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André Citroën

1878 - 1935

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André-Gustave Citroën (French: [ɑ̃dʁe ɡystav sitʁɔɛn]; 5 February 1878 – 3 July 1935) was a French industrialist and the founder of French automaker Citroën. He is also remembered for his application of double helical gears. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Citroën is the 15th most popular engineer (down from 12th in 2019), the 529th most popular biography from France (down from 499th in 2019) and the 4th most popular French Engineer.

André Citroën is most famous for the introduction of the Citroën DS, the first mass-produced car with a unitary body, in 1955.

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Among engineers, André Citroën ranks 15 out of 389. Before him are Frederick Winslow Taylor, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Alexei Kosygin, Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban, José Echegaray, and Sergei Korolev. After him are Otto Lilienthal, Umberto Nobile, Fritz Todt, Anatoly Dyatlov, Jack Kilby, and Andrei Tupolev.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1878, André Citroën ranks 11. Before him are Reza Shah, Gustav Stresemann, Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia, Werner von Blomberg, Manuel L. Quezon, and Pancho Villa. After him are Alfred Döblin, Robert Walser, Lucien Febvre, Pyotr Wrangel, Ferenc Molnár, and Paul Reynaud. Among people deceased in 1935, André Citroën ranks 16. Before him are Emmy Noether, Alban Berg, Auguste Escoffier, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Astrid of Sweden, and Charles Richet. After him are Henri Barbusse, Carlos Gardel, Hugo de Vries, Paul Dukas, Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., and Lij Iyasu of Ethiopia.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Citroën ranks 529 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Jarre (1924), Suger (1080), Lothair of France (941), Pauline Bonaparte (1780), Charles Richet (1850), and Francis, Duke of Guise (1519). After him are Pepin the Hunchback (770), Henri Barbusse (1873), Jean-Louis Tauran (1943), Marc Bloch (1886), Lucien Bonaparte (1775), and William II of England (1056).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, André Citroën ranks 4. Before him are Gustave Eiffel (1832), Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796), and Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban (1633). After him are Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Marcel Dassault (1892), Marcel Renault (1872), Henri Farman (1874), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), Paul Cornu (1881), André Courrèges (1923), and François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742).

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