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Walter Hohmann

1880 - 1945

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Walter Hohmann (; German: [ˈhoːman]; 18 March 1880 – 11 March 1945) was a German engineer who made an important contribution to the understanding of orbital dynamics. In a book published in 1925, Hohmann demonstrated a fuel-efficient path to move a spacecraft between two different orbits, now called a Hohmann transfer orbit. He received his Ph.D. from the RWTH Aachen University in 1920. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Hohmann is the 152nd most popular engineer (up from 199th in 2019), the 2,905th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,429th in 2019) and the 20th most popular German Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Walter Hohmann ranks 152 out of 389. Before him are Franz Reuleaux, John Scott Russell, Hellmuth Walter, Marc Seguin, Sherif Ismail, and Mikhail Yangel. After him are Gabriel Voisin, Giuseppe Colombo, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Mstislav Keldysh, Anton Flettner, and John Bagot Glubb.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Walter Hohmann ranks 99. Before him are Lincoln Ellsworth, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Albert W. Hull, Adrian Carton de Wiart, Frigyes Riesz, and Ivar Kreuger. After him are Gabriel Voisin, Sholem Asch, Leonard Woolf, Philibert Jacques Melotte, Princess Thyra of Denmark, and Marie Stopes. Among people deceased in 1945, Walter Hohmann ranks 195. Before him are Julius Leber, Isamu Chō, Jerome Kern, Jüri Uluots, Günther Lützow, and Mihail Sebastian. After him are Johannes Popitz, Emil von Reznicek, Emmanuel Foulon, Augustín Malár, Ada Negri, and Naoemon Shimizu.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walter Hohmann ranks 2,907 out of 7,253. Before him are Friedrich, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont (1865), Alexander von Linsingen (1850), Hans Robert Jauss (1921), Edzard II, Count of East Frisia (1532), Christian Thielemann (1959), and Eduard, Duke of Anhalt (1861). After him are Nannette Streicher (1769), Friedrich Wilhelm Schadow (1789), Julius Oppert (1825), Peter II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg (1827), Nuri Şahin (1988), and Princess Augusta Reuss of Köstritz (1822).

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Among ENGINEERS In Germany

Among engineers born in Germany, Walter Hohmann ranks 20. Before him are Erich Topp (1914), Alexander Lippisch (1894), Christian Otto Mohr (1835), Claude Dornier (1884), Franz Reuleaux (1829), and Hellmuth Walter (1900). After him are Anton Flettner (1885), Ferdinand Alexander Porsche (1935), Hugo Eckener (1868), Peter Hirsch (1925), Gustave Whitehead (1874), and Franz Grashof (1826).

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