INVENTOR
Étienne Lenoir
1822 - 1900
Étienne Lenoir
Jean Joseph Étienne Lenoir, also known as Jean J. Lenoir (12 January 1822 – 4 August 1900), was a Belgian-French engineer who developed the internal combustion engine in 1858. Prior designs for such engines were patented as early as 1807 (De Rivaz engine), but none were commercially successful. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Lenoir has received more than 289,178 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Étienne Lenoir is the 67th most popular inventor (down from 62nd in 2019), the 7th most popular biography from Luxembourg and the most popular Luxembourger Inventor.
Étienne Lenoir was most famous for being the inventor of the first commercially successful internal combustion engine.
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290k
Page Views (PV)
64.65
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
38
Languages Editions (L)
9.67
Effective Languages (L*)
2.47
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Among INVENTORS
Among inventors, Étienne Lenoir ranks 67 out of 354. Before him are Louis Renault, John Browning, Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Jimmy Wales, Alberto Santos-Dumont, and Josephine Cochrane. After him are Les Paul, George Eastman, Jacques de Vaucanson, Oleg Antonov, Jacques Piccard, and Thomas Savery.
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Louis Renault
1877 - 1944
HPI: 65.34
Rank: 61
John Browning
1855 - 1926
HPI: 65.00
Rank: 62
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow
1860 - 1940
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 63
Jimmy Wales
1966 - Present
HPI: 64.94
Rank: 64
Alberto Santos-Dumont
1873 - 1932
HPI: 64.80
Rank: 65
Josephine Cochrane
1839 - 1913
HPI: 64.67
Rank: 66
Étienne Lenoir
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 67
Les Paul
1915 - 2009
HPI: 64.24
Rank: 68
George Eastman
1854 - 1932
HPI: 64.15
Rank: 69
Jacques de Vaucanson
1709 - 1782
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 70
Oleg Antonov
1906 - 1984
HPI: 63.99
Rank: 71
Jacques Piccard
1922 - 2008
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 72
Thomas Savery
1650 - 1715
HPI: 63.70
Rank: 73
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1822, Étienne Lenoir ranks 10. Before him are Heinrich Schliemann, Frédéric Passy, César Franck, Rudolf Clausius, Francis Galton, and Rutherford B. Hayes. After him are Midhat Pasha, Charles Hermite, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte, Edmond de Goncourt, Francis, Duke of Cádiz, and Adelaide of Austria. Among people deceased in 1900, Étienne Lenoir ranks 11. Before him are Wilhelm Steinitz, Umberto I of Italy, Ivan Aivazovsky, Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, John Ruskin, and Vladimir Solovyov. After him are Wilhelm Liebknecht, John Sherman, Nicolas Chauvin, Isaac Levitan, Stephen Crane, and Francis, Duke of Teck.
Others Born in 1822
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Heinrich Schliemann
1822 - 1890
HPI: 76.71
Rank: 4
Frédéric Passy
1822 - 1912
HPI: 70.52
Rank: 5
César Franck
1822 - 1890
HPI: 70.50
Rank: 6
Rudolf Clausius
1822 - 1888
HPI: 70.49
Rank: 7
Francis Galton
1822 - 1911
HPI: 69.85
Rank: 8
Rutherford B. Hayes
1822 - 1893
HPI: 67.27
Rank: 9
Étienne Lenoir
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 10
Midhat Pasha
1822 - 1883
HPI: 63.82
Rank: 11
Charles Hermite
1822 - 1901
HPI: 63.72
Rank: 12
Prince Napoléon Bonaparte
1822 - 1891
HPI: 63.41
Rank: 13
Edmond de Goncourt
1822 - 1896
HPI: 63.04
Rank: 14
Francis, Duke of Cádiz
1822 - 1902
HPI: 61.99
Rank: 15
Adelaide of Austria
1822 - 1855
HPI: 61.92
Rank: 16
Others Deceased in 1900
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Wilhelm Steinitz
1836 - 1900
HPI: 72.18
Rank: 5
Umberto I of Italy
1844 - 1900
HPI: 71.11
Rank: 6
Ivan Aivazovsky
1817 - 1900
HPI: 70.16
Rank: 7
Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
1844 - 1900
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 8
John Ruskin
1819 - 1900
HPI: 66.93
Rank: 9
Vladimir Solovyov
1853 - 1900
HPI: 65.59
Rank: 10
Étienne Lenoir
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 11
Wilhelm Liebknecht
1826 - 1900
HPI: 63.16
Rank: 12
John Sherman
1823 - 1900
HPI: 62.44
Rank: 13
Nicolas Chauvin
1790 - 1900
HPI: 61.56
Rank: 14
Isaac Levitan
1860 - 1900
HPI: 61.32
Rank: 15
Stephen Crane
1871 - 1900
HPI: 61.28
Rank: 16
Francis, Duke of Teck
1837 - 1900
HPI: 61.05
Rank: 17
In Luxembourg
Among people born in Luxembourg, Étienne Lenoir ranks 7 out of 79. Before him are Robert Schuman (1886), John of Bohemia (1296), Gabriel Lippmann (1845), Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), and Jean-Claude Juncker (1954). After him are Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941), Jacques Santer (1937), Ernst von Mansfeld (1580), Gaston Thorn (1928), and Hugo Gernsback (1884).
Others born in Luxembourg
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Robert Schuman
1886 - 1963
HPI: 72.65
Rank: 1
John of Bohemia
1296 - 1346
HPI: 71.33
Rank: 2
Gabriel Lippmann
1845 - 1921
HPI: 71.01
Rank: 3
Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1955 - Present
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 4
Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
1896 - 1985
HPI: 66.24
Rank: 5
Jean-Claude Juncker
1954 - Present
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 6
Étienne Lenoir
1822 - 1900
HPI: 64.65
Rank: 7
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
1921 - 2019
HPI: 63.90
Rank: 8
Jules A. Hoffmann
1941 - Present
HPI: 63.09
Rank: 9
Jacques Santer
1937 - Present
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 10
Ernst von Mansfeld
1580 - 1626
HPI: 59.92
Rank: 11
Gaston Thorn
1928 - 2007
HPI: 59.53
Rank: 12
Hugo Gernsback
1884 - 1967
HPI: 59.08
Rank: 13
Among INVENTORS In Luxembourg
Among inventors born in Luxembourg, Étienne Lenoir ranks 1.
