Herman Potočnik was Austro-Hungarian Army officer, electrical engineer and astronautics theorist. He is regarded as an early theorist of modern space flight and is remembered mainly for his work concerning the long-term human habitation of space. Wikipedia
Born: December 22, 1892, Pula, Croatia
Died: August 27, 1929 (age 36 years), Vienna, Austria
Nationality: Croatian
Place of burial: Central Cemetery, Vienna, Austria
Parents: Jožef Potočnik and Minka Potočnik