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Louis Réard

1897 - 1984

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Louis Réard (French pronunciation: [lwi ʁeaʁ]; 10 October 1896 – 16 September 1984) was a French automobile engineer and clothing designer who introduced the modern two-piece bikini in July 1946. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Louis Réard has received more than 409,556 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Louis Réard is the 208th most popular businessperson (up from 372nd in 2019), the 2,106th most popular biography from France (up from 3,467th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Businessperson.

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  • 56.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.99

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.94

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Louis Réard ranks 208 out of 847. Before him are Friedrich Alfred Krupp, Terry Gou, Vidal Sassoon, Hans Wilsdorf, George Gallup, and Adriano Galliani. After him are Rosalía Mera, Edoardo Agnelli, Larry Fink, Ratan Tata, Marcel Bich, and Rinat Akhmetov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Louis Réard ranks 100. Before him are Johann Rattenhuber, Polina Zhemchuzhina, Fredric March, Bulbul, Olga Chekhova, and Josep Pla. After him are Alexandre Tansman, George Szell, Otto Dietrich, John Bagot Glubb, Joseph Darnand, and Karol Świerczewski. Among people deceased in 1984, Louis Réard ranks 71. Before him are Ernesto Mascheroni, Richard Basehart, José Mauro de Vasconcelos, Jiro Miyake, George Gallup, and Trygve Bratteli. After him are Faina Ranevskaya, Kim Sung-gan, Richard Brautigan, Lionel Robbins, El Santo, and Walter Tevis.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Réard ranks 2,106 out of 6,770. Before him are François-Michel le Tellier, Marquis de Louvois (1641), Marguerite of Lorraine (1615), Jean Wahl (1888), Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt (1960), John III, Duke of Brittany (1286), and Carle Vernet (1758). After him are Henri Mouhot (1826), Madeleine of Valois (1520), Fabre d'Églantine (1750), Manitas de Plata (1921), John II, Duke of Lorraine (1425), and Charles Friedel (1822).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Louis Réard ranks 12. Before him are Christophe Plantin (1520), François Pinault (1936), Armand Peugeot (1849), Eugène Schueller (1881), Françoise Bettencourt Meyers (1953), and Pierre Bergé (1930). After him are Ghislaine Maxwell (1961), François-Henri Pinault (1962), Guy de Rothschild (1909), Éleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771), Yves Rocher (1930), and Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777).

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