1817 - 1891
Jean-Charles Adolphe Alphand (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ ʃaʁl adɔlf alfɑ̃]; 26 October 1817 – 6 December 1891) was a French engineer of the Corps of Bridges and Roads. As a close associate of Baron Haussmann and later as Director of Public Works at Paris City Hall from 1871, he was instrumental in the large-scale renovation of Paris in the second half of the 19th century. In 1889, Alphand was elevated to the rank of Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Adolphe Alphand has received more than 26,109 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Adolphe Alphand is the 197th most popular engineer (down from 194th in 2019), the 3,259th most popular biography from France (down from 3,055th in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Engineer.
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Among engineers, Adolphe Alphand ranks 197 out of 323. Before him are W. Ross Ashby, Seymour Cray, Evgeny Paton, Bassel al-Assad, Vasily Mishin, and Semyon Lavochkin. After him are Eugen Sänger, Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Mikhail Koshkin, Wilhelm Nusselt, and Pierre-François Bouchard.
1903 - 1972
HPI: 51.07
Rank: 191
1925 - 1996
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 192
1870 - 1953
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 193
1962 - 1994
HPI: 50.99
Rank: 194
1917 - 2001
HPI: 50.98
Rank: 195
1900 - 1960
HPI: 50.92
Rank: 196
1817 - 1891
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 197
1905 - 1964
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 198
1822 - 1883
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 199
1887 - 1973
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 200
1898 - 1940
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 201
1882 - 1957
HPI: 50.70
Rank: 202
1771 - 1822
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 203
Among people born in 1817, Adolphe Alphand ranks 47. Before him are Georg Herwegh, Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Wilhelm Griesinger, Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély, Branwell Brontë, and Joseph Poelaert. After him are Wilhelm Georg Friedrich Roscher, Charles-Édouard Brown-Séquard, Braxton Bragg, Richard Dadd, Georgi Pulevski, and Francesco de Sanctis. Among people deceased in 1891, Adolphe Alphand ranks 68. Before him are Konstantin Leontiev, Alexander Potebnja, Amalia Lindegren, James Russell Lowell, Louis Paulsen, and Antero de Quental. After him are Miklós Ybl, José María Iglesias, Theodor Aman, Karl Maximovich, George Washington Williams, and Ahmed Vefik Pasha.
1817 - 1875
HPI: 52.31
Rank: 41
1817 - 1886
HPI: 51.78
Rank: 42
1817 - 1868
HPI: 51.72
Rank: 43
1817 - 1869
HPI: 51.68
Rank: 44
1817 - 1848
HPI: 51.30
Rank: 45
1817 - 1879
HPI: 51.11
Rank: 46
1817 - 1891
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 47
1817 - 1894
HPI: 50.79
Rank: 48
1817 - 1894
HPI: 50.75
Rank: 49
1817 - 1876
HPI: 50.68
Rank: 50
1817 - 1886
HPI: 50.47
Rank: 51
1817 - 1893
HPI: 50.30
Rank: 52
1817 - 1883
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 53
1831 - 1891
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 62
1835 - 1891
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 63
1814 - 1891
HPI: 51.46
Rank: 64
1819 - 1891
HPI: 51.20
Rank: 65
1833 - 1891
HPI: 51.10
Rank: 66
1842 - 1891
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 67
1817 - 1891
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 68
1814 - 1891
HPI: 50.39
Rank: 69
1823 - 1891
HPI: 50.22
Rank: 70
1831 - 1891
HPI: 50.06
Rank: 71
1827 - 1891
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 72
1849 - 1891
HPI: 49.70
Rank: 73
1823 - 1891
HPI: 49.35
Rank: 74
Among people born in France, Adolphe Alphand ranks 3,259 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean-Christophe Bouvet (1947), Jacques Villeret (1951), Alfred Grandidier (1836), Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond, marquise du Deffand (1697), Jane Dieulafoy (1851), and Jacques Ozanam (1640). After him are Marie-Denise Villers (1774), Jean Baptiste Gay, vicomte de Martignac (1778), Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716), Georges Urbain (1872), Edward Poynter (1836), and François-Joachim de Pierre de Bernis (1715).
1947 - Present
HPI: 50.88
Rank: 3,253
1951 - 2005
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 3,254
1836 - 1921
HPI: 50.87
Rank: 3,255
1697 - 1780
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 3,256
1851 - 1916
HPI: 50.86
Rank: 3,257
1640 - 1718
HPI: 50.85
Rank: 3,258
1817 - 1891
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 3,259
1774 - 1821
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 3,260
1778 - 1832
HPI: 50.83
Rank: 3,261
1716 - 1800
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 3,262
1872 - 1938
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 3,263
1836 - 1919
HPI: 50.82
Rank: 3,264
1715 - 1794
HPI: 50.81
Rank: 3,265
Among engineers born in France, Adolphe Alphand ranks 34. Before him are Alphonse Pénaud (1850), Pierre-Paul Riquet (1609), Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754), Michel Chevalier (1806), Louis Dollo (1857), and Evgeny Paton (1870). After him are Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (1822), Pierre-François Bouchard (1771), Charles Renard (1847), Benoît Fourneyron (1802), Marc René, marquis de Montalembert (1714), and Eugène Belgrand (1810).
1850 - 1880
HPI: 52.16
Rank: 28
1609 - 1680
HPI: 52.03
Rank: 29
1754 - 1825
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 30
1806 - 1879
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 31
1857 - 1931
HPI: 51.40
Rank: 32
1870 - 1953
HPI: 51.00
Rank: 33
1817 - 1891
HPI: 50.84
Rank: 34
1822 - 1883
HPI: 50.74
Rank: 35
1771 - 1822
HPI: 50.69
Rank: 36
1847 - 1905
HPI: 50.41
Rank: 37
1802 - 1867
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 38
1714 - 1800
HPI: 49.21
Rank: 39
1810 - 1878
HPI: 49.19
Rank: 40