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Anton Flettner

German aviation pioneer (1885–1961)
Person Human Q60871
Anton Flettner
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Facts

13 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1885, November 1, 1885[8]
Date of death
1961, December 29, 1961[9]
Place of birth
Eddersheim
Place of death
New York City
Country of citizenship
Germany[10]
Occupation
military flight engineer, inventor, engineer
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[15]
Archives at
Leo Baeck Institute New York[12]
Family name
Flettner[13]
Given name
Anton[14]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Anton Flettner ar أنطون فليتنر fr Flettner he אנטון פלטנר ja アントン・フレットナー ja アントン フレットナー nl Flettner ru Антон Флеттнер sv Flettner zh 安通·費拿
🔖 Identifiers · 30
ISNI
000000005545078X
VIAF cluster ID
67568020
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n94046898
GND ID
130237892
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
170891127
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
flettner-anton
DDB person (GND) ID
130237892
De Agostini ID
Flettner,+Anton
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
130237892
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Anton-Flettner
FAST ID
339525
FES digital collections entity ID
370651
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FranceArchives agent ID
18443423
Frankfurter Personenlexikon ID
2198
Freebase ID
/m/072y5x
Hessian Biography person ID
24637
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
19895
IdRef ID
144196530
Munzinger person ID
00000005217
NL CR AUT ID
xx0005515
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810813928905606
Obálky knih ID
xx0005515
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3901502
PM20 folder ID
pe/005309
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
21598
SNAC ARK ID
w64p3s9n
Topic's main category
Category:Anton Flettner
Treccani ID
anton-flettner
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJcwy4HbHvC6BBRqCJRHYP
ZbMATH author ID
flettner.anton

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 2
engineer, inventor
← Designed by 2
Flettner Fl 282, Fl 184
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Given name 1
Anton
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Named after 1
Flettner rotor
Place of death 1
New York City
Sex or gender 1
male
← Category combines topics 1
Category:Flettner aircraft
← SNARC ID 1
Félix Martí Ibáñez
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Summary

Anton Flettner was born on 1885[1] in Eddersheim[2]. He died on 1961[3] in New York City[4]. He worked as a military flight engineer[5], inventor[6], and engineer[7].

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for Anton Flettner include Flettner rotor[17].

Why It Matters

Entities named for Anton Flettner include Flettner rotor[17].

FAQs

Where was Anton Flettner born?

Anton Flettner was born in Eddersheim[2].

Where did Anton Flettner die?

Anton Flettner passed away in New York City[4].

What did Anton Flettner do for work?

Anton Flettner worked as a military flight engineer[5], inventor[6], and engineer[7].

Related Entities

Germany New York City

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [7] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . digifindingaids.cjh.org. digifindingaids.cjh.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [9] ↑ . Frankfurter Personenlexikon. Retrieved . duchmann.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 1d ago · Dev Jadiya · 2026-11-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed [hi] labels, descriptions or aliases: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #67776"
  2. 6d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #65762: add GND as source to unsourced or imported places and occupations"
  3. 8w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    FES digital collections entity ID → 370651
    Hessian Biography person ID → 24637
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #54302: migrate GND to own IDs"
  4. 26w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-05-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of citizenship → Germany
    Topic's main category → Category:Anton Flettner
    Family name → Flettner
    Instance of → human
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #31868: Remove redundant described by source (P1343) - ID P8044 is present."
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