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Eugène Belgrand

1810 - 1878

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Eugène Belgrand (23 April 1810 – 8 April 1878) was a French engineer who made significant contributions to the modernization of the Parisian sewer system during the 19th century rebuilding of Paris. Much of Belgrand's work remains in use today. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eugène Belgrand is the 226th most popular engineer (down from 222nd in 2019), the 3,758th most popular biography from France (down from 3,675th in 2019) and the 41st most popular French Engineer.

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Among ENGINEERS

Among engineers, Eugène Belgrand ranks 226 out of 389. Before him are Menno van Coehoorn, Gene Kranz, Mikhail Koshkin, Robert Mallet, James B. Francis, and Johann Georg Halske. After him are Anousheh Ansari, Seymour Cray, Johannes Winkler, Georgy Beriev, Benoît Fourneyron, and Enrico Forlanini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1810, Eugène Belgrand ranks 68. Before him are Louis Gallait, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Jaime Balmes, Ferdinand Freiligrath, Robert Mallet, and Alexander Bain. After him are Leonhard Graf von Blumenthal, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, Grigory Gagarin, Pierre Bosquet, and Andrew Scott Waugh. Among people deceased in 1878, Eugène Belgrand ranks 45. Before him are August Heinrich Petermann, Crawford Long, Karl, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, Temistocle Solera, Cirilo Antonio Rivarola, and George Cruikshank. After him are Roberto de Visiani, Joaquín Mosquera, Andrew Scott Waugh, Dimitrios Voulgaris, Adolf Fredrik Lindblad, and Kikuchi Yōsai.

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In France

Among people born in France, Eugène Belgrand ranks 3,758 out of 6,770. Before him are Lili Damita (1904), Auguste Barbier (1805), Marcel Domingo (1924), Alain Bashung (1947), Jean-Pierre Mocky (1933), and Charles-Denis Bourbaki (1816). After him are Adolphe Niel (1802), Jacques Dufilho (1914), Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau (1700), Georgette Leblanc (1869), Marcel Langiller (1908), and Claude Aveline (1901).

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Among ENGINEERS In France

Among engineers born in France, Eugène Belgrand ranks 41. Before him are Arthur Morin (1795), Evgeny Paton (1870), Émile Levassor (1843), Michel Chevalier (1806), Robert Esnault-Pelterie (1881), and Charles Renard (1847). After him are Benoît Fourneyron (1802), René Panhard (1841), Eugène Flachat (1802), Louis Vicat (1786), Léon Serpollet (1858), and Louis Pouzin (1931).

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