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Walter Dornberger

1895 - 1980

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Major-General Dr. Walter Robert Dornberger (6 September 1895 – 26 June 1980) was a German Army artillery officer whose career spanned World War I and World War II. He was a leader of Nazi Germany's V-2 rocket programme and other projects at the Peenemünde Army Research Centre. After the war, the US Nazi scientist recruitment programme Operation Paperclip saw him move to the US, largely avoiding punishment for involvement in war crimes, to work for some decades in high positions in aerospace, including for Bell Aircraft and Boeing. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Dornberger is the 76th most popular engineer (down from 66th in 2019), the 1,501st most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,277th in 2019) and the 12th most popular German Engineer.

Walter Dornberger was a German engineer who was the head of the Nazi's rocket program. He was most famous for overseeing the production of the V-2 rocket, which was the first ballistic missile used in combat.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Walter Dornberger ranks 76 out of 389. Before him are Jack Parsons, Arthur Scherbius, Moshe Arens, Alexander Wienerberger, Viktor Belenko, and Marcel Dassault. After him are Józef Bem, Nikolay Zhukovsky, Adrian Newey, Gustaf de Laval, Marcel Renault, and Kurt Tank.

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Among people born in 1895, Walter Dornberger ranks 81. Before him are Lin Yutang, Ferdinand Čatloš, Choudhry Rahmat Ali, B. H. Liddell Hart, Jean Giono, and Gregorio Pietro Agagianian. After him are Vinoba Bhave, Jack Dempsey, Dino Grandi, Shote Galica, Kurt Schumacher, and Sheng Shicai. Among people deceased in 1980, Walter Dornberger ranks 67. Before him are Ernő Gerő, Shigemaru Takenokoshi, Ian Curtis, Philipp, Landgrave of Hesse, Filipp Golikov, and Kazimierz Kuratowski. After him are Tôn Đức Thắng, Fabian von Schlabrendorff, Jim Fouché, Hugh Griffith, Mario Bava, and Pascual Jordan.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Dornberger ranks 1,501 out of 7,253. Before him are Ernst Lindemann (1894), Philipp Bouhler (1899), Carl Ludwig (1816), Christian Friedrich Schönbein (1799), Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis (1860), and Albert III, Duke of Bavaria (1401). After him are Thomas Tuchel (1973), Friedrich Kalkbrenner (1784), Christian Gottlob Neefe (1748), Eduard Heine (1821), Ingrid van Houten-Groeneveld (1921), and Princess Juliane of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1781).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Walter Dornberger ranks 12. Before him are Albert Göring (1895), Hugo Junkers (1859), Felix Wankel (1902), Ernst Heinkel (1888), Kurt Gerstein (1905), and Arthur Scherbius (1878). After him are John A. Roebling (1806), Erich Topp (1914), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), Claude Dornier (1884), and Franz Reuleaux (1829).

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