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Octave Chanute

1832 - 1910

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Octave Chanute (February 18, 1832 – November 23, 1910) was a French-American civil engineer and aviation pioneer. He advised and publicized many aviation enthusiasts, including the Wright brothers. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Octave Chanute has received more than 197,938 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Octave Chanute is the 292nd most popular engineer, the 4,314th most popular biography from France and the 54th most popular French Engineer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 200k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 44.93

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Octave Chanute ranks 292 out of 323. Before him are Yuri Artsutanov, Boris Lisunov, Friedrich L. Bauer, Otmar Szafnauer, Isaac Roberts, and Butler Lampson. After him are R. J. Mitchell, Guenther Steiner, Louis Armand, Hugh Latimer Dryden, Christopher Cockerell, and Robert H. Dennard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1832, Octave Chanute ranks 81. Before him are Edward Newton, Lucretia Garfield, William Thomas Blanford, Marcelo Azcárraga Palmero, Kolos Ferenc Vaszary, and Zsófia Torma. After him are Juris Alunāns, Mary Everest Boole, Isaac Israel Hayes, Edward Wilmot Blyden, Lizardo Montero Flores, and Gaspar Núñez de Arce. Among people deceased in 1910, Octave Chanute ranks 82. Before him are Emil Zuckerkandl, Alexander Agassiz, Heinrich Caro, Julia Ward Howe, Stamatios Nikolopoulos, and Zdenko Hans Skraup. After him are Boyd Alexander, Granville Woods, Georges de la Falaise, Nikolaos Deligiannis, Hans Jæger, and Hugo Erdmann.

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In France

Among people born in France, Octave Chanute ranks 4,314 out of 6,011. Before him are Julieta Lanteri (1873), Guy de la Chapelle (1868), Richard Gasquet (1986), Georges Beaucourt (1912), Marcel Artelesa (1938), and Bernard Bosquier (1942). After him are Anatole Le Braz (1859), Étienne Mourrut (1939), Albert Corey (1878), François Remetter (1928), Dominique Colonna (1928), and Constance of Normandy (null).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Octave Chanute ranks 54. Before him are Louis Vicat (null), Louis Pouzin (1931), Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852), Émile Lemoine (1840), Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881), and Albert Auguste Perdonnet (1801). After him are Louis Armand (1905) and Julien Simon-Chautemps (1978).

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