1897 - 1984
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 385,616 page views. His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Louis Réard is the 372nd most popular businessperson (down from 270th in 2019), the 3,481st most popular biography from France (down from 2,787th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular French Businessperson.
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Among businesspeople, Louis Réard ranks 372 out of 601. Before him are Linda McMahon, Guy Laliberté, David Baszucki, Howard Schultz, Alexey Miller, and Laurene Powell Jobs. After him are Roy Raymond, Wang Jianlin, Dieter Zetsche, Henry Luce, John Elkann, and Tatsumi Kimishima.
1948 - Present
HPI: 50.28
Rank: 366
1959 - Present
HPI: 50.25
Rank: 367
1963 - Present
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 368
1953 - Present
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 369
1962 - Present
HPI: 49.93
Rank: 370
1963 - Present
HPI: 49.92
Rank: 371
1897 - 1984
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 372
1947 - 1993
HPI: 49.81
Rank: 373
1954 - Present
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 374
1953 - Present
HPI: 49.79
Rank: 375
1898 - 1967
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 376
1976 - Present
HPI: 49.76
Rank: 377
1950 - Present
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 378
Among people born in 1897, Louis Réard ranks 177. Before him are Karel Lamač, Antonio Riberi, Shovkat Mammadova, Zenta Mauriņa, Adolfo Baloncieri, and Dorothy Day. After him are Henry Cowell, André Marie, Isabelino Gradín, Jimmie Rodgers, Moe Howard, and Higinio Morínigo. Among people deceased in 1984, Louis Réard ranks 127. Before him are Blagoje Marjanović, Alice Neel, Hovhannes Shiraz, Gaëtan Dugas, John Marley, and Niyazi. After him are Lola Anglada, Arkhip Lyulka, Giuseppe Tucci, Campanal I, Matías González, and Helge Løvland.
1897 - 1952
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 171
1897 - 1967
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 172
1897 - 1981
HPI: 50.02
Rank: 173
1897 - 1978
HPI: 50.00
Rank: 174
1897 - 1986
HPI: 49.97
Rank: 175
1897 - 1980
HPI: 49.94
Rank: 176
1897 - 1984
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 177
1897 - 1965
HPI: 49.77
Rank: 178
1897 - 1974
HPI: 49.75
Rank: 179
1897 - 1944
HPI: 49.68
Rank: 180
1897 - 1933
HPI: 49.55
Rank: 181
1897 - 1975
HPI: 49.52
Rank: 182
1897 - 1983
HPI: 49.32
Rank: 183
1907 - 1984
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 121
1900 - 1984
HPI: 50.09
Rank: 122
1914 - 1984
HPI: 50.08
Rank: 123
1952 - 1984
HPI: 50.05
Rank: 124
1907 - 1984
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 125
1912 - 1984
HPI: 49.99
Rank: 126
1897 - 1984
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 127
1892 - 1984
HPI: 49.80
Rank: 128
1908 - 1984
HPI: 49.73
Rank: 129
1894 - 1984
HPI: 49.62
Rank: 130
1912 - 1984
HPI: 49.59
Rank: 131
1925 - 1984
HPI: 49.58
Rank: 132
1890 - 1984
HPI: 49.54
Rank: 133
Among people born in France, Louis Réard ranks 3,481 out of 6,011. Before him are Andrée Brunet (1901), Benoît Fourneyron (1802), Augustin-Alexandre Dumont (1801), Bernard Maris (1946), René Louis de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1694), and Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke (1883). After him are Hubertine Auclert (1848), Tignous (1957), Claude Bourgelat (1712), Maurice de Guérin (1810), Sylvestre François Lacroix (1765), and Robert Marchand (1911).
1901 - 1993
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 3,475
1802 - 1867
HPI: 49.90
Rank: 3,476
1801 - 1884
HPI: 49.89
Rank: 3,477
1946 - 2015
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,478
1694 - 1757
HPI: 49.88
Rank: 3,479
1883 - 1963
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,480
1897 - 1984
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,481
1848 - 1914
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,482
1957 - 2015
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 3,483
1712 - 1779
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,484
1810 - 1839
HPI: 49.86
Rank: 3,485
1765 - 1843
HPI: 49.85
Rank: 3,486
1911 - 2021
HPI: 49.84
Rank: 3,487
Among businesspeople born in France, Louis Réard ranks 22. Before him are François-Henri Pinault (1962), Serge Dassault (1925), Ghislaine Maxwell (1961), Pierre Omidyar (1967), Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume (1798), and Pierre Veyron (1903). After him are Eugène Lanti (1879), Christophe de Margerie (1951), Gaston Gallimard (1881), Jean-Michel Aulas (1949), Elisabeth Abegg (1882), and Maurice Farman (1877).
1962 - Present
HPI: 52.97
Rank: 16
1925 - 2018
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 17
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 18
1967 - Present
HPI: 52.00
Rank: 19
1798 - 1875
HPI: 51.59
Rank: 20
1903 - 1970
HPI: 51.42
Rank: 21
1897 - 1984
HPI: 49.87
Rank: 22
1879 - 1947
HPI: 48.97
Rank: 23
1951 - 2014
HPI: 48.86
Rank: 24
1881 - 1975
HPI: 48.62
Rank: 25
1949 - Present
HPI: 48.10
Rank: 26
1882 - 1974
HPI: 47.91
Rank: 27
1877 - 1964
HPI: 47.88
Rank: 28