INVENTOR

Étienne Lenoir

1822 - 1900

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Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir, also known as Jean J. Lenoir (12 January 1822 – 4 August 1900), was a Belgian-French engineer who developed the internal combustion engine in 1858. Prior designs for such engines were patented as early as 1807 (De Rivaz engine), but none were commercially successful. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Lenoir has received more than 308,081 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia. Étienne Lenoir is the 66th most popular inventor (up from 67th in 2019), the 85th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 7th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Belgian Inventor.

Étienne Lenoir was most famous for being the inventor of the first commercially successful internal combustion engine.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

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    Languages Editions (L)

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Étienne Lenoir ranks 66 out of 426. Before him are Louis Blériot, Adam Opel, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Isaac Singer, Cornelis Drebbel, and John Browning. After him are John Deere, Jacques Piccard, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Oleg Antonov, Josephine Cochrane, and Les Paul.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1822, Étienne Lenoir ranks 14. Before him are Francis Galton, Robert Luther, Rutherford B. Hayes, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Charles Hermite, and Francis, Duke of Cádiz. After him are Sa'id of Egypt, Heinrich Louis d'Arrest, Edmond de Goncourt, Rosa Bonheur, Midhat Pasha, and Adelaide of Austria. Among people deceased in 1900, Étienne Lenoir ranks 11. Before him are Wilhelm Steinitz, Umberto I of Italy, Ivan Aivazovsky, Robert Luther, John Ruskin, and Vladimir Solovyov. After him are Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Naim Frashëri, Wilhelm Liebknecht, John Sherman, Emil Škoda, and Nicolas Chauvin.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Étienne Lenoir ranks 85 out of 1,190. Before him are Henri Pirenne (1862), Father Damien (1840), Peyo (1928), Ernest Solvay (1838), Paul-Henri Spaak (1899), and Jacky Ickx (1945). After him are Ferdinand Verbiest (1623), Matilda of Flanders (1031), Jacques Piccard (1922), Margaret III, Countess of Flanders (1350), Hubert van Eyck (1366), and Henry VI, Count of Luxembourg (1240).

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Among INVENTORS In Belgium

Among inventors born in Belgium, Étienne Lenoir ranks 2. Before him are Adolphe Sax (1814). After him are Jacques Piccard (1922), Zénobe Gramme (1826), Paul Otlet (1868), Robert Cailliau (1947), and George Washington (1871).

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