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Louis Pouzin

1931 - Today

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Louis Pouzin (born 20 April 1931) is a French computer scientist and Internet pioneer. He directed the development of the CYCLADES computer network in France the early 1970s, which implemented a novel design for packet communication. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Pouzin has received more than 156,790 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Louis Pouzin is the 273rd most popular engineer (down from 258th in 2019), the 4,292nd most popular biography from France (down from 3,974th in 2019) and the 52nd most popular French Engineer.

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  • 2.52

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Louis Pouzin ranks 273 out of 389Before him are Mikhail Simonov, Boris Chertok, Verghese Kurien, Marcel Deprez, Hendrik Wade Bode, and Fulgence Bienvenüe. After him are Preston Tucker, Robert W. Paul, Gerhard Fieseler, Rudy Van Gelder, Mikhail Tikhonravov, and Eilmer of Malmesbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Louis Pouzin ranks 350Before him are Anatoli Ilyin, Denise Scott Brown, Ibrahim Biogradlić, Tamara Rylova, Shuntarō Tanikawa, and Zakaria Tamer. After him are Tullio Regge, Skeeter Davis, Park Wan-suh, Ferenc Szojka, Emma Andijewska, and Jerrie Cobb.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Pouzin ranks 4,292 out of 6,770Before him are Jean-François Séguier (1703), Jean Tiberi (1935), Daniel Morelon (1944), Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852), Hans van den Broek (1936), and Olivier Roy (1949). After him are Karen Lancaume (1973), Léopold Eyharts (1957), Francis Blanche (1921), Jean Vautrin (1933), José Beyaert (1925), and François Tristan l'Hermite (1601).

Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Louis Pouzin ranks 52Before him are Eugène Flachat (1802), Louis Vicat (1786), Jean-Augustin Barral (1819), Ernest Goüin (1815), Marcel Deprez (1843), and Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852). After him are Pierre-François Bouchard (1771), Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881), Charles Combes (1801), Louis Armand (1905), Marc René, marquis de Montalembert (1714), and Albert Auguste Perdonnet (1801).