1864 - 1946
Léon Ernest Gaumont (French: [ɡomɔ̃]; 10 May 1864 – 10 August 1946) was a French inventor, engineer, and industrialist who was a pioneer of the motion picture industry. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Léon Gaumont has received more than 93,488 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Léon Gaumont is the 238th most popular inventor (down from 235th in 2019), the 2,926th most popular biography from France (down from 2,861st in 2019) and the 34th most popular French Inventor.
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Among inventors, Léon Gaumont ranks 238 out of 354. Before him are Artur Fischer, Genrich Altshuller, Carl Wilhelm Siemens, Alphonse Beau de Rochas, Eugen Langen, and Fritz von Opel. After him are David Schwarz, James Dyson, Joseph Whitworth, Alexander Parkes, Ottmar Mergenthaler, and Theodore Maiman.
1919 - 2016
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 232
1926 - 1998
HPI: 52.58
Rank: 233
1823 - 1883
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 234
1815 - 1893
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 235
1833 - 1895
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 236
1899 - 1971
HPI: 52.47
Rank: 237
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 238
1850 - 1897
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 239
1947 - Present
HPI: 52.34
Rank: 240
1803 - 1887
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 241
1813 - 1890
HPI: 52.04
Rank: 242
1854 - 1899
HPI: 52.02
Rank: 243
1927 - 2007
HPI: 52.01
Rank: 244
Among people born in 1864, Léon Gaumont ranks 83. Before him are Đồng Khánh, Adolf Wölfli, Ferdinand Zecca, George Washington Carver, Herman Gorter, and Apolinario Mabini. After him are Eemil Nestor Setälä, Michael Mayr, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, Nathan Birnbaum, Frances Cleveland, and Tsuda Umeko. Among people deceased in 1946, Léon Gaumont ranks 103. Before him are László Bárdossy, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, Louis Zutter, Benjamin I of Constantinople, and Johannes Vares. After him are Ahmad Kasravi, George Arliss, Charlotte of Schaumburg-Lippe, Heinrich George, John Vereker, 6th Viscount Gort, and Duchess Jutta of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
1864 - 1889
HPI: 53.78
Rank: 77
1864 - 1930
HPI: 53.50
Rank: 78
1864 - 1947
HPI: 53.08
Rank: 79
1864 - 1943
HPI: 53.05
Rank: 80
1864 - 1927
HPI: 52.96
Rank: 81
1864 - 1903
HPI: 52.55
Rank: 82
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 83
1864 - 1935
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 84
1864 - 1922
HPI: 52.32
Rank: 85
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 86
1864 - 1937
HPI: 52.05
Rank: 87
1864 - 1947
HPI: 51.88
Rank: 88
1864 - 1929
HPI: 51.71
Rank: 89
1890 - 1946
HPI: 52.80
Rank: 97
1854 - 1946
HPI: 52.75
Rank: 98
1882 - 1946
HPI: 52.73
Rank: 99
1865 - 1946
HPI: 52.62
Rank: 100
1871 - 1946
HPI: 52.49
Rank: 101
1890 - 1946
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 102
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 103
1890 - 1946
HPI: 52.28
Rank: 104
1868 - 1946
HPI: 52.17
Rank: 105
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.15
Rank: 106
1893 - 1946
HPI: 51.90
Rank: 107
1886 - 1946
HPI: 51.82
Rank: 108
1880 - 1946
HPI: 51.69
Rank: 109
Among people born in France, Léon Gaumont ranks 2,926 out of 6,011. Before him are Ghislaine Maxwell (1961), Pierre Benoit (1886), Henri Maspero (1883), Eugène Emmanuel Amaury Duval (1808), Eustace III, Count of Boulogne (1060), and Jean Pierre Flourens (1794). After him are Pierre Pigneau de Behaine (1741), Jacques Babinet (1794), Michael Baius (1513), Pierre Attaingnant (1494), Henri Mathias Berthelot (1861), and Étienne Pivert de Senancour (1770).
1961 - Present
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,920
1886 - 1962
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,921
1883 - 1945
HPI: 52.46
Rank: 2,922
1808 - 1885
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,923
1060 - 1125
HPI: 52.45
Rank: 2,924
1794 - 1867
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,925
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 2,926
1741 - 1799
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 2,927
1794 - 1872
HPI: 52.42
Rank: 2,928
1513 - 1589
HPI: 52.41
Rank: 2,929
1494 - 1552
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,930
1861 - 1931
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,931
1770 - 1846
HPI: 52.40
Rank: 2,932
Among inventors born in France, Léon Gaumont ranks 34. Before him are Édouard Branly (1844), Wan Hu (1510), Georges Hébert (1875), Émile Baudot (1845), François Isaac de Rivaz (1752), and Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815). After him are André Blondel (1863) and Franky Zapata (1978).
1844 - 1940
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 28
1510 - 1500
HPI: 54.05
Rank: 29
1875 - 1957
HPI: 53.97
Rank: 30
1845 - 1903
HPI: 53.53
Rank: 31
1752 - 1828
HPI: 53.36
Rank: 32
1815 - 1893
HPI: 52.52
Rank: 33
1864 - 1946
HPI: 52.43
Rank: 34
1863 - 1938
HPI: 49.13
Rank: 35
1978 - Present
HPI: 29.61
Rank: 36