1844 - 1918
Charles-Émile Reynaud (8 December 1844 – 9 January 1918) was a French inventor, responsible for the praxinoscope (an animation device patented in 1877 that improved on the zoetrope) and was responsible for the first projected animated films. His Pantomimes Lumineuses premiered on 28 October 1892 in Paris. His Théâtre Optique film system, patented in 1888, is also notable as the first known instance of film perforations being used. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Charles-Émile Reynaud has received more than 122,718 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Charles-Émile Reynaud is the 98th most popular inventor (up from 100th in 2019), the 1,106th most popular biography from France (up from 1,146th in 2019) and the 16th most popular French Inventor.
Charles-Émile Reynaud was a French inventor who created the praxinoscope, which was a device that projected animated images.
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Among inventors, Charles-Émile Reynaud ranks 98 out of 354. Before him are Étienne-Jules Marey, Elisha Otis, Leo Fender, Johann Maria Farina, Wolfgang von Kempelen, and Bob Kahn. After him are Edmund Cartwright, Léon Theremin, Henri Coandă, Robert Noyce, Taiichi Ohno, and W. O. Bentley.
1830 - 1904
HPI: 61.88
Rank: 92
1811 - 1861
HPI: 61.83
Rank: 93
1909 - 1991
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 94
1685 - 1766
HPI: 61.59
Rank: 95
1734 - 1804
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 96
1938 - Present
HPI: 61.53
Rank: 97
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 98
1743 - 1823
HPI: 61.45
Rank: 99
1896 - 1993
HPI: 61.18
Rank: 100
1886 - 1972
HPI: 61.10
Rank: 101
1927 - 1990
HPI: 61.06
Rank: 102
1912 - 1990
HPI: 61.02
Rank: 103
1888 - 1971
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 104
Among people born in 1844, Charles-Émile Reynaud ranks 26. Before him are Menelik II, Muhammad Ahmad, Friedrich Miescher, Abdur Rahman Khan, Ismail Qemali, and Charles-Marie Widor. After him are `Abdu'l-Bahá, Karl Lueger, Julius Wellhausen, Sophia Tolstaya, Saitō Hajime, and Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon. Among people deceased in 1918, Charles-Émile Reynaud ranks 38. Before him are Ernesto Teodoro Moneta, Arrigo Boito, Hermann Cohen, Frank Wedekind, Lili Boulanger, and Aleksandr Lyapunov. After him are Eusebi Güell, Koloman Moser, Emil Jellinek, Andrew Dickson White, John Bauer, and Julius Wellhausen.
1844 - 1913
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 20
1844 - 1885
HPI: 66.00
Rank: 21
1844 - 1895
HPI: 64.79
Rank: 22
1844 - 1901
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 23
1844 - 1919
HPI: 62.37
Rank: 24
1844 - 1937
HPI: 62.16
Rank: 25
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 26
1844 - 1921
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 27
1844 - 1910
HPI: 61.19
Rank: 28
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 29
1844 - 1919
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 30
1844 - 1915
HPI: 58.72
Rank: 31
1844 - 1910
HPI: 57.37
Rank: 32
1833 - 1918
HPI: 62.73
Rank: 32
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.72
Rank: 33
1842 - 1918
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 34
1864 - 1918
HPI: 62.34
Rank: 35
1893 - 1918
HPI: 61.97
Rank: 36
1857 - 1918
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 37
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 38
1846 - 1918
HPI: 61.26
Rank: 39
1868 - 1918
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 40
1853 - 1918
HPI: 60.85
Rank: 41
1832 - 1918
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 42
1882 - 1918
HPI: 60.63
Rank: 43
1844 - 1918
HPI: 60.55
Rank: 44
Among people born in France, Charles-Émile Reynaud ranks 1,106 out of 6,011. Before him are Pierre d'Ailly (1350), William of Gellone (750), Claudette Colbert (1903), Hugh of Italy (880), Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry (1523), and Maurice Halbwachs (1877). After him are Didier Deschamps (1968), Maria Schneider (1952), Emmanuel Chabrier (1841), Claude Joseph Vernet (1714), Claude Lanzmann (1925), and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma (1930).
1350 - 1420
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 1,100
750 - 812
HPI: 61.49
Rank: 1,101
1903 - 1996
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 1,102
880 - 947
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 1,103
1523 - 1574
HPI: 61.47
Rank: 1,104
1877 - 1945
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 1,105
1844 - 1918
HPI: 61.46
Rank: 1,106
1968 - Present
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 1,107
1952 - 2011
HPI: 61.43
Rank: 1,108
1841 - 1894
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 1,109
1714 - 1789
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 1,110
1925 - 2018
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 1,111
1930 - 2010
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 1,112
Among inventors born in France, Charles-Émile Reynaud ranks 16. Before him are Louis Renault (1877), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Claude Chappe (1763), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), and Étienne-Jules Marey (1830). After him are André Michelin (1853), Clément Ader (1841), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Henri Giffard (1825), Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817), and Louis Le Prince (1841).
1877 - 1944
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 10
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