Helmut Gröttrup

Helmut Gröttrup was a German engineer, rocket scientist and inventor of the smart card. During World War II, he worked in the German V-2 rocket program under Wernher von Braun. From 1946 to 1950 he headed a group of 170 German scientists who were forced to work for the Soviet rocketry program under Sergei Korolev.

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Who was born first?

• Helmut Gröttrup and Moondog were born the same year
• Helmut Gröttrup and Ruth Handler were born the same year
• Helmut Gröttrup and Rostislav Alexeyev were born the same year
• Helmut Gröttrup and Ruth R. Benerito were born the same year
• Helmut Gröttrup was born 1 year after Les Paul

Timeline

1. Les PaulJune 9, 1915 – August 2009
2. Helmut Gröttrup (this page)February 12, 1916 – July 4, 1981
3. MoondogMay 26, 1916 – September 8, 1999
4. Rostislav AlexeyevDecember 5, 1916 – February 9, 1980
5. Ruth HandlerNovember 4, 1916 – April 27, 2002
6. Ruth R. BeneritoJanuary 12, 1916 – October 5, 2013

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