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Alexandre Darracq

1855 - 1931

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Alexandre Darracq (10 November 1855 – 1931) was a French investor, engineer, cycle manufacturer and automobile manufacturer. By 1904, Darracq was producing more than ten percent of all automobiles in France and he sold a substantial part of his business to British investors. He became fascinated by the possibilities of a rotary valve engine, put it into production and although it became a disaster for Darracq & Cie, persisted in installing it in Darracq products. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Alexandre Darracq has received more than 86,388 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Alexandre Darracq is the 116th most popular engineer (up from 119th in 2019), the 2,264th most popular biography from France (up from 2,266th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Alexandre Darracq ranks 116 out of 389. Before him are Pierre Clostermann, John Bagot Glubb, François Laurent d'Arlandes, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Joseph M. Juran, and Sergei Khrushchev. After him are Georgy Shpagin, John A. Roebling, Álvaro del Portillo, Alexander Lippisch, Claude Dornier, and Herman Potočnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1855, Alexandre Darracq ranks 31. Before him are Axel Paulsen, Claude Bowes-Lyon, 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, Christian Bohr, Evelyn De Morgan, Friedrich Ferdinand, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein, and Vsevolod Garshin. After him are Xu Shichang, Eduard Meyer, Edwin Hall, Alexandros Zaimis, Louis de Beaufront, and Pavlos Kountouriotis. Among people deceased in 1931, Alexandre Darracq ranks 45. Before him are Antonio Salandra, Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia, Joe Masseria, Santiago Rusiñol, Eugene de Blaas, and Motilal Nehru. After him are Frederick Augustus II, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Nellie Melba, Gustaf Kossinna, Rachel Bluwstein, Shibusawa Eiichi, and Lujo Brentano.

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In France

Among people born in France, Alexandre Darracq ranks 2,264 out of 6,770. Before him are Achille Devéria (1800), François-André Vincent (1746), André Dussollier (1946), Marie Harel (1761), Jacques Massu (1908), and Guy de Rothschild (1909). After him are Madeleine Béjart (1615), Germain of Paris (496), René Caillié (1799), Joséphin Péladan (1858), Yann Tiersen (1970), and Bernard Collomb (1930).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Alexandre Darracq ranks 14. Before him are Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), Marcel Renault (1872), Henri Farman (1874), André Courrèges (1923), Henry Darcy (1803), and François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742). After him are Georges Leclanché (1836), Pierre Berthier (1782), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Gabriel Voisin (1880), Adolphe Alphand (1817), and Léon Charles Thévenin (1857).

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