Inventor
Louis Braille
1809 - 1852
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Louis Braille
His biography is available in 87 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 85 in 2024). Louis Braille is the 11th most popular inventor (up from 12th in 2024), the 92nd most popular biography from France (down from 81st in 2019) and the most popular French Inventor.
Louis Braille is most famous for inventing a system of writing for the blind and visually impaired. This system, called braille, is composed of raised dots that can be read by touch.
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Among Inventors
Among inventors, Louis Braille ranks 11 out of 426. Before him are James Watt, Karl Benz, Elon Musk, Alexander Graham Bell, Guglielmo Marconi, and Henry Ford. After him are Charles Babbage, Samuel Morse, Nikolaus Otto, Louis Daguerre, Nicolas Appert, and Rudolf Diesel.
Most Popular Inventors in Wikipedia
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James Watt
1736 - 1819
HPI: 88.47
Rank: 5
Karl Benz
1844 - 1929
HPI: 88.12
Rank: 6
Elon Musk
1971 - Present
HPI: 86.81
Rank: 7
Alexander Graham Bell
1847 - 1922
HPI: 85.31
Rank: 8
Guglielmo Marconi
1874 - 1937
HPI: 83.41
Rank: 9
Henry Ford
1863 - 1947
HPI: 82.33
Rank: 10
Louis Braille
1809 - 1852
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 11
Charles Babbage
1791 - 1871
HPI: 81.59
Rank: 12
Samuel Morse
1791 - 1872
HPI: 80.49
Rank: 13
Nikolaus Otto
1832 - 1891
HPI: 79.93
Rank: 14
Louis Daguerre
1787 - 1851
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 15
Nicolas Appert
1749 - 1841
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 16
Rudolf Diesel
1858 - 1913
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 17
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1809, Louis Braille ranks 7. Before him are Charles Darwin, Edgar Allan Poe, Abraham Lincoln, Felix Mendelssohn, Nikolai Gogol, and William Ewart Gladstone. After him are Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, Georges-Eugène Haussmann, Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., Bruno Bauer, Joseph Liouville, and Albert Pike. Among people deceased in 1852, Louis Braille ranks 3. Before him are Ada Lovelace, and Nikolai Gogol. After him are Friedrich Fröbel, Henry Clay, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Auguste de Marmont, Johan Gadolin, Augustus Pugin, Marie of Hesse-Kassel, and Ján Kollár.
Others Born in 1809
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Charles Darwin
BIOLOGIST
1809 - 1882
HPI: 91.48
Rank: 1
Edgar Allan Poe
WRITER
1809 - 1849
HPI: 90.35
Rank: 2
Abraham Lincoln
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1865
HPI: 87.87
Rank: 3
Felix Mendelssohn
COMPOSER
1809 - 1847
HPI: 83.51
Rank: 4
Nikolai Gogol
WRITER
1809 - 1852
HPI: 82.82
Rank: 5
William Ewart Gladstone
POLITICIAN
1809 - 1898
HPI: 82.36
Rank: 6
Louis Braille
INVENTOR
1809 - 1852
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 7
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
PHILOSOPHER
1809 - 1865
HPI: 79.12
Rank: 8
Georges-Eugène Haussmann
ARCHITECT
1809 - 1891
HPI: 75.89
Rank: 9
Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
WRITER
1809 - 1894
HPI: 73.95
Rank: 10
Bruno Bauer
PHILOSOPHER
1809 - 1882
HPI: 70.86
Rank: 11
Joseph Liouville
MATHEMATICIAN
1809 - 1882
HPI: 69.04
Rank: 12
Albert Pike
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1809 - 1891
HPI: 68.65
Rank: 13
Others Deceased in 1852
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Ada Lovelace
MATHEMATICIAN
1815 - 1852
HPI: 87.83
Rank: 1
Nikolai Gogol
WRITER
1809 - 1852
HPI: 82.82
Rank: 2
Louis Braille
INVENTOR
1809 - 1852
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 3
Friedrich Fröbel
PHILOSOPHER
1782 - 1852
HPI: 78.69
Rank: 4
Henry Clay
POLITICIAN
1777 - 1852
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 5
Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington
POLITICIAN
1769 - 1852
HPI: 74.95
Rank: 6
Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen
EXPLORER
1778 - 1852
HPI: 72.70
Rank: 7
Auguste de Marmont
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1774 - 1852
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 8
Johan Gadolin
CHEMIST
1760 - 1852
HPI: 71.95
Rank: 9
Augustus Pugin
ARCHITECT
1812 - 1852
HPI: 70.32
Rank: 10
Marie of Hesse-Kassel
COMPANION
1767 - 1852
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 11
Ján Kollár
WRITER
1793 - 1852
HPI: 68.53
Rank: 12
In France
Among people born in France, Louis Braille ranks 92 out of NaN. Before him are Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), Pope Clement V (1264), Jacques-Louis David (1748), Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744), and Louis de Broglie (1892). After him are Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933), Louis de Funès (1914), Gustave Courbet (1819), Guy de Maupassant (1850), William the Conqueror (1028), and Alexandre Dumas fils (1824).
Others born in France
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Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette
MILITARY PERSONNEL
1757 - 1834
HPI: 82.19
Rank: 86
Irène Joliot-Curie
CHEMIST
1897 - 1956
HPI: 82.18
Rank: 87
Pope Clement V
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1264 - 1314
HPI: 82.11
Rank: 88
Jacques-Louis David
PAINTER
1748 - 1825
HPI: 82.11
Rank: 89
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
BIOLOGIST
1744 - 1829
HPI: 82.06
Rank: 90
Louis de Broglie
PHYSICIST
1892 - 1987
HPI: 82.00
Rank: 91
Louis Braille
INVENTOR
1809 - 1852
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 92
Jean-Paul Belmondo
ACTOR
1933 - 2021
HPI: 81.93
Rank: 93
Louis de Funès
ACTOR
1914 - 1983
HPI: 81.86
Rank: 94
Gustave Courbet
PAINTER
1819 - 1877
HPI: 81.84
Rank: 95
Guy de Maupassant
WRITER
1850 - 1893
HPI: 81.81
Rank: 96
William the Conqueror
NOBLEMAN
1028 - 1087
HPI: 81.79
Rank: 97
Alexandre Dumas fils
WRITER
1824 - 1895
HPI: 81.76
Rank: 98
Among Inventors In France
Among inventors born in France, Louis Braille ranks 1. After him are Louis Daguerre (1787), Nicolas Appert (1749), Rudolf Diesel (1858), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), Denis Papin (1647), Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (1725), Louis Blériot (1872), Louis Renault (1877), Claude Chappe (1763), and Jacques de Vaucanson (1709).
Louis Braille
1809 - 1852
HPI: 81.98
Rank: 1
Louis Daguerre
1787 - 1851
HPI: 79.44
Rank: 2
Nicolas Appert
1749 - 1841
HPI: 79.23
Rank: 3
Rudolf Diesel
1858 - 1913
HPI: 79.13
Rank: 4
Nicéphore Niépce
1765 - 1833
HPI: 77.97
Rank: 5
Denis Papin
1647 - 1712
HPI: 75.42
Rank: 6
Joseph Marie Jacquard
1752 - 1834
HPI: 74.32
Rank: 7
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot
1725 - 1804
HPI: 72.27
Rank: 8
Louis Blériot
1872 - 1936
HPI: 71.46
Rank: 9
Louis Renault
1877 - 1944
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 10
Claude Chappe
1763 - 1805
HPI: 70.15
Rank: 11
Jacques de Vaucanson
1709 - 1782
HPI: 69.48
Rank: 12
