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Léon Charles Thévenin

1857 - 1926

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Léon Charles Thévenin (French: [tev(ə)nɛ̃]; 30 March 1857, Meaux, Seine-et-Marne – 21 September 1926, Paris) was a French telegraph engineer who extended Ohm's law to the analysis of complex electrical circuits. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Charles Thévenin has received more than 89,057 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Léon Charles Thévenin is the 160th most popular engineer (up from 203rd in 2019), the 2,844th most popular biography from France (up from 3,096th in 2019) and the 21st most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Léon Charles Thévenin ranks 160 out of 323Before him are Georges Leclanché, Ivan Yarkovsky, Alec Issigonis, Giuseppe Colombo, Marc Seguin, and John Bagot Glubb. After him are Gérard Larrousse, Pierre-Émile Martin, Antoine de Chézy, Anton Flettner, Louis Charles Breguet, and Émile Levassor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1857, Léon Charles Thévenin ranks 69Before him are Abdurreshid Ibrahim, Duke John Albert of Mecklenburg, Arthur Arz von Straußenburg, Julius Popper, Luigi Illica, and Henry Fairfield Osborn. After him are Princess Elisabeth Anna of Prussia, Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje, James Edward Keeler, Simon Hollósy, Joseph Larmor, and Princess Elisabeth of Anhalt. Among people deceased in 1926, Léon Charles Thévenin ranks 57Before him are Katō Takaaki, Ivana Kobilca, Carlos Schwabe, Victor Babeș, Enrico Toselli, and Bessie Coleman. After him are Bertha Wegmann, Luther Burbank, Krste Misirkov, Hans von Koessler, Charles Angrand, and Franz von Soxhlet.

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In France

Among people born in France, Léon Charles Thévenin ranks 2,844 out of 6,011Before him are Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739), Jean-François Dandrieu (1682), Alain Finkielkraut (1949), Francis Garnier (1839), Pierre Woodman (1963), and Louis Rosier (1905). After him are Louis Camille Maillard (1878), François de Charette (1763), Mathurin Jacques Brisson (1723), Antoine Pesne (1683), Fud Leclerc (1924), and Gérard Larrousse (1940).

Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Léon Charles Thévenin ranks 21Before him are Pierre Berthier (1782), Philippe LeBon (1767), Gabriel Voisin (1880), Jorge Chávez (1887), Georges Leclanché (1836), and Marc Seguin (1786). After him are Gérard Larrousse (1940), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Antoine de Chézy (1718), Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Émile Levassor (1843), and Arthur Morin (1795).