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André-Jacques Garnerin

1769 - 1823

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André-Jacques Garnerin (31 January 1769 – 18 August 1823) was a French balloonist and the inventor of the frameless parachute. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André-Jacques Garnerin has received more than 146,645 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. André-Jacques Garnerin is the 93rd most popular inventor (down from 78th in 2019), the 1,093rd most popular biography from France (down from 890th in 2019) and the 14th most popular French Inventor.

André-Jacques Garnerin was a French inventor and pioneer in the field of aeronautics. He is most famous for making the first parachute jump from a hot air balloon on October 22, 1797.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, André-Jacques Garnerin ranks 93 out of 426. Before him are Alexander Stepanovich Popov, Mary the Jewess, William Webb Ellis, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Henri Coandă, and Étienne-Jules Marey. After him are Daniel Swarovski, Elisha Otis, Franz Reichelt, Alphonse Bertillon, Johann Maria Farina, and Leo Fender.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, André-Jacques Garnerin ranks 11. Before him are Georges Cuvier, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean Lannes, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, and Ivan Krylov. After him are Thomas Lawrence, Ivan Kotliarevsky, William Smith, Józef Elsner, Ernst Moritz Arndt, and Lotf Ali Khan. Among people deceased in 1823, André-Jacques Garnerin ranks 10. Before him are Louis-Nicolas Davout, Lazare Carnot, Jacques Charles, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Charles François Dumouriez, and Ann Radcliffe. After him are Edmund Cartwright, Abraham-Louis Breguet, Rafael del Riego, Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Pierre-Paul Prud'hon, and Markos Botsaris.

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In France

Among people born in France, André-Jacques Garnerin ranks 1,093 out of 6,770. Before him are Marion Cotillard (1975), Jean-Claude Trichet (1942), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), George Steiner (1929), Claude Nicolas Ledoux (1736), and Jean de Dunois (1402). After him are Claude Joseph Vernet (1714), Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre (1737), Charles Trenet (1913), Odo the Great (650), Lucien Tesnière (1893), and Victorien Sardou (1831).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, André-Jacques Garnerin ranks 14. Before him are Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Louis Renault (1877), Louis Blériot (1872), Claude Chappe (1763), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), and Étienne-Jules Marey (1830). After him are Alphonse Bertillon (1853), Louis Le Prince (1841), Clément Ader (1841), Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844), André Michelin (1853), and Henri Giffard (1825).

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