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Engineers from Hesse
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The list Engineers from Hesse includes
Karl Plagge, Stefan Quandt, Max Knoll, Walter Dornberger and Albert Fink.
The list consists of 29 members
and 3 sublists.
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Hesse
State in Germany
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Anton Flettner
German aviation engineer and inventor (1885–1961)
Overview: Anton Flettner (November 1, 1885 – December 29, 1961) was a German aviation engineer and inventor. Born in Eddersheim (today a district of Hattersheim am Main), Flettner made important contributions to ...Date of birth: 1 November 1885Date of death: 29 December 1961Age: 76 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: Inventor
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Karl Plagge
German military officer
Overview: Karl Plagge ( 10 July 1897 – 19 June 1957) was a German engineer who rescued Jews during the Holocaust in Lithuania by issuing work permits to non-essential workers. A partially disabled veteran of World ...Date of birth: 10 July 1897Date of death: 19 June 1957Age: 59 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: MilitaryGender: Male 0
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Stefan Quandt
German businessman
Overview: Stefan Quandt (born 9 May 1966) is a German billionaire heir, engineer and industrialist. 0
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Max Knoll
German electrical engineer (1897–1969)Overview: Max Knoll (17 July 1897 – 6 November 1969) was a German electrical engineer.Date of birth: 17 July 1897Date of death: 6 November 1969Age: 72 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: Inventor 0
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Walter Dornberger
German general
Overview: Major-General Dr. Walter Robert Dornberger (6 September 1895 – 27 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 ...Date of birth: 6 September 1895Date of death: 27 June 1980Age: 84 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: ScientistGender: Male 0
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Dieter Zetsche
German engineer and business executive (born 1953)
Overview: Dieter Zetsche (born on 5 May 1953) is a German engineer and business executive. He is the chairman of TUI AG. He was the chairman of the board of management of Daimler AG and head of Mercedes-Benz until ... 0
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Ernst Steinhoff
rocket scientist
Overview: Ernst August Wilhelm Steinhoff (February 11, 1908 – December 2, 1987) was a rocket scientist and member of the "von Braun rocket group", at the Peenemünde Army Research Center (1939–1945). Ernst ...Date of birth: 11 February 1908Date of death: 2 December 1987Age: 79 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: ScientistGender: Male 0
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Ludwig Roth
German, Engineer
Overview: Ludwig Roth (June 10, 1909 – November 1, 1967) was the Aerospace engineer who was the head of the Peenemünde Future Projects Office which designed the Wasserfall and created advanced rockets designs ...Date of birth: 10 June 1909Date of death: 10 November 1967Age: 58 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: EngineerGender: Male 0
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Adolf Thiel
German engineer and Rocket scientist
Overview: Adolf Thiel (February 12, 1915 – June 2, 2001 Los Angeles) was an Austrian-born German expert in guided missiles during World War II, and later worked for the United States Army and TRW.Date of birth: 1915Date of death: 2 June 2001Age: 85 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: InventorGender: Male 0
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Albert Fink
American civil engineer
Overview: Albert Fink (October 27, 1827 – April 3, 1897) was a German-born civil engineer who worked in the United States. He is best known for his railroad bridge designs, which helped revolutionize the use of ...Date of birth: 27 October 1827Date of death: 3 April 1897Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Engineer 0
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Friedrich Heusler
German chemist and mining engineerOverview: Carl Ludwig David Friedrich Heusler (1 February 1866, Dillenburg – 25 October 1947) was a German mining engineer and chemist. He discovered a special group of intermetallics now known as Heusler ...Date of birth: 1 February 1866Date of death: 1947Age: 80 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: Chemist 0
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Franz Ludwig von Cancrin
German architect and scientist
Overview: Franz Ludwig von Cancrin (February 21, 1738 in Breidenbach – 1812) was a German mineralogist, metallurgist, architect and writer.Date of birth: 21 February 1738Date of death: 1812Age: 73 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: WriterGender: Male 0
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Overview: Johann Helfrich von Müller (January 16, 1746 in Kleve – 1830) was an engineer in the Hessian army who conceived the difference engine in 1786 (first written reference to the basic principles of a difference ...Date of birth: 16 January 1746Date of death: 1830Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: Engineer 0
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Fritz von Opel
German, Engineer
Overview: Fritz Adam Hermann von Opel (4 May 1899 – 8 April 1971), known as Fritz Adam Hermann Opel until his father was ennobled in 1917, was the only son of Wilhelm von Opel and a grandson of Adam Opel, founder ...Date of birth: 4 May 1899Date of death: 8 April 1971Age: 71 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: EngineerGender: Male 0
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Fritz Schilgen
German distance runner
Overview: Fritz Schilgen (8 September 1906 – 12 September 2005) was a German athlete and the final torchbearer of the first Olympic torch relay at the 1936 Summer Games.Date of birth: 8 September 1906Date of death: 12 September 2005Age: 99 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: Track and Field 0
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Carl-Alexander Graubner
German civil engineerOverview: Carl-Alexander Graubner (born 1957) is a German civil engineer and since 1996 professor at the TU Darmstadt. Since 2007 he has been a member of the University Assembly TU Darmstadt and since 2012 chairman ... 0
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Karl-Friedrich Stracke
CEO of OpelOverview: Karl-Friedrich Stracke (born June 22, 1956 in Lichtenfels-Goddelsheim) is a German engineer and was Chairman of the Management Board & Chief Executive Officer of Adam Opel AG. 0
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Bernhard Rohloff
German businessman (1950–2023)Overview: Bernhard Felix Rohloff (*21.02.1950; †19.05.2023 in Kassel, Germany) was the founder of Rohloff AG and the inventor of several innovative products, amongst other the 14 speed Rohloff Speedhub 500/14 p ...Date of death: 19 June 2023Nationality: GermanOccupation: Business 0
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Overview: Edmund Heusinger von Waldegg (12 May 1817 – 2 February 1886) was a German mechanical engineer and railway engineer.Date of birth: 12 May 1817Date of death: 2 February 1886Age: 68 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: Engineer 0
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Karl Willy Wagner
German electrical engineer
Overview: Karl Willy Wagner (22 February 1883 – 4 September 1953) was a German pioneer in the theory of electronic filters. He is noted by Hendrik Bode as being one of two Germans whose;Date of birth: 22 February 1883Date of death: 4 September 1953Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: GermanOccupation: Engineer 0
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