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Pierre-Paul Riquet

1609 - 1680

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Pierre-Paul Riquet, Baron de Bonrepos (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ pɔl ʁikɛ]; 29 June 1609 (some sources say 1604) – 4 October 1680) was the engineer and canal-builder responsible for the construction of the Canal du Midi. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Pierre-Paul Riquet has received more than 58,938 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre-Paul Riquet is the 171st most popular engineer, the 3,029th most popular biography from France (down from 3,001st in 2019) and the 25th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Pierre-Paul Riquet ranks 171 out of 389. Before him are Sherif Ismail, Vitaly Abalakov, Menno van Coehoorn, John Hughes, Alexander Mozhaysky, and Riccardo Morandi. After him are Louis Charles Breguet, Hellmuth Walter, Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu, Nikolay Kamov, Vasily Mishin, and Gotthilf Hagen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Pierre-Paul Riquet ranks 16. Before him are Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato, Hanzade Sultan, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat, and Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg. After him are Paul Fleming, Jean Rotrou, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Gerrard Winstanley, Robert Moray, and John Suckling. Among people deceased in 1680, Pierre-Paul Riquet ranks 30. Before him are Princess Elisabeth Sophie of Saxe-Altenburg, Joachim Neander, Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Kateri Tekakwitha, Frans Post, and Symeon of Polotsk. After him are Marco Uccellini, Yun Hyu, Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, and Wang Shimin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre-Paul Riquet ranks 3,029 out of 6,770. Before him are Jean-Nicolas Corvisart (1755), Sarah Kofman (1934), Isabelle of France (1225), Henri Laurens (1885), Claude Balbastre (1724), and Benjamin Godard (1849). After him are Augusta Holmès (1847), Lupus of Troyes (395), Louise Bertin (1805), Stéphane Peterhansel (1965), Marie Antoinette Murat (1793), and Pierre Wantzel (1814).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Pierre-Paul Riquet ranks 25. Before him are Adolphe Alphand (1817), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Gérard Larrousse (1940), Philippe LeBon (1767), Marc Seguin (1786), and Antoine de Chézy (1718). After him are Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (1822), Michel Chevalier (1806), Jorge Chávez (1887), Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754), and Émile Levassor (1843).

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