- Carsten Tank
Carsten Tank (1766-1832) was the Norwegian councillor of government of the 1st Ministry (finance and taxes, March-November 1814), and later councillor of state of the same ministry. - Leonardo da Vinci
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci was an Italian polymath: scientist, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, and writer. The illegitimate son of a notary, Messer Piero, and a peasant girl, Caterina, Leonardo had no surname in the modern sense, "da Vinci" simply meaning "of Vinci": his full birth name was "Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci", meaning "Leonardo, … - Kurt Tank
Kurt Waldemar Tank (February 24 1898 - June 5 1983) was a resourceful German aeronautical engineer and test pilot, heading the design department at Focke-Wulf from 1931-45. He designed several important aircraft of World War II, including the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 fighter aircraft. Before Focke Wulf, Tank was employed by Albatros Flugzeugwerke, but after their bankruptcy in 1929, … - Manisha Tank
Manisha Tank (born 10 March 1976) presents "World Business Report" on BBC World. She graduated from Oxford University in 1997 where she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics. She was first posted to New York in 1999 and reported from the Nasdaq and the New York Stock Exchange. After the thrills of the city, she decided to return to London to report on the EU markets and continued on presenting business news bulletins between London and New York. - Tank
Tank (born Eric Geisenheyner on July 1 1977, in Hamburg, Germany) is a German musician and martial artist known best as the vocalist on several hit techno songs. Born to Ghanaian parents, he was adopted by a family in Hamburg following the accidental death of his parents. He first came to prominence by winning several Karate championships in Hamburg, and eventually won a national championship. Although he had always been an enthusiast of progressive music, … - Tank
Tank (born February 6, 1982) is a Taiwanese singer/songwriter. Tank currently signed to HIM International Music, which also manages famous singers and groups like S.H.E, Fahrenheit, and Power Station. Tank's debut album, Fighting 生存之道 (Fighting, The Law of Surviving) released on February 23, 2006. - Tank
Tank is the stage name of an American R&B singer, songwriter, musician, and producer, Durrell Babbs. Tank was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and raised in Clinton, Maryland, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Tank took an instant interest in singing and playing the piano, partially due to his alliance to religion — his cousin directed the church choir and helped the aspiring vocalist foster his singing talent from an early age. - George S. Patton
George Smith Patton Jr. (November 11, 1885 - December 21, 1945) was a leading U.S. Army general in World War II in campaigns in North Africa, Sicily, France and Germany, 1943-45. In World War I he was a senior commander of the new tank corps and saw action in France. After the war he was an advocate of armored warfare but was reassigned to the cavalry. In World War II he commanded major units of North Africa, Sicily, and the European Theater of Operations. - Michael Wittmann
Michael Wittmann was a German SS-Hauptsturmführer (SS-Captain) during World War II, and one of the most successful tank commanders in history. He is famous for his June 13, 1944, ambush of elements of the British 7th Armoured Division at the Battle of Villers-Bocage in a Tiger tank. Wittman's crews (chiefly gunner Balthasar "Bobby" Woll, also a Knight's Cross holder) are known to have destroyed at least 138 tanks and 141 artillery pieces, … - Keke Wyatt
Ketara "KeKe" Wyatt, (born 1981 in Indianapolis, Indiana), is an American soul singer. - Taras Protsyuk
Taras Protsyuk was a Ukrainian-born TV cameraman working for Reuters, who was killed during the US invasion of Iraq. Protsyuk was filming from a balcony of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad, where most of the foreign journalists were staying, when a shell fired by a U.S. M1 Abrams tank killed him and José Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television station Telecinco. The U.S. soldier commanding the tank was Sgt. Shawn Gibson of the U.S. 3rd Infantry Division. - Marcus Chong
Marcus Chong was born Marcus Wyatt on July 8, 1967 in Seattle, Washington. He adopted the family of comedian Tommy Chong, of Cheech and Chong fame, and is also the half-brother to actress Rae Dawn Chong. Chong's biological father had been a local newscaster in the San Francisco Bay Area for many years. In the early 1990's he played lead character Miguel Mendez on the TV show "Street Justice". - Jon Soltz
Jon Soltz was a Captain in the Iraq War and is now the head of VoteVets.org. Originally from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Soltz served his country with distinction in the Kosovo Campaign as a Tank Platoon Leader between June and December 2000. From May to September 2003, Soltz served as a Captain during Operation Iraqi Freedom, deploying logistics convoys with the 1st Armored Division. In 2005 Captain Soltz was mobilized to train soldiers for combat in Afghanistan and Iraq. - Hasso von Manteuffel
Hasso-Eccard Freiherr von Manteuffel (January 14, 1897 - September 24, 1978) was a German soldier and liberal politician of the 20th century. He served in both of the world wars, and during World War II he was a distinguished General. He was a tank commander noted for his tactical skill and was one of only 27 holders of the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds. After the war he was elected to Parliament and was the spokesman for defense of the Liberal Party. - Francis J. Harvey
Francis Joseph Harvey (born July 8 1943) served as the 19th Secretary of the United States Army from November 19, 2004 to March 9, 2007. - Algy Ward
Alistair "Algy" Ward is an English rock and roll bass guitarist and singer. He was first active as a member of the Australian punk band The Saints (playing on their second and third albums "Eternally Yours" and "Prehistoric Sounds") before joining British group The Damned and playing on "Machine Gun Etiquette" (1979).He also plays on Live at the Moonlight Club (The School Bullies). - J. F. C. Fuller
Major-General John Frederick Charles Fuller, CB, CBE, DSO, commonly J.F.C. Fuller, (September 1, 1878–February 10, 1966), was a British major-general, military historian and strategist, notable as an early theorist of modern armoured warfare, including categorising principles of warfare. He was also the inventor of "artificial moonlight" and an occultist. - Marcel Dassault
Marcel Dassault, born Marcel Bloch was a French aircraft industrialist. After graduating from the lycée Condorcet, "Breguet School" and Supaero, he invented a type of aircraft propeller used by the French army during World War I and founded the "Société des Avions Marcel Bloch" aircraft company. Following the nationalization of his company in 1936, under the Front Populaire, he stayed as a director. - Benjamin Holt
Benjamin Holt (1849 - 1920) was an American inventor who developed Richard Hornsby's design for one of the first practical caterpillar tracks for use in tractors. The caterpillar type track is used to spread the weight of heavy agricultural and engineering vehicles out over a large area to prevent the vehicle from sinking into the mud. Sinking into the mud was a common problem in peat soil surrounding Stockton, California where Holt made his residence. - Mark Herrier
Mark Herrier (Born October 06, 1954) is an actor known for his role as Billy in the 1982 hit comedy film "Porky's", the 1983 sequel "Porky's II: The Next Day", and the 1985 sequel "Porky's Revenge". Mark also starred in the 1984 film "Tank", and the 1984 TV movie "Spraggue". He has also directed two movies, 1991's Popcorn and 2004's I Like Mike. Mark has made guest appearances on TV shows such as "MASH", … - Jacob L. Devers
General Jacob "Jake" Loucks Devers (September 8, 1887 - October 15, 1979), who is best remembered for his command of the 6th Army Group in Europe during World War II, graduated 39th out of 103 graduates from the United States Military Academy in 1909 as a classmate of George S. Patton (46), John C. H. Lee (12), Robert Eichelberger (68), Stanley Rumbough (70), Edwin Forrest Harding (74), Alexander Patch (unknown), and William H. Simpson (101). - Ryan G. Anderson
Ryan Gibson Anderson (born 1978), is an American convicted of attempting to engage in espionage for al-Qaeda Anderson lived in Everett, Washington, and converted from Lutheranism to Islam circa 1998. He attended Washington State University, where he studied Middle Eastern military history; he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2002. Anderson was a Specialist (E-4) in the U.S. 81st Armored Brigade of the United States Army National Guard, … - Johann Maier
Johann Maier (born 23 June 1906 in Berghofen, today part of Aham, Lower Bavaria; died 24 April 1945 in Regensburg) was from 1939 until his death a preacher at Regensburg Cathedral. On 22 April 1945, Reich Defence Commissar Ludwig Ruckdeschel took city defence to the extreme in Regensburg when United States Army tanks had already reached the Danube. The next day, an excited crowd of people gathered at the Moltkeplatz – nowadays known as Dachauplatz. - John Crocker
General Sir John Tredinnick Crocker, GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1896-1963) was a British Army officer and corps commander during World War II. Upon the outbreak of the First World War Crocker enlisted as a private in the Artists' Rifles, a training corps for officers, before joining the Machine Gun Corps as an officer. He had a distinguished career in the war and won both the Distinguished Service Order and Military Cross. - William Tritton
Sir William Ashbee Tritton, M.I.Mech.E.,J.P. (born 1875, London; died September 1946, Lincoln) was an expert in agricultural machinery, and was directly involved, together with Major Walter Gordon Wilson, in the development of the tank. Early in the First World War he was asked to produce designs for caterpillar tracked tractors for moving naval guns, the result being eventually the first modern tanks. He was the son of a London stockbroker, … - Harry Ricardo
Sir Harry Ricardo (1885-1974) was one of the foremost engine designers and researchers in the early years of the development of the internal combustion engine. He patented the two-stroke engine design, personally developed the engines that would be used in the first tanks, oversaw the research into the physics of internal combustion that led to the use of octane ratings, was instrumental in development of the sleeve valve engine design, … - Hugh Elles
Sir Hugh Jamieson Elles KCB KCMG KCVO DSO (1880-1945) was a British General and the first commander of the newly formed Tank Corps in the First World War. Born in British India on 27 May 1880, Hugh Elles was the younger son of Lt Gen Sir Edmond Elles. He was educated at Clifton College, near Bristol, and the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, after which he was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in June 1899. - Jorge Costa
Jorge Paulo Costa Almeida is a former professional footballer, currently coaching SC Braga. Nicknamed "Bicho" (animal) and "Tanque" (tank) by his colleagues and fans for his aggressive and physical playing style, he was the captain of Portuguese side FC Porto since longtime captain João Pinto retired. - Igor Kurchatov
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (Russian: И́горь Васи́льевич Курча́тов was a Soviet/Russian physicist. He was the leader of the Soviet atomic bomb project. Kurchatov was born in "Simsky zavod", Ufa Guberniya (now city of "Sim", Chelyabinsk Oblast). After completing Simferopol gymnasium №1 he studied physics at Crimea State University and ship building at the Polytechnical Institute in Petrograd. - John Carden
Sir John Valentine Carden, 6th Baronet MBE (February 6 1892 - December 10 1935) was a British tank and vehicle designer. He was the sixth Baronet of Templemore, Tipperary, from 1931. __TOC_ - Adna R. Chaffee Jr.
Adna Romanza Chaffee, Jr. (23 September 1884-22 August 1941), was a major general in the United States Army, called the "Father of the Armored Force" for his role in developing the US Army's tank forces. Adna Chaffee, Jr. was the son of lieutenant general Adna R. Chaffee, Sr.. Born in Junction City, Kansas on 23 September 1884, he was commissioned a lieutenant of cavalry in 1906 after graduating from West Point{31/78 - Ernest Dunlop Swinton
Major General Sir Ernest Dunlop Swinton KBE, CB, DSO, RE(1868 -1951) was a military writer and British Army officer. Swinton is credited as having an influence on the development of the tank and for coining the phrase "no-mans land", the latter popularised when using the pseudonym 'Eye-Witness' reporting on military matters. Swinton was born in Bangalore, India in 1868. He became an officer in the Corps of Royal Engineers in 1888, … - Mikhail Koshkin
Mikhail Ilyich Koshkin (Russian: "Михаил Ильич Кошкин", 1898 – September 26, 1940, Kharkov) was a Soviet tank designer, chief designer of the famous T-34 medium tank. Mikhail Koshkin was posthumously awarded the USSR State Prize in 1942 and Order of the Red Star. - Karl Mauss
Dr. Karl Mauss (May 17, 1898 - February 9, 1959) was one of the most distinguished tank commanders of the Wehrmacht during World War II. He was a lieutenant general and commander of the 7th Panzer Division, and one of only 27 ever to receive the Knight's Cross with Oakleaves, Swords, and Diamonds. - Howard Unruh
Howard Unruh (also spelled Unrah) (born January 21 1921, Camden, New Jersey) is regarded as one of the first of the 'lone gunmen' to go on an indiscriminate shooting spree. On September 6 1949, twenty-eight year old Unruh left his house for a twelve minute walk around his Camden, New Jersey neighborhood, shooting people at random and killing 13. Always a reserved man, he had turned into a recluse in the three months before his spree. - Yossi ben Hanan
Major General (Aluf) Joseph (Yossi) Ben Hanan was born in Jerusalem 1945. His father, Michael Ben Hanan, was a famous public figure in Israel, known among other things- as one of the first live show broadcasters in Kol Israel (the voice of Israel). Michael Ben Hanan was nicknamed "Mar Hitamlut Haboker" (The master of morning exercises), after his daily early morning gym program. - Władysław Anders
Lt.Gen Władysław Anders was a General in the Polish Army and later in life a politician with the Polish government-in-exile in London. Anders was born on August 11 1892, in the Polish village of Krośniewice-Blonie, near Kutno. As a young officer Anders served Tsar Nicholas II in the 1st Krechowiecki Lancer's Regiment during World War I, later joining the Polish Army and again serving as an Commissioned officer in a cavalry regiment. - Ujjwala Raut
Ujjwala Raut (born June 11, 1978) is an Indian supermodel. She is regarded as India's most accomplished top model. Raut was a 17-year-old commerce student when she became the winner of Femina Look of the Year in Miss India Pageant in 1996. She was also among the Top 15 in Elite Model Look of the Year in Nice. She has since enjoyed one of the most successful careers as an Indian fashion model. She walked the catwalk for numerous high-end fashion shows, … - Georg von der Marwitz
Johannes Georg von der Marwitz was a Prussian cavalry general, who commanded several German armies during the First World War. He was born in Stolp (now Slupsk) in Pomerania and entered the German Army in 1875. From 1883 to 1886 he attended the War Academy. Until 1900 he commanded a cavalry regiment, at which point he became chief of staff of XVIII Corps. Before the outbreak of the First World War he was the Inspector-General of Cavalry. - Rudolf Gundlach
Rudolf Gundlach was a Polish engineer, inventor and tank designer. He headed the design division of the Armored Weapons Development Office ("Biuro Badań Technicznych Broni Pancernych"). His most notable invention and patent was the Vickers Tank Periscope MK.IV (pictured), which made possible 360° vision. The periscope enabled an observer (e.g., the tank commander) to look forward (upper panel of the picture) or backward (lower panel) without moving his seat.
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