1709 - 1782
Jacques de Vaucanson (French: [jak də vocɑ̃sɔ̃]; February 24, 1709 – November 21, 1782) was a French inventor and artist who built the first all-metal lathe which was very important to the Industrial Revolution. The lathe is known as the mother of machine tools, as it was the first machine tool that led to the invention of other machine tools. He was responsible for the creation of impressive and innovative automata. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jacques de Vaucanson has received more than 212,613 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Jacques de Vaucanson is the 71st most popular inventor (up from 73rd in 2019), the 736th most popular biography from France (up from 795th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Inventor.
Jacques de Vaucanson was most famous for inventing the first automated loom.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among inventors, Jacques de Vaucanson ranks 71 out of 355. Before him are George Eastman, Louis Renault, John Browning, Richard Arkwright, Alexander Stepanovich Popov, and Thomas Savery. After him are Alberto Santos-Dumont, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Jacques Piccard, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Alois Senefelder, and Edmund Cartwright.
1854 - 1932
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 65
1877 - 1944
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 66
1855 - 1926
HPI: 73.37
Rank: 67
1732 - 1792
HPI: 73.18
Rank: 68
1859 - 1906
HPI: 73.12
Rank: 69
1650 - 1715
HPI: 73.03
Rank: 70
1709 - 1782
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 71
1873 - 1932
HPI: 72.67
Rank: 72
1734 - 1804
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 73
1922 - 2008
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 74
1860 - 1940
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 75
1771 - 1834
HPI: 72.09
Rank: 76
1743 - 1823
HPI: 72.07
Rank: 77
Among people born in 1709, Jacques de Vaucanson ranks 4. Before him are Elizabeth of Russia, Julien Offray de La Mettrie, and Samuel Johnson. After him are Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans, Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange, Wilhelmine of Prussia, Margravine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth, Franz Benda, Georg Wilhelm Steller, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Étienne de Silhouette, and Andreas Sigismund Marggraf. Among people deceased in 1782, Jacques de Vaucanson ranks 5. Before him are Daniel Bernoulli, Farinelli, Johann Christian Bach, and Anne Bonny. After him are Pietro Metastasio, Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, 1st Marquis of Pombal, Louisa Ulrika of Prussia, Taksin, Sophie of France, Ange-Jacques Gabriel, and Anna Göldi.
1709 - 1762
HPI: 81.51
Rank: 1
1709 - 1751
HPI: 76.56
Rank: 2
1709 - 1784
HPI: 74.56
Rank: 3
1709 - 1782
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 4
1709 - 1742
HPI: 72.44
Rank: 5
1709 - 1759
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 6
1709 - 1758
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 7
1709 - 1786
HPI: 68.70
Rank: 8
1709 - 1746
HPI: 68.59
Rank: 9
1709 - 1785
HPI: 68.38
Rank: 10
1709 - 1767
HPI: 66.78
Rank: 11
1709 - 1782
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 12
1700 - 1782
HPI: 81.52
Rank: 1
1705 - 1782
HPI: 79.30
Rank: 2
1735 - 1782
HPI: 79.06
Rank: 3
1702 - 1782
HPI: 76.54
Rank: 4
1709 - 1782
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 5
1698 - 1782
HPI: 72.46
Rank: 6
1699 - 1782
HPI: 71.72
Rank: 7
1720 - 1782
HPI: 71.62
Rank: 8
1734 - 1782
HPI: 71.53
Rank: 9
1734 - 1782
HPI: 70.12
Rank: 10
1698 - 1782
HPI: 69.89
Rank: 11
1734 - 1782
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Jacques de Vaucanson ranks 736 out of 5,234. Before him are Nicolas Fouquet (1615), Maurice Gamelin (1872), Claude Lelouch (1937), Raoul Dufy (1877), Célestin Freinet (1896), and Bernart de Ventadorn (1135). After him are Jean Giraud (1938), Hugh the Great (898), Jean-Baptiste Kléber (1753), Annie Girardot (1931), Sophie of France (1786), and Dom Pérignon (1639).
1615 - 1680
HPI: 72.82
Rank: 730
1872 - 1958
HPI: 72.80
Rank: 731
1937 - Present
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 732
1877 - 1953
HPI: 72.75
Rank: 733
1896 - 1966
HPI: 72.73
Rank: 734
1135 - 1190
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 735
1709 - 1782
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 736
1938 - 2012
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 737
898 - 956
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 738
1753 - 1800
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 739
1931 - 2011
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 740
1786 - 1787
HPI: 72.68
Rank: 741
1639 - 1715
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 742
Among inventors born in France, Jacques de Vaucanson ranks 11. Before him are Denis Papin (1647), Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), Nicolas Appert (1749), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Louis Blériot (1872), and Louis Renault (1877). After him are Alphonse Bertillon (1853), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844), Claude Chappe (1763), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), and Clément Ader (1841).
1647 - 1712
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 5
1752 - 1834
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 6
1749 - 1841
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 7
1725 - 1804
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 8
1872 - 1936
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 9
1877 - 1944
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 10
1709 - 1782
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 11
1853 - 1914
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 12
1830 - 1904
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 13
1844 - 1918
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 14
1763 - 1805
HPI: 69.90
Rank: 15
1769 - 1823
HPI: 69.82
Rank: 16
1841 - 1925
HPI: 69.74
Rank: 17