1742 - 1809
François Laurent d'Arlandes (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa loʁɑ̃ lə vjø daʁlɑ̃d]; 1742 – 1 May 1809) was a French marquis, soldier and a pioneer of hot air ballooning. He and Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier made the first manned free balloon flight on 21 November 1783, in a Montgolfier balloon. D'Arlandes was born in Anneyron in the Dauphiné. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Laurent d'Arlandes has received more than 45,669 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. François Laurent d'Arlandes is the 114th most popular engineer (down from 112th in 2019), the 2,147th most popular biography from France (down from 2,136th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Engineer.
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Among engineers, François Laurent d'Arlandes ranks 114 out of 323. Before him are Christian Otto Mohr, Adrian Newey, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Viktor Kaplan, Pierre Clostermann, and Alexander Cunningham. After him are Alexander Lodygin, Robert Stephenson, Álvaro del Portillo, Hertha Ayrton, John A. Roebling, and Flaminio Bertoni.
1835 - 1918
HPI: 55.82
Rank: 108
1958 - Present
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 109
1460 - 1528
HPI: 55.77
Rank: 110
1876 - 1934
HPI: 55.71
Rank: 111
1921 - 2006
HPI: 55.69
Rank: 112
1814 - 1893
HPI: 55.59
Rank: 113
1742 - 1809
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 114
1847 - 1923
HPI: 55.47
Rank: 115
1803 - 1859
HPI: 55.44
Rank: 116
1914 - 1994
HPI: 55.37
Rank: 117
1854 - 1923
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 118
1806 - 1869
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 119
1903 - 1964
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 120
Among people born in 1742, François Laurent d'Arlandes ranks 11. Before him are Yemelyan Pugachev, Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Nicolas Leblanc, Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier, and Dositej Obradović. After him are Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart, Ignaz von Born, Charlotte von Stein, Pōmare I, Eugenius Johann Christoph Esper, and Jean Baptiste François Pierre Bulliard. Among people deceased in 1809, François Laurent d'Arlandes ranks 10. Before him are Rama I, Nicolai Abildgaard, Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Antoine Charles Louis de Lasalle, and Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy. After him are August Ludwig von Schlözer, Matthew Boulton, Joseph-Marie Vien, Leopold Auenbrugger, William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland, and Ueda Akinari.
1742 - 1775
HPI: 67.64
Rank: 5
1742 - 1797
HPI: 65.88
Rank: 6
1742 - 1799
HPI: 65.51
Rank: 7
1742 - 1806
HPI: 61.15
Rank: 8
1742 - 1819
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 9
1742 - 1811
HPI: 58.05
Rank: 10
1742 - 1809
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 11
1742 - 1795
HPI: 54.98
Rank: 12
1742 - 1791
HPI: 53.47
Rank: 13
1742 - 1827
HPI: 52.51
Rank: 14
1742 - 1803
HPI: 51.96
Rank: 15
1742 - 1810
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 16
1742 - 1793
HPI: 51.51
Rank: 17
1736 - 1809
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 4
1743 - 1809
HPI: 60.98
Rank: 5
1736 - 1809
HPI: 60.88
Rank: 6
1753 - 1809
HPI: 59.27
Rank: 7
1775 - 1809
HPI: 58.78
Rank: 8
1755 - 1809
HPI: 55.63
Rank: 9
1742 - 1809
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 10
1735 - 1809
HPI: 55.40
Rank: 11
1728 - 1809
HPI: 55.34
Rank: 12
1716 - 1809
HPI: 54.71
Rank: 13
1722 - 1809
HPI: 54.33
Rank: 14
1738 - 1809
HPI: 54.13
Rank: 15
1734 - 1809
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 16
Among people born in France, François Laurent d'Arlandes ranks 2,147 out of 6,011. Before him are Jean Girault (1924), Ivo of Chartres (1040), Jean Françaix (1912), Maria of Navarre (1326), Alexandre Guilmant (1837), and Amalric of Bena (1150). After him are Gilbert de la Porrée (1070), Manitas de Plata (1921), Henri Gouraud (1867), André Leroi-Gourhan (1911), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (1989), and Jean-Baptiste Rousseau (1669).
1924 - 1982
HPI: 55.61
Rank: 2,141
1040 - 1115
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,142
1912 - 1997
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,143
1326 - 1347
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,144
1837 - 1911
HPI: 55.58
Rank: 2,145
1150 - 1206
HPI: 55.57
Rank: 2,146
1742 - 1809
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 2,147
1070 - 1154
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 2,148
1921 - 2014
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 2,149
1867 - 1946
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 2,150
1911 - 1986
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 2,151
1989 - Present
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 2,152
1669 - 1741
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 2,153
Among engineers born in France, François Laurent d'Arlandes ranks 13. Before him are Paul Cornu (1881), Marcel Dassault (1892), Marcel Renault (1872), Henri Farman (1874), Henry Darcy (1803), and André Courrèges (1923). After him are Alexandre Darracq (1855), Pierre Berthier (1782), Philippe LeBon (1767), Gabriel Voisin (1880), Jorge Chávez (1887), and Georges Leclanché (1836).
1881 - 1944
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 7
1892 - 1986
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 8
1872 - 1903
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 9
1874 - 1958
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 10
1803 - 1858
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 11
1923 - 2016
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 12
1742 - 1809
HPI: 55.56
Rank: 13
1855 - 1931
HPI: 55.06
Rank: 14
1782 - 1861
HPI: 54.70
Rank: 15
1767 - 1804
HPI: 53.66
Rank: 16
1880 - 1973
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 17
1887 - 1910
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 18
1836 - 1882
HPI: 53.12
Rank: 19