1853 - 1931
André Jules Michelin (16 January 1853 – 4 April 1931) was a French industrialist who, with his brother Édouard (1859–1940), founded the Michelin Tyre Company (Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) in 1888 in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. In 1900, André Michelin published the first Michelin Guide, the purpose of which was to promote tourism by car, thereby supporting his tyre manufacturing operation. In 1886, 33-year-old André Michelin abandoned his career as a successful Parisian engineer to take over his grandfather's failing agricultural goods and farm equipment business. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of André Michelin has received more than 157,548 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 21 in 2019). André Michelin is the 111th most popular inventor (up from 118th in 2019), the 1,276th most popular biography from France (up from 1,318th in 2019) and the 17th most popular French Inventor.
André Michelin was a French industrialist who founded the Michelin tire company in 1889. He is most famous for his invention of the Michelin Man, which is a cartoon figure used to represent the company.
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Among inventors, André Michelin ranks 111 out of 354. Before him are Jacque Fresco, William Webb Ellis, Joseph Pilates, Vladimir K. Zworykin, Zacharias Janssen, and Mary the Jewess. After him are Samuel Crompton, Percy Spencer, Johann Philipp Reis, Theobald Boehm, Elias Howe, and Alfred Krupp.
1916 - 2017
HPI: 60.59
Rank: 105
1806 - 1872
HPI: 60.57
Rank: 106
1883 - 1967
HPI: 60.56
Rank: 107
1888 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 108
1585 - 1635
HPI: 60.45
Rank: 109
100 - 100
HPI: 60.34
Rank: 110
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 111
1753 - 1827
HPI: 60.07
Rank: 112
1894 - 1970
HPI: 60.05
Rank: 113
1834 - 1874
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 114
1794 - 1881
HPI: 59.79
Rank: 115
1819 - 1867
HPI: 59.57
Rank: 116
1812 - 1887
HPI: 59.54
Rank: 117
Among people born in 1853, André Michelin ranks 26. Before him are Oskar Potiorek, Hussein Kamel of Egypt, Hans Christian Gram, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Emil Jellinek, and Katharina Schratt. After him are Kitasato Shibasaburō, Vladimir Korolenko, Flinders Petrie, Louise Abbéma, Vladimir Shukhov, and Miguel, Duke of Braganza. Among people deceased in 1931, André Michelin ranks 27. Before him are Eugène Ysaÿe, Carin Göring, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, Armand Fallières, Martinus Beijerinck, and Nathan Söderblom. After him are Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Chandra Shekhar Azad, Giovanni Boldini, and Vincent d'Indy.
1853 - 1933
HPI: 61.93
Rank: 20
1853 - 1917
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 21
1853 - 1938
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 22
1853 - 1907
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 23
1853 - 1918
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 24
1853 - 1940
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 25
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 26
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 27
1853 - 1921
HPI: 59.85
Rank: 28
1853 - 1942
HPI: 59.40
Rank: 29
1853 - 1927
HPI: 57.31
Rank: 30
1853 - 1939
HPI: 57.18
Rank: 31
1853 - 1927
HPI: 57.05
Rank: 32
1858 - 1931
HPI: 62.76
Rank: 21
1888 - 1931
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 22
1865 - 1931
HPI: 62.60
Rank: 23
1841 - 1931
HPI: 62.36
Rank: 24
1851 - 1931
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 25
1866 - 1931
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 26
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 27
1869 - 1931
HPI: 60.11
Rank: 28
1853 - 1931
HPI: 59.98
Rank: 29
1848 - 1931
HPI: 59.84
Rank: 30
1906 - 1931
HPI: 59.80
Rank: 31
1842 - 1931
HPI: 59.35
Rank: 32
1851 - 1931
HPI: 59.31
Rank: 33
Among people born in France, André Michelin ranks 1,276 out of 6,011. Before him are Édouard Vuillard (1868), Vanessa Paradis (1972), Stéphane Grappelli (1908), Jean Giraudoux (1882), Eugène Atget (1857), and Aimé Bonpland (1773). After him are Margaret of France, Queen of England and Hungary (1158), Maurice Thorez (1900), Amadeus IX, Duke of Savoy (1435), Pierre Larousse (1817), Michel de Certeau (1925), and Henri, Count of Paris (1908).
1868 - 1940
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 1,270
1972 - Present
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 1,271
1908 - 1997
HPI: 60.31
Rank: 1,272
1882 - 1944
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 1,273
1857 - 1927
HPI: 60.28
Rank: 1,274
1773 - 1858
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,275
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 1,276
1158 - 1197
HPI: 60.25
Rank: 1,277
1900 - 1964
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 1,278
1435 - 1472
HPI: 60.24
Rank: 1,279
1817 - 1875
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 1,280
1925 - 1986
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 1,281
1908 - 1999
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 1,282
Among inventors born in France, André Michelin ranks 17. Before him are Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Claude Chappe (1763), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), and Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844). After him are Clément Ader (1841), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Henri Giffard (1825), Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817), Louis Le Prince (1841), and Joseph Monier (1823).
1709 - 1782
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 11
1769 - 1823
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 12
1763 - 1805
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 13
1853 - 1914
HPI: 62.31
Rank: 14
1830 - 1904
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 15
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 16
1853 - 1931
HPI: 60.26
Rank: 17
1841 - 1925
HPI: 59.41
Rank: 18
1753 - 1809
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 19
1825 - 1882
HPI: 58.45
Rank: 20
1817 - 1879
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 21
1841 - 1890
HPI: 58.20
Rank: 22
1823 - 1906
HPI: 56.15
Rank: 23