1633 - 1707
Sébastien Le Prestre, seigneur de Vauban, later styling himself as the marquis de Vauban (baptised 15 May 1633 – 30 March 1707), commonly referred to as Vauban (French: [vobɑ̃]), was a French military engineer and Marshal of France who worked under Louis XIV. He is generally considered the greatest engineer of his time, and one of the most important in European military history. His principles for fortifications were widely used for nearly 100 years, while aspects of his offensive tactics remained in use until the mid-twentieth century. He viewed civilian infrastructure as closely connected to military effectiveness and worked on many of France's major ports, as well as projects like the Canal de la Bruche, which remains in use today. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban has received more than 593,144 page views. His biography is available in 53 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 52 in 2019). Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban is the 10th most popular engineer, the 383rd most popular biography from France (down from 344th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Engineer.
Sébastien le Prestre de Vauban was a French military engineer who is most famous for his work on fortifications. He wrote a book called "The Art of War" which is still used by military engineers today.
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Among engineers, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ranks 10 out of 323. Before him are Gottlieb Daimler, Zhuge Liang, Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Frederick Winslow Taylor, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, and Sergei Korolev. After him are André Citroën, Anatoly Dyatlov, Alexei Kosygin, Otto Lilienthal, Umberto Nobile, and Fritz Todt.
1834 - 1900
HPI: 74.77
Rank: 4
181 - 234
HPI: 74.14
Rank: 5
1796 - 1832
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 6
1856 - 1915
HPI: 72.61
Rank: 7
1857 - 1935
HPI: 70.34
Rank: 8
1906 - 1966
HPI: 70.33
Rank: 9
1633 - 1707
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 10
1878 - 1935
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 11
1931 - 1995
HPI: 68.50
Rank: 12
1904 - 1980
HPI: 67.95
Rank: 13
1848 - 1896
HPI: 67.74
Rank: 14
1885 - 1978
HPI: 66.86
Rank: 15
1891 - 1942
HPI: 66.41
Rank: 16
Among people born in 1633, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ranks 2. Before him is James II of England. After him are Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans, Abbas II of Persia, Emperor Go-Kōmyō, Kaya Sultan, Bernardino Ramazzini, Samuel Pepys, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Willem van de Velde the Younger, Willem Drost, and Arsenije III Čarnojević. Among people deceased in 1707, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ranks 4. Before him are Dieterich Buxtehude, Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart, Marquise de Montespan, and Aurangzeb. After him are Ahmad Khani, Louis William, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Jean Mabillon, Shitao, Christoph Cellarius, Johann Patkul, Jeremiah Clarke, and Willem van de Velde the Younger.
1633 - 1701
HPI: 74.04
Rank: 1
1633 - 1707
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 2
1633 - 1654
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 3
1633 - 1666
HPI: 65.37
Rank: 4
1633 - 1654
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 5
1633 - 1659
HPI: 62.38
Rank: 6
1633 - 1714
HPI: 59.09
Rank: 7
1633 - 1703
HPI: 57.56
Rank: 8
1633 - 1714
HPI: 56.08
Rank: 9
1633 - 1707
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 10
1633 - 1659
HPI: 53.06
Rank: 11
1633 - 1706
HPI: 52.92
Rank: 12
1637 - 1707
HPI: 71.39
Rank: 1
1640 - 1707
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 2
1618 - 1707
HPI: 70.25
Rank: 3
1633 - 1707
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 4
1650 - 1707
HPI: 61.54
Rank: 5
1655 - 1707
HPI: 61.20
Rank: 6
1632 - 1707
HPI: 60.96
Rank: 7
1642 - 1707
HPI: 59.28
Rank: 8
1638 - 1707
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 9
1660 - 1707
HPI: 57.29
Rank: 10
1674 - 1707
HPI: 55.90
Rank: 11
1633 - 1707
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 12
Among people born in France, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ranks 383 out of 6,011. Before him are Pytheas (-380), Marc Bloch (1886), Pierre Beaumarchais (1732), Henrik, Prince Consort of Denmark (1934), Adolphe Thiers (1797), and Odilon Redon (1840). After him are Dagobert I (611), Fernandel (1903), Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran (1845), Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1645), Philip the Bold (1342), and Robert Delaunay (1885).
380 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 69.15
Rank: 377
1886 - 1944
HPI: 69.14
Rank: 378
1732 - 1799
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 379
1934 - 2018
HPI: 69.11
Rank: 380
1797 - 1877
HPI: 69.05
Rank: 381
1840 - 1916
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 382
1633 - 1707
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 383
611 - 639
HPI: 68.99
Rank: 384
1903 - 1971
HPI: 68.98
Rank: 385
1845 - 1922
HPI: 68.97
Rank: 386
1645 - 1704
HPI: 68.95
Rank: 387
1342 - 1404
HPI: 68.94
Rank: 388
1885 - 1941
HPI: 68.92
Rank: 389
Among engineers born in France, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban ranks 3. Before him are Gustave Eiffel (1832) and Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796). After him are André Citroën (1878), Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), Paul Cornu (1881), Marcel Dassault (1892), Marcel Renault (1872), Henri Farman (1874), Henry Darcy (1803), and André Courrèges (1923).
1832 - 1923
HPI: 78.75
Rank: 1
1796 - 1832
HPI: 72.62
Rank: 2
1633 - 1707
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 3
1878 - 1935
HPI: 68.66
Rank: 4
1200 - 1250
HPI: 62.32
Rank: 5
1240 - 1300
HPI: 58.86
Rank: 6
1881 - 1944
HPI: 58.80
Rank: 7
1892 - 1986
HPI: 58.63
Rank: 8
1872 - 1903
HPI: 58.22
Rank: 9
1874 - 1958
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 10
1803 - 1858
HPI: 56.92
Rank: 11
1923 - 2016
HPI: 56.63
Rank: 12