Theodore von Kármán

Theodore von Kármán, was a Hungarian-American mathematician, aerospace engineer, and physicist who worked in aeronautics and astronautics. He was responsible for crucial advances in aerodynamics characterizing supersonic and hypersonic airflow. The human-defined threshold of outer space is named the "Kármán line" in recognition of his work. Kármán is regarded as an outstanding aerodynamic theoretician of the 20th century.

11 May 1881

Born on the same birth date (11 May 1881): Al Cabrera • Jan van Gilse

Born on the same birth day (11 May): Edsger W. Dijkstra • Holly Valance • Ildikó Rejtő • Irving Berlin • Mike Nesbitt • Natasha Richardson • Rip Sewell • Rose Ausländer • Steven Sotloff • William Grant Still • Willie Applegarth • Yuki Tsunoda

Born in the same month (May 1881): Al Cabrera • Georg von Küchler • George E. Wiley • George Murray Hulbert • Harry J. Capehart • Jan van Gilse • Joseph Forshaw (athlete) • Lima Barreto • Lionel Hill • May 26 • Mustafa Kemal Atatürk • Pierre Teilhard de Chardin