1910 - 1992
Georges Beuchat (11 February 1910 – 20 October 1991) was a French inventor, underwater diver, businessman and emblematic pioneer of underwater activities and founder of Beuchat. Throughout his lifetime, Beuchat never ceased developing products which have significantly enhanced underwater activity as we know it today. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Beuchat has received more than 51,640 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Georges Beuchat is the 321st most popular inventor (down from 317th in 2019), the 466th most popular biography from Switzerland (down from 446th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Swiss Inventor.
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Among inventors, Georges Beuchat ranks 321 out of 354. Before him are Alexandre Alexeieff, Victor Hasselblad, Harry Brearley, Albrecht Berblinger, Kirkpatrick Macmillan, and Henry Shrapnel. After him are Phil Ramone, Marion Donovan, Norman Joseph Woodland, Roland Moreno, Per Georg Scheutz, and Barnes Wallis.
1901 - 1982
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 315
1906 - 1978
HPI: 46.67
Rank: 316
1871 - 1948
HPI: 46.62
Rank: 317
1770 - 1829
HPI: 46.50
Rank: 318
1835 - 1867
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 319
1761 - 1842
HPI: 46.48
Rank: 320
1910 - 1992
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 321
1934 - 2013
HPI: 46.35
Rank: 322
1917 - 1998
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 323
1921 - 2012
HPI: 46.16
Rank: 324
1945 - 2012
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 325
1785 - 1873
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 326
1887 - 1979
HPI: 45.94
Rank: 327
Among people born in 1910, Georges Beuchat ranks 252. Before him are Alexandru Borbely, Gjorgji Abadžiev, Lizardo Rodríguez Nue, Adri van Male, Miquel Crusafont i Pairó, and Mary Lou Williams. After him are Edmundo Ros, György Faludy, Fritzi Burger, Charles P. Kindleberger, José dos Santos Lopes, and Barys Kit. Among people deceased in 1992, Georges Beuchat ranks 182. Before him are Gyula Polgár, Shirley Booth, Joan Mitchell, Roberto Bonomi, Anton Malatinský, and August Hellemans. After him are Tibor Kemény, Ferdinand Adams, Vladas Mikėnas, William Schuman, André Vandewyer, and Arvo Ylppö.
1910 - 1987
HPI: 46.64
Rank: 246
1910 - 1963
HPI: 46.59
Rank: 247
1910 - Present
HPI: 46.54
Rank: 248
1910 - 1990
HPI: 46.51
Rank: 249
1910 - 1983
HPI: 46.42
Rank: 250
1910 - 1981
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 251
1910 - 1992
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 252
1910 - 2011
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 253
1910 - 2006
HPI: 46.28
Rank: 254
1910 - 1999
HPI: 46.25
Rank: 255
1910 - 2003
HPI: 46.22
Rank: 256
1910 - 1996
HPI: 46.14
Rank: 257
1910 - 2018
HPI: 46.07
Rank: 258
1912 - 1992
HPI: 47.09
Rank: 176
1898 - 1992
HPI: 46.85
Rank: 177
1925 - 1992
HPI: 46.79
Rank: 178
1919 - 1992
HPI: 46.70
Rank: 179
1920 - 1992
HPI: 46.68
Rank: 180
1907 - 1992
HPI: 46.63
Rank: 181
1910 - 1992
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 182
1913 - 1992
HPI: 46.32
Rank: 183
1903 - 1992
HPI: 46.27
Rank: 184
1910 - 1992
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 185
1910 - 1992
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 186
1909 - 1992
HPI: 45.83
Rank: 187
1887 - 1992
HPI: 45.81
Rank: 188
Among people born in Switzerland, Georges Beuchat ranks 466 out of 876. Before him are Numa Droz (1844), Bernard Challandes (1951), Konrad Stäheli (1931), Martin Suter (1948), Viola Amherd (1962), and Othmar Ammann (1879). After him are Thomas Erastus (1524), Jakob Stämpfli (1820), Paul Martin (1901), Elizabeth Thompson (1846), Casimir de Candolle (1836), and Patrick Moraz (1948).
1844 - 1899
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 460
1951 - Present
HPI: 46.44
Rank: 461
1931 - 1931
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 462
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.40
Rank: 463
1962 - Present
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 464
1879 - 1965
HPI: 46.39
Rank: 465
1910 - 1992
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 466
1524 - 1583
HPI: 46.34
Rank: 467
1820 - 1879
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 468
1901 - 1987
HPI: 46.31
Rank: 469
1846 - 1933
HPI: 46.30
Rank: 470
1836 - 1918
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 471
1948 - Present
HPI: 46.20
Rank: 472
Among inventors born in Switzerland, Georges Beuchat ranks 3. Before him are Abraham-Louis Breguet (1747) and George de Mestral (1907).
1747 - 1823
HPI: 61.91
Rank: 1
1907 - 1990
HPI: 53.58
Rank: 2
1910 - 1992
HPI: 46.36
Rank: 3