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André Michelin

1853 - 1931

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André Jules Michelin (16 January 1853 – 4 April 1931) was a French industrialist who, with his brother Édouard (1859–1940), founded the Michelin Tyre Company (Compagnie Générale des Établissements Michelin) in 1888 in the French city of Clermont-Ferrand. In 1900, André Michelin published the first Michelin Guide, the purpose of which was to promote tourism by car, thereby supporting his tyre manufacturing operation. In 1886, 33-year-old André Michelin abandoned his career as a successful Parisian engineer to take over his grandfather's failing agricultural goods and farm equipment business. Established in 1832, "Michelin et Cie" suffered from neglect and was on the verge of insolvency following the founder's death. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. André Michelin is the 127th most popular inventor (down from 117th in 2019), the 1,533rd most popular biography from France (down from 1,350th in 2019) and the 18th most popular French Inventor.

André Michelin was a French industrialist who founded the Michelin tire company in 1889. He is most famous for his invention of the Michelin Man, which is a cartoon figure used to represent the company.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, André Michelin ranks 127 out of 426. Before him are Franz Reichelt, Samuel Crompton, Hans von Ohain, Nikolai Kardashev, Paul Otlet, and George Washington Gale Ferris Jr.. After him are Alfred Krupp, Christopher C. Kraft Jr., Robert Adler, Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, W. O. Bentley, and Percy Spencer.

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Among people born in 1853, André Michelin ranks 27. Before him are Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, Oskar Potiorek, Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar, Kitasato Shibasaburō, Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein, and Emil Jellinek. After him are Francesco Filippini, Miguel, Duke of Braganza, Flinders Petrie, Antonio Salandra, Vladimir Korolenko, and Vladimir Shukhov. Among people deceased in 1931, André Michelin ranks 35. Before him are Kitasato Shibasaburō, Martinus Beijerinck, Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff, Giovanni Boldini, Auguste Forel, and Prince Emanuele Filiberto, Duke of Aosta. After him are Wilhelm von Gloeden, Cosmo Duff-Gordon, Santiago Rusiñol, Nellie Melba, Antonio Salandra, and Jaime, Duke of Madrid.

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In France

Among people born in France, André Michelin ranks 1,533 out of 6,770. Before him are Pierre Guillaume Frédéric le Play (1806), Marie de Rohan (1600), Alexandre de Rhodes (1591), François Louis, Prince of Conti (1664), Aegidius (450), and Victor, Prince Napoléon (1862). After him are André Claveau (1911), Alphonse, Count of Poitiers (1220), Antoine, Duke of Montpensier (1824), Louise Élisabeth d'Orléans (1709), Eugène Tisserant (1884), and Fernand Cormon (1845).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, André Michelin ranks 18. Before him are Jacques de Vaucanson (1709), Alphonse Bertillon (1853), André-Jacques Garnerin (1769), Charles-Émile Reynaud (1844), Étienne-Jules Marey (1830), and Clément Ader (1841). After him are Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville (1817), Jean-Pierre Blanchard (1753), Louis Le Prince (1841), Henri Giffard (1825), Joseph Monier (1823), and Guillaume Amontons (1663).

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