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 538,960 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot is the 38th most popular inventor (up from 54th in 2019), the 394th most popular biography from France (up from 558th in 2019) and the 7th 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 38 out of 354. Before him are George Westinghouse, Robert Fulton, Joseph Marie Jacquard, Abbas ibn Firnas, László Bíró, and Ismail al-Jazari. After him are Konrad Zuse, Herman Hollerith, Nicolas Appert, Igor Sikorsky, Adolphe Sax, and Richard Trevithick.
1846 - 1914
HPI: 70.02
Rank: 32
1765 - 1815
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 33
1752 - 1834
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 34
810 - 887
HPI: 69.63
Rank: 35
1899 - 1985
HPI: 69.31
Rank: 36
1136 - 1206
HPI: 68.91
Rank: 37
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 38
1910 - 1995
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 39
1860 - 1929
HPI: 68.81
Rank: 40
1749 - 1841
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 41
1889 - 1972
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 42
1814 - 1894
HPI: 68.57
Rank: 43
1771 - 1833
HPI: 68.25
Rank: 44
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, Robert Clive, Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, Duke of Penthièvre, Ludovico Manin, Suzuki Harunobu, Henry Benedict Stuart, and John Newton. Among people deceased in 1804, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 3. Before him are Immanuel Kant and Joseph Priestley. After him are Jacques Necker, Alexander Hamilton, Archduchess Maria Amalia of Austria, Pierre Méchain, Wolfgang von Kempelen, Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien, Princess Carolina of Parma, Jean-Charles Pichegru, and Jazzar Pasha.
1725 - 1798
HPI: 78.68
Rank: 1
1725 - 1789
HPI: 75.77
Rank: 2
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 3
1725 - 1807
HPI: 66.27
Rank: 4
1725 - 1785
HPI: 64.95
Rank: 5
1725 - 1805
HPI: 63.95
Rank: 6
1725 - 1774
HPI: 60.20
Rank: 7
1725 - 1793
HPI: 59.69
Rank: 8
1725 - 1802
HPI: 59.63
Rank: 9
1725 - 1770
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 10
1725 - 1807
HPI: 58.32
Rank: 11
1725 - 1807
HPI: 56.99
Rank: 12
1724 - 1804
HPI: 90.76
Rank: 1
1733 - 1804
HPI: 73.42
Rank: 2
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 3
1732 - 1804
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 4
1755 - 1804
HPI: 67.52
Rank: 5
1746 - 1804
HPI: 67.09
Rank: 6
1744 - 1804
HPI: 62.83
Rank: 7
1734 - 1804
HPI: 61.57
Rank: 8
1772 - 1804
HPI: 61.50
Rank: 9
1770 - 1804
HPI: 61.38
Rank: 10
1761 - 1804
HPI: 59.70
Rank: 11
1722 - 1804
HPI: 59.42
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 394 out of 6,011. Before him are Philip the Bold (1342), Robert Delaunay (1885), Louis-Nicolas Davout (1770), Ernest Renan (1823), Stephen, King of England (1095), and Claude Bernard (1813). After him are Pierre Bayle (1647), Eugène François Vidocq (1775), Paul Éluard (1895), Gaspard Monge (1746), Anouk Aimée (1932), and Allan Kardec (1804).
1342 - 1404
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 388
1885 - 1941
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 389
1770 - 1823
HPI: 68.89
Rank: 390
1823 - 1892
HPI: 68.88
Rank: 391
1095 - 1154
HPI: 68.86
Rank: 392
1813 - 1878
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 393
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 394
1647 - 1706
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 395
1775 - 1857
HPI: 68.82
Rank: 396
1895 - 1952
HPI: 68.79
Rank: 397
1746 - 1818
HPI: 68.77
Rank: 398
1932 - Present
HPI: 68.76
Rank: 399
1804 - 1869
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 400
Among inventors born in France, Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot ranks 7. Before him are Louis Braille (1809), Rudolf Diesel (1858), Louis Daguerre (1787), Nicéphore Niépce (1765), Denis Papin (1647), and Joseph Marie Jacquard (1752). After him are Nicolas Appert (1749), Louis Blériot (1872), Louis Renault (1877), Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), and Claude Chappe (1763).
1809 - 1852
HPI: 78.84
Rank: 1
1858 - 1913
HPI: 76.24
Rank: 2
1787 - 1851
HPI: 74.64
Rank: 3
1765 - 1833
HPI: 73.51
Rank: 4
1647 - 1712
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 5
1752 - 1834
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 6
1725 - 1804
HPI: 68.84
Rank: 7
1749 - 1841
HPI: 68.60
Rank: 8
1872 - 1936
HPI: 65.55
Rank: 9
1877 - 1944
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 10
1709 - 1782
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 11
1769 - 1823
HPI: 62.99
Rank: 12
1763 - 1805
HPI: 62.89
Rank: 13