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Claude-Louis Navier

1785 - 1836

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Claude-Louis Navier (born Claude Louis Marie Henri Navier; French: [klod lwi maʁi ɑ̃ʁi navje]; 10 February 1785 – 21 August 1836) was a French civil engineer, affiliated with the French government, and a physicist who specialized in continuum mechanics. The Navier–Stokes equations refer eponymously to him, with George Gabriel Stokes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude-Louis Navier is the 275th most popular physicist (down from 252nd in 2019), the 1,069th most popular biography from France (down from 1,032nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular French Physicist.

Claude-Louis Navier was a French mathematician and engineer who is most famous for his work in the field of fluid mechanics. He is credited with the Navier-Stokes equations, which are used to describe the motion of fluid substances.

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Among physicists, Claude-Louis Navier ranks 275 out of 851. Before him are Yang Chen-Ning, David J. Wineland, Pierre Agostini, Gerard 't Hooft, John C. Mather, and Masatoshi Koshiba. After him are Daniel Rutherford, John Robert Schrieffer, David Gross, Mihajlo Pupin, William Daniel Phillips, and Valentin Ceaușescu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1785, Claude-Louis Navier ranks 10. Before him are Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Thomas De Quincey, Alessandro Manzoni, Karl Drais, Lin Zexu, and William Jackson Hooker. After him are Bettina von Arnim, Florestan I, Prince of Monaco, Shah Shujah Durrani, Pierre Louis Dulong, Jean Charles Athanase Peltier, and Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Among people deceased in 1836, Claude-Louis Navier ranks 15. Before him are Marie-Anne Paulze Lavoisier, William Godwin, Christiaan Hendrik Persoon, Anthony of Saxony, Maria Malibran, and Maria Cristina of Savoy. After him are Princess Wilhelmine of Baden, Nathan Mayer Rothschild, Antoine Destutt de Tracy, Anton Reicha, Davy Crockett, and Aaron Burr.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude-Louis Navier ranks 1,069 out of 6,770. Before him are William X, Duke of Aquitaine (1099), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), Laurent de Gouvion Saint-Cyr (1764), Laurent Blanc (1965), Tetricus I (250), and René Cassin (1887). After him are Stéphanie de Beauharnais (1789), Pierre-Jean de Béranger (1780), Jeanne Baret (1740), Louisa Maria Stuart (1692), Clotilde of France (1759), and Paul Painlevé (1863).

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Among PHYSICISTS In France

Among physicists born in France, Claude-Louis Navier ranks 26. Before him are Paul Langevin (1872), Edmond Becquerel (1820), Edme Mariotte (1620), Jacques Charles (1763), Gérard Mourou (1944), and Pierre-Gilles de Gennes (1932). After him are Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier (1754), Antoine César Becquerel (1788), Anne L'Huillier (1958), Alain Aspect (1947), Pierre Louis Dulong (1785), and Félix Savart (1791).

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