1725 - 1804
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor who built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle, the "Fardier à vapeur" – effectively the world's first automobile. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot has received more than 489,812 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is the 54th most popular inventor (down from 44th in 2019), the 559th most popular biography from France (down from 480th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Inventor.
Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot was a French inventor who is most famous for being the inventor of the first self-propelled vehicle.
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Among inventors, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 54 out of 355. Before him are Wilhelm Maybach, Douglas Engelbart, Karl Drais, John Boyd Dunlop, Steve Wozniak, and Emile Berliner. After him are Henry Fox Talbot, Adam Opel, Louis Blériot, Hans Lippershey, Frank Whittle, and Josephine Cochrane.
1846 - 1929
HPI: 74.97
Rank: 48
1925 - 2013
HPI: 74.92
Rank: 49
1785 - 1851
HPI: 74.79
Rank: 50
1840 - 1921
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 51
1950 - Present
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 52
1851 - 1929
HPI: 74.58
Rank: 53
1725 - 1804
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 54
1800 - 1877
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 55
1837 - 1895
HPI: 74.21
Rank: 56
1872 - 1936
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 57
1570 - 1619
HPI: 74.08
Rank: 58
1907 - 1996
HPI: 74.06
Rank: 59
1839 - 1913
HPI: 73.88
Rank: 60
Among people born in 1725, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 3. Before him are Giacomo Casanova and Abdul Hamid I. After him are Pasquale Paoli, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Jean-Baptiste Greuze, Ludovico Manin, Suzuki Harunobu, Ahilyabai Holkar, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Henry Benedict Stuart, and Robert Clive. Among people deceased in 1804, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 4. Before him are Immanuel Kant, Joseph Priestley, and Jacques Necker. After him are Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Alexander Hamilton, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Pierre Méchain, Johann Friedrich Gmelin, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Princess Carolina of Parma, and Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo.
1725 - 1798
HPI: 85.77
Rank: 1
1725 - 1789
HPI: 80.48
Rank: 2
1725 - 1804
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 3
1725 - 1807
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 4
1725 - 1785
HPI: 72.51
Rank: 5
1725 - 1805
HPI: 72.23
Rank: 6
1725 - 1802
HPI: 69.28
Rank: 7
1725 - 1770
HPI: 69.06
Rank: 8
1725 - 1795
HPI: 68.58
Rank: 9
1725 - 1793
HPI: 67.87
Rank: 10
1725 - 1807
HPI: 67.51
Rank: 11
1725 - 1774
HPI: 67.20
Rank: 12
1724 - 1804
HPI: 93.13
Rank: 1
1733 - 1804
HPI: 78.62
Rank: 2
1732 - 1804
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 3
1725 - 1804
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 4
1746 - 1804
HPI: 73.59
Rank: 5
1755 - 1804
HPI: 72.89
Rank: 6
1734 - 1804
HPI: 72.37
Rank: 7
1744 - 1804
HPI: 72.05
Rank: 8
1748 - 1804
HPI: 71.06
Rank: 9
1772 - 1804
HPI: 70.55
Rank: 10
1770 - 1804
HPI: 69.80
Rank: 11
1727 - 1804
HPI: 68.71
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 559 out of 5,234. Before him are Carloman I (751), Alain Resnais (1922), Karl Brandt (1904), Luc Besson (1959), Maurice Jarre (1924), and Paul Dukas (1865). After him are Élisabeth Charlotte d'Orléans (1676), Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760), Jules Michelet (1798), Joseph Joffre (1852), Pauline Bonaparte (1780), and René of Anjou (1409).
751 - 771
HPI: 74.50
Rank: 553
1922 - 2014
HPI: 74.49
Rank: 554
1904 - 1948
HPI: 74.48
Rank: 555
1959 - Present
HPI: 74.47
Rank: 556
1924 - 2009
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 557
1865 - 1935
HPI: 74.46
Rank: 558
1725 - 1804
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 559
1676 - 1744
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 560
1760 - 1836
HPI: 74.44
Rank: 561
1798 - 1874
HPI: 74.43
Rank: 562
1852 - 1931
HPI: 74.42
Rank: 563
1780 - 1825
HPI: 74.40
Rank: 564
1409 - 1480
HPI: 74.37
Rank: 565
Among inventors born in France, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 8. Before him are Louis Braille (1809), Louis Daguerre (1787), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), Denis Papin (1647), Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752), and Nicolas Appert (1749). After him are Louis Blériot (1872), Louis Renault (1877), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), and Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844).
1809 - 1852
HPI: 82.29
Rank: 2
1787 - 1851
HPI: 81.74
Rank: 3
1765 - 1833
HPI: 80.28
Rank: 4
1647 - 1712
HPI: 78.04
Rank: 5
1752 - 1834
HPI: 76.77
Rank: 6
1749 - 1841
HPI: 76.76
Rank: 7
1725 - 1804
HPI: 74.45
Rank: 8
1872 - 1936
HPI: 74.12
Rank: 9
1877 - 1944
HPI: 73.49
Rank: 10
1709 - 1782
HPI: 72.71
Rank: 11
1853 - 1914
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 12
1830 - 1904
HPI: 71.30
Rank: 13
1844 - 1918
HPI: 70.01
Rank: 14