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Viktor Kaplan

1876 - 1934

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Viktor Kaplan (27 November 1876 – 23 August 1934) was an Austrian engineer and the inventor of the Kaplan turbine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Viktor Kaplan is the 106th most popular engineer (down from 102nd in 2019), the 439th most popular biography from Austria (down from 426th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Austrian Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Viktor Kaplan ranks 106 out of 389. Before him are Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, André Courrèges, Jimmy Doolittle, Stephen Timoshenko, Fedor Tokarev, and Herman Potočnik. After him are John A. Roebling, Álvaro del Portillo, Lu Ban, Mikhail Mil, Carlo Abarth, and Pierre Clostermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1876, Viktor Kaplan ranks 72. Before him are Prince Harald of Denmark, Joseph Meister, Madeleine Vionnet, Senjūrō Hayashi, Eugène-Henri Gravelotte, and Elmer Drew Merrill. After him are Julio González, Roman Malinovsky, Josef Hofmann, William Ernest, Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, Franz Schlegelberger, and Henri Winkelman. Among people deceased in 1934, Viktor Kaplan ranks 57. Before him are Willem de Sitter, Franz Schreker, Roberto Ferruzzi, Paul Gustav Fischer, Carsten Borchgrevink, and Frederick Delius. After him are Charles Webster Leadbeater, Thorleif Haug, Kate Sheppard, Hendrik Petrus Berlage, Erich Mühsam, and Edmund Heines.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Viktor Kaplan ranks 439 out of 1,424. Before him are Adam Rainer (1899), Infanta Blanca of Spain (1868), Moritz von Schwind (1804), Franziska Donner (1900), Anna Mahler (1904), and Sigismund Francis, Archduke of Austria (1630). After him are Gitta Sereny (1921), Leopold Auenbrugger (1722), Archduchess Clementina of Austria (1798), Hanns Albin Rauter (1895), René Spitz (1887), and Duarte Nuno, Duke of Braganza (1907).

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Among ENGINEERS In Austria

Among engineers born in Austria, Viktor Kaplan ranks 4. Before him are Hermann Oberth (1894), Alexander Wienerberger (1891), and Hans Ledwinka (1878). After him are Carlo Abarth (1908), Aurel Vlaicu (1882), Hanns Hörbiger (1867), Béla Barényi (1907), Hans Moravec (1948), and Erwin Komenda (1904).

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