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Robert Esnault-Pelterie

1881 - 1957

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Robert Albert Charles Esnault-Pelterie (8 November 1881 – 6 December 1957) was a French aircraft designer and spaceflight theorist. He is referred to as being one of the founders of modern rocketry and astronautics, along with the Russian Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, the Germans Hermann Oberth, Wernher von Braun and the American Robert H. Goddard. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Esnault-Pelterie is the 214th most popular engineer (up from 293rd in 2019), the 3,633rd most popular biography from France (up from 4,491st in 2019) and the 39th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Robert Esnault-Pelterie ranks 214 out of 389. Before him are Alexander Kemurdzhian, Michele Besso, Robert Maillart, Émile Levassor, Vladimir Petlyakov, and Michel Chevalier. After him are Semyon Lavochkin, Charles Renard, André Waterkeyn, Harvey Postlethwaite, Eugen Sänger, and Menno van Coehoorn.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Robert Esnault-Pelterie ranks 133. Before him are Max Weber, Heinrich Burger, Edgar Leonard, Gunnar Nordström, Vilhelm Buhl, and Dimitrana Ivanova. After him are Rudolf Ramek, Móric Esterházy, Henri Laurent, Marcello Piacentini, Benjamin Jekhowsky, and Curt Haase. Among people deceased in 1957, Robert Esnault-Pelterie ranks 139. Before him are Norma Talmadge, James Whale, Sadri Maksudi Arsal, Peter Freuchen, Ted Meredith, and Carl-Gustaf Rossby. After him are Bugs Moran, Ralph Benatzky, Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Marie Vassilieff, Alice Milliat, and Arie de Jong.

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In France

Among people born in France, Robert Esnault-Pelterie ranks 3,633 out of 6,770. Before him are Willy Sagnol (1977), Gabriel François Doyen (1726), Benoît Jacquot (1947), Louis Charles Delescluze (1809), Henry Becque (1837), and Michel Chevalier (1806). After him are Antonin Magne (1904), Victor Massé (1822), Henri Sauguet (1901), Philippe Gaubert (1879), Patachou (1918), and Eugène-Anatole Demarçay (1852).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Robert Esnault-Pelterie ranks 39. Before him are François Hennebique (1842), Adolphe Alphand (1817), Arthur Morin (1795), Evgeny Paton (1870), Émile Levassor (1843), and Michel Chevalier (1806). After him are Charles Renard (1847), Eugène Belgrand (1810), Benoît Fourneyron (1802), René Panhard (1841), Eugène Flachat (1802), and Louis Vicat (1786).

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