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Paul Cornu

French engineer

1881 - 1944

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His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Paul Cornu is the 98th most popular engineer (down from 67th in 2024), the 2,074th most popular biography from France (down from 1,484th in 2019) and the 10th most popular French Engineer.

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Among Engineers

Among engineers, Paul Cornu ranks 98 out of 409. Before him are Karl von Terzaghi, Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt, Robert Stephenson, George Cayley, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., and Vasily Degtyaryov. After him are Hans Ledwinka, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, André Courrèges, Jimmy Doolittle, Stephen Timoshenko, and Fedor Tokarev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1881, Paul Cornu ranks 68. Before him are Günther Quandt, Vincenzo Peruggia, Augustin Bea, Patrick Ryan, Ramón Grau, and Hugo Meisl. After him are Otozō Yamada, Vincenzo Lancia, Muhammad VIII al-Amin, Mikhail Larionov, Ulrich von Hassell, and Irakli Tsereteli. Among people deceased in 1944, Paul Cornu ranks 106. Before him are Tokutaro Ukon, Kurt Gerron, Paul Poiret, Robert E. Park, James McKeen Cattell, and Peter Deunov. After him are Jean Tatlock, Harold Lowe, Takeo Takagi, Rudolf Schmundt, Ulrich von Hassell, and Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne.

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In France

Among people born in France, Paul Cornu ranks 2,074 out of 7,658. Before him are Julien Gracq (1910), Henri Estienne (1528), Princess Caroline of Hesse-Darmstadt (1746), Francis Veber (1937), Madeleine Lebeau (1923), and Gabriel Naudé (1600). After him are Paul Pogba (1993), Émile Chartier (1868), Jean Sorel (1934), Louis-Sébastien Mercier (1740), Joan of Valois, Queen of Navarre (1343), and William Kennedy Dickson (1860).

Among Engineers In France

Among engineers born in France, Paul Cornu ranks 10. Before him are André Citroën (1878), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Marcel Dassault (1892), Marcel Renault (1872), Henri Farman (1874), and Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240). After him are André Courrèges (1923), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Henry Darcy (1803), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Alexandre Darracq (1855), and Pierre-Émile Martin (1824).

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