1752 - 1828
François Isaac de Rivaz (December 19, 1752, in Paris – July 30, 1828, in Sion) was a French-born Swiss inventor and a politician. He invented a hydrogen-powered internal combustion engine with electric ignition and described it in a French patent published in 1807. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of François Isaac de Rivaz has received more than 189,226 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). François Isaac de Rivaz is the 216th most popular inventor (up from 243rd in 2019), the 2,707th most popular biography from France (up from 2,971st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular French Inventor.
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Among inventors, François Isaac de Rivaz ranks 216 out of 354. Before him are Robert Cornelius, Henry Maudslay, George de Mestral, Larry Sanger, Gaston Glock, and Émile Baudot. After him are Josip Belušić, Slavoljub Eduard Penkala, Henrich Focke, Robert Watson-Watt, Thonmi Sambhota, and Frederick Scott Archer.
1809 - 1893
HPI: 53.71
Rank: 210
1771 - 1831
HPI: 53.61
Rank: 211
1907 - 1990
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 212
1968 - Present
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 213
1929 - 2023
HPI: 53.55
Rank: 214
1845 - 1903
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 215
1752 - 1828
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 216
1847 - 1905
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 217
1871 - 1922
HPI: 53.25
Rank: 218
1890 - 1979
HPI: 53.14
Rank: 219
1892 - 1973
HPI: 53.07
Rank: 220
618 - Present
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 221
1813 - 1857
HPI: 53.01
Rank: 222
Among people born in 1752, François Isaac de Rivaz ranks 22. Before him are Duke Wilhelm in Bavaria, Betsy Ross, John Nash, Andrey Razumovsky, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, and Torii Kiyonaga. After him are Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Anton Walter, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Maurice d'Elbée, Alexander Tormasov, and Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre. Among people deceased in 1828, François Isaac de Rivaz ranks 21. Before him are Radama I, Sineperver Sultan, Lady Caroline Lamb, Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool, James Edward Smith, and Richard Parkes Bonington. After him are Amalie of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld, Leandro Fernández de Moratín, Jacques Lauriston, Sir William Congreve, 2nd Baronet, Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles, and Gilbert Stuart.
1752 - 1837
HPI: 56.54
Rank: 16
1752 - 1836
HPI: 56.31
Rank: 17
1752 - 1835
HPI: 55.67
Rank: 18
1752 - 1836
HPI: 55.07
Rank: 19
1752 - 1837
HPI: 54.34
Rank: 20
1752 - 1815
HPI: 53.77
Rank: 21
1752 - 1828
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 22
1752 - 1828
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 23
1752 - 1826
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 24
1752 - 1814
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 25
1752 - 1794
HPI: 51.26
Rank: 26
1752 - 1819
HPI: 51.15
Rank: 27
1752 - 1804
HPI: 50.01
Rank: 28
1793 - 1828
HPI: 58.47
Rank: 15
1761 - 1828
HPI: 57.03
Rank: 16
1785 - 1828
HPI: 56.13
Rank: 17
1770 - 1828
HPI: 55.66
Rank: 18
1759 - 1828
HPI: 55.10
Rank: 19
1801 - 1828
HPI: 54.85
Rank: 20
1752 - 1828
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 21
1752 - 1828
HPI: 52.50
Rank: 22
1760 - 1828
HPI: 51.95
Rank: 23
1768 - 1828
HPI: 51.81
Rank: 24
1772 - 1828
HPI: 51.12
Rank: 25
1767 - 1828
HPI: 50.37
Rank: 26
1755 - 1828
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 27
Among people born in France, François Isaac de Rivaz ranks 2,707 out of 6,011. Before him are Georges Cadoudal (1771), Petrus Comestor (1100), André Frossard (1915), Thomas, Count of Flanders (1199), Jean de Roquetaillade (1310), and Benoît de Sainte-Maure (1154). After him are André Messager (1853), Pierre André de Suffren (1729), Marcel Granet (1884), Jorge Chávez (1887), Jean François de Troy (1679), and André Dussollier (1946).
1771 - 1804
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 2,701
1100 - 1179
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 2,702
1915 - 1995
HPI: 53.38
Rank: 2,703
1199 - 1259
HPI: 53.37
Rank: 2,704
1310 - 1365
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 2,705
1154 - 1173
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 2,706
1752 - 1828
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 2,707
1853 - 1929
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 2,708
1729 - 1788
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 2,709
1884 - 1940
HPI: 53.35
Rank: 2,710
1887 - 1910
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,711
1679 - 1752
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,712
1946 - Present
HPI: 53.34
Rank: 2,713
Among inventors born in France, François Isaac de Rivaz ranks 32. Before him are Georges Claude (1870), Charles Xavier Thomas (1785), Édouard Branly (1844), Wan Hu (1510), Georges Hébert (1875), and Émile Baudot (1845). After him are Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815), Léon Gaumont (1864), André Blondel (1863), and Franky Zapata (1978).
1870 - 1960
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 26
1785 - 1870
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 27
1844 - 1940
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 28
1510 - 1500
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 29
1875 - 1957
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 30
1845 - 1903
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 31
1752 - 1828
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 32
1815 - 1893
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 33
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 34
1863 - 1938
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 35
1978 - Present
HPI: 29.61
Rank: 36