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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 54,001 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Pierre-Paul Riquet is the 173rd most popular engineer (down from 164th in 2019), the 3,011th most popular biography from France (down from 2,719th in 2019) and the 29th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Pierre-Paul Riquet ranks 173 out of 323. Before him are Rory Byrne, Kelly Johnson, Arthur Morin, Béla Barényi, Alphonse Pénaud, and Robert Maillart. After him are Alfred Neubauer, Henryk Dembiński, Hugo Eckener, Dmitry Dmitrievich Maksutov, John Smeaton, and Pierre Charles L'Enfant.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1609, Pierre-Paul Riquet ranks 13. Before him are Nicholas Francis, Duke of Lorraine, Hezârfen Ahmed Çelebi, Kâtip Çelebi, Charles II Gonzaga, Duke of Nevers, Sophia Eleonore of Saxony, and Maria Gonzaga, Duchess of Montferrat. After him are Paul Fleming, Ernest Günther, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon, Jean Rotrou, and Gerrard Winstanley. Among people deceased in 1680, Pierre-Paul Riquet ranks 32. Before him are Augustus, Duke of Saxe-Weissenfels, Peter Lely, Frans Post, Kateri Tekakwitha, Marco Uccellini, and Symeon of Polotsk. After him are Sophie Augusta of Holstein-Gottorp, Yun Hyu, and Wang Shimin.

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In France

Among people born in France, Pierre-Paul Riquet ranks 3,011 out of 6,011. Before him are Claude Farrère (1876), Claude François de Malet (1754), André Caplet (1878), Ingelger (900), Roger Walkowiak (1927), and Hervé Bazin (1911). After him are Jean Wahl (1888), Édouard Chavannes (1865), Freya Stark (1893), Roger Piantoni (1931), Jean-Delphin Alard (1815), and Jean-Daniel Cadinot (1944).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Pierre-Paul Riquet ranks 29. Before him are Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), Antoine de Chézy (1718), Louis Charles Breguet (1880), Émile Levassor (1843), Arthur Morin (1795), and Alphonse Pénaud (1850). After him are Pierre Charles L'Enfant (1754), Michel Chevalier (1806), Louis Dollo (1857), Evgeny Paton (1870), Adolphe Alphand (1817), and Jacques Antoine Charles Bresse (1822).

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