircraft abroad, working first in Argentina and then in India, before returning to West Germany in the late 1960s to work as a consultant for Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kurt Tank is the 82nd most popular engineer, the 330th most popular biography from Poland (down from 328th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Polish Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Kurt Tank ranks 82 out of 389. Before him are Walter Dornberger, Józef Bem, Nikolay Zhukovsky, Adrian Newey, Gustaf de Laval, and Marcel Renault. After him are Henri Farman, Henry Royce, Immanuel Nobel, Harry Nyquist, Nicola Romeo, and Jack Swigert.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Kurt Tank ranks 71. Before him are Henry Hathaway, Julius Schaub, Arletty, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Jim Fouché, and Viktor Ullmann. After him are Alberto Suppici, Randolph Scott, Viktor Pavičić, Marie-Pierre Kœnig, Jean Borotra, and Luigi Fagioli. Among people deceased in 1983, Kurt Tank ranks 53. Before him are Horst Schumann, Germaine Tailleferre, Dolores del Río, Georges Bidault, Karen Carpenter, and Jack Dempsey. After him are Walther Nehring, William Walton, Walter Stennes, Nicolaus von Below, Victor Turner, and Norma Shearer.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Kurt Tank ranks 330 out of 1,694. Before him are Józef Elsner (1769), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (1846), Konstanty Kalinowski (1838), Vitello (1230), and Richeza of Poland, Queen of Sweden (1116). After him are Bolesław V the Chaste (1226), Eberhard von Mackensen (1889), Fritz London (1900), Leopold Trepper (1904), Franciszek Macharski (1927), and Heinz Reinefarth (1903).

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Among ENGINEERS In Poland

Among engineers born in Poland, Kurt Tank ranks 5. Before him are Wernher von Braun (1912), Hans Kammler (1901), Adam Czerniaków (1880), and Józef Bem (1794). After him are Henryk Dembiński (1791), Johannes Winkler (1897), Walter Thiel (1910), Konstantin Kalinin (1887), and Boris Chertok (1912).

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