List of Famous people with last name Cierva

Juan de la Cierva

First Name Juan

Last Name Cierva

Born on September 21, 1895

Died on December 9, 1936 (aged 41)

Born in Spain, Region of Murcia

Juan de la Cierva y Codorníu, 1st Count of la Cierva was a Spanish civil engineer, pilot and aeronautical engineer. His most famous accomplishment was the invention in 1920 of the first helicopter called Autogiro, a single-rotor type of aircraft that came to be called autogyro in the English language. In 1923, after four years of experimentation, De la Cierva developed the articulated rotor, which resulted in the world's first successful flight of a stable rotary-wing aircraft, with his C.4 prototype.

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Ricardo de la Cierva

Ricardo de la Cierva y Hoces

First Name Ricardo

Last Name Cierva

Born on November 9, 1926

Died on November 19, 2015 (aged 89)

Born in Spain, Community of Madrid

Ricardo de la Cierva y Hoces was a Spanish historian and politician.

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