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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 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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  • 20

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  • 4.64

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  • 2.59

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE

Among businesspeople, Louis Réard ranks 372 out of 601Before 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.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Louis Réard ranks 177Before 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 127Before 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.

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In France

Among people born in France, Louis Réard ranks 3,481 out of 6,011Before 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).

Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In France

Among businesspeople born in France, Louis Réard ranks 22Before 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).