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André Courrèges

1923 - 2016

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André Courrèges (French: [andʁe kuʁɛʒ]; 9 March 1923 – 7 January 2016) was a French fashion designer. He was particularly known for his streamlined 1960s designs influenced by modernism and futurism, exploiting modern technology and new fabrics. Courrèges defined the go-go boot and along with Mary Quant, is one of the designers credited with inventing the miniskirt. He founded the Courrèges fashion house alongside his wife Coqueline Courrèges. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Courrèges is the 101st most popular engineer (down from 80th in 2019), the 2,161st most popular biography from France (down from 1,690th in 2019) and the 11th most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, André Courrèges ranks 101 out of 389. Before him are George Cayley, Donald Wills Douglas Sr., Vasily Degtyaryov, Paul Cornu, Hans Ledwinka, and Alexander Sergeyevich Yakovlev. After him are Jimmy Doolittle, Stephen Timoshenko, Fedor Tokarev, Herman Potočnik, Viktor Kaplan, and John A. Roebling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1923, André Courrèges ranks 115. Before him are Belisario Betancur, Álvaro Mutis, Ernst Nolte, Menahem Pressler, Alexandre Astruc, and Walerian Borowczyk. After him are Alicia de Larrocha, Dexter Gordon, Charles Durning, Wally Schirra, Pahiño, and Uziel Gal. Among people deceased in 2016, André Courrèges ranks 131. Before him are Peter Shaffer, Meir Dagan, Héctor Babenco, Ernst Nolte, António Mascarenhas Monteiro, and Alexandre Astruc. After him are Rudolf E. Kálmán, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Nimr al-Nimr, Tom Kibble, Henry Heimlich, and Bob Bennett.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Courrèges ranks 2,161 out of 6,770. Before him are Anne de Pisseleu d'Heilly (1508), Luigi Federico Menabrea (1809), François-Xavier Ortoli (1925), Tristan Corbière (1845), Henri Mouhot (1826), and Paul Nizan (1905). After him are Guillaume Amontons (1663), Joseph Meister (1876), Madeleine Vionnet (1876), Léon Boëllmann (1862), Peire Vidal (1140), and Albéric Magnard (1865).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, André Courrèges ranks 11. Before him are Villard de Honnecourt (1200), Marcel Dassault (1892), Marcel Renault (1872), Henri Farman (1874), Petrus Peregrinus de Maricourt (1240), and Paul Cornu (1881). After him are François Laurent d'Arlandes (1742), Henry Darcy (1803), Léon Charles Thévenin (1857), Alexandre Darracq (1855), Pierre-Émile Martin (1824), and Georges Leclanché (1836).

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