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Riccardo Morandi

1902 - 1989

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Riccardo Morandi (1 September 1902 – 25 December 1989) was an Italian civil engineer best known for his innovative use of reinforced concrete and prestressed concrete, although over the years some of his particular cable-stayed bridges have had some maintenance trouble. Amongst his best-known works are the General Rafael Urdaneta Bridge, an 8 km (5 mi) cable-stayed bridge crossing Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela; a similar bridge in Genoa commonly known as Ponte Morandi (officially Viadotto Polcevera), which partially collapsed in 2018 for reasons under investigation; and the Subterranean Automobile Showroom in Turin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Riccardo Morandi is the 171st most popular engineer (down from 170th in 2019), the 2,652nd most popular biography from Italy (down from 2,595th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Italian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Riccardo Morandi ranks 171 out of 389. Before him are Aurel Vlaicu, John Hughes, Hugo Eckener, Antoine de Chézy, Peter Hirsch, and Alexei Tupolev. After him are Gustave Whitehead, Louis Charles Breguet, Hanns Hörbiger, Alphonse Pénaud, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, and Alexander Mozhaysky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Riccardo Morandi ranks 147. Before him are Tallulah Bankhead, Giovanni Colombo, Erik Eriksen, Hans von Dohnanyi, Sylvain Arend, and Charles Barton. After him are Boris Barnet, Adolfo Zumelzú, Juan Evaristo, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Solomon, and Thomas E. Dewey. Among people deceased in 1989, Riccardo Morandi ranks 121. Before him are Robert B. Anderson, Elisaveta Bykova, Richie Ginther, Gerhard Schröder, Imre Németh, and Abdul Rahman Ghassemlou. After him are Wally Ris, Wilfrid Sellars, Yuliya Solntseva, Robert Webber, Guy Laroche, and Brian Naylor.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Riccardo Morandi ranks 2,652 out of 5,161. Before him are Fiorenzo Magni (1920), Giovanni Canestri (1918), Moderata Fonte (1555), Vasco Rossi (1952), Francesco Granacci (1469), and Giangiacomo Feltrinelli (1926). After him are Leopoldo Trieste (1917), Mario Corso (1941), Nicola Vicentino (1511), Lucrezia Marinella (1571), Giovanni Pastrone (1883), and Nino Ferrer (1934).

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Among ENGINEERS In Italy

Among engineers born in Italy, Riccardo Morandi ranks 7. Before him are Umberto Nobile (1885), Marcello Gandini (1938), Nicola Romeo (1876), Guenther Steiner (1965), Flaminio Bertoni (1903), and Giuseppe Colombo (1920). After him are Enrico Forlanini (1848), Gioacchino Colombo (1903), and Aldo Costa (1961).

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