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Jacques Cousteau

1910 - 1997

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Jacques-Yves Cousteau, (, also UK: , French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author. He co-invented the first successful open-circuit self-contained underwater breathing apparatus (SCUBA), called the Aqua-Lung, which assisted him in producing some of the first underwater documentaries. Cousteau wrote many books describing his undersea explorations. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques Cousteau has received more than 5,739,518 page views. His biography is available in 81 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 79 in 2019). Jacques Cousteau is the 22nd most popular explorer (down from 20th in 2019), the 166th most popular biography from France (down from 156th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Explorer.

Jacques Cousteau is most famous for his work in the field of marine biology and oceanography. He was a pioneer in underwater exploration, film-making, and environmental activism.

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  • 81

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 8.50

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Jacques Cousteau ranks 22 out of 498. Before him are Pedro Álvares Cabral, Xuanzang, Fridtjof Nansen, Juan Sebastián Elcano, Jacques Cartier, and David Livingstone. After him are Erik the Red, Vitus Bering, Leif Erikson, Willem Barentsz, Thor Heyerdahl, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Jacques Cousteau ranks 3. Before him are Mother Teresa, and Akira Kurosawa. After him are Giuseppe Meazza, Ingrid of Sweden, Robert K. Merton, Irena Sendler, Gloria Stuart, Jean Genet, Paulette Goddard, Katherine Oppenheimer, and Django Reinhardt. Among people deceased in 1997, Jacques Cousteau ranks 5. Before him are Mother Teresa, Deng Xiaoping, James Stewart, and Diana, Princess of Wales. After him are Viktor Frankl, Jeanne Calment, Mobutu Sese Seko, Toshiro Mifune, Victor Vasarely, Gianni Versace, and Israel Kamakawiwoʻole.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Cousteau ranks 166 out of 6,770. Before him are François Viète (1540), Jacques Cartier (1491), Peter Abelard (1079), Philip VI of France (1293), Pope Martin IV (1220), and Théodore Géricault (1791). After him are Henry Cavendish (1731), Jean Racine (1639), Tacitus (54), Jean-Philippe Rameau (1683), Edward IV of England (1442), and Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809).

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Among EXPLORERS In France

Among explorers born in France, Jacques Cousteau ranks 2. Before him are Jacques Cartier (1491). After him are Pytheas (-380), Louis Antoine de Bougainville (1729), Samuel de Champlain (1567), Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse (1741), Jules Dumont d'Urville (1790), Jeanne Baret (1740), Jean de Béthencourt (1362), Charles Marie de La Condamine (1701), Jean Chardin (1643), and Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier (1705).

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