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André Courrèges

1923 - 2016

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André Courrèges (French: [andʁe kuʁɛʒ]; 9 March 1923 – 7 January 2016) was a French fashion designer. He was particularly known for his streamlined 1960s designs influenced by modernism and futurism, exploiting modern technology and new fabrics. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Courrèges has received more than 306,943 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). André Courrèges is the 80th most popular engineer (up from 94th in 2019), the 1,690th most popular biography from France (up from 1,898th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, André Courrèges ranks 80 out of 389. Before him are Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Mikhail Gurevich, Marcel Renault, Józef Bem, Henri Farman, and Edward A. Murphy Jr.. After him are Henry Royce, Kurt Tank, Jack Swigert, Mikhail Mil, Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev, and Frank Bunker Gilbreth Sr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, André Courrèges ranks 78. Before him are Chuck Yeager, Agatha Barbara, Conrad Bain, Hwang Jang-yop, Leonid Gaidai, and Reinhart Koselleck. After him are Ernest Mandel, Alicia de Larrocha, Richard Avedon, Hank Williams, Zarifa Aliyeva, and Ousmane Sembène. Among people deceased in 2016, André Courrèges ranks 93. Before him are Bata Živojinović, Kenny Baker, Meir Dagan, Yasuo Takamori, David Hamilton, and Seymour Papert. After him are Maria Teresa de Filippis, Paul Elvstrøm, Andrei Karlov, Edward Albee, Anisa Makhlouf, and Black.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Courrèges ranks 1,690 out of 6,770. Before him are Henri Farman (1874), Jacques Ellul (1912), César, Duke of Vendôme (1594), Valentin Haüy (1745), Marie Anne Lenormand (1772), and Tristan Corbière (1845). After him are François Georges-Picot (1870), Jacques Cazotte (1719), Maurice Trintignant (1917), Émile Friant (1863), Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier (1742), and Lolo Ferrari (1963).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, André Courrèges ranks 11. Before him are Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Paul Cornu (1881), Marcel Dassault (1892), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), Marcel Renault (1872), and Henri Farman (1874). After him are Henry Darcy (1803), François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Georges Leclanché (1836), Pierre Berthier (1782), and Pierre-Émile Martin (1824).

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