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Georges Beuchat

1910 - 1992

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Georges Beuchat (11 February 1910 – 20 October 1991) was a French inventor, underwater diver, businessman and emblematic pioneer of underwater activities and founder of Beuchat. Throughout his lifetime, Beuchat never ceased developing products which have significantly enhanced underwater activity as we know it today. Many of his inventions and innovations have gone down in history, including the surface buoy in 1948, the first underwater camera housing in 1950, and the first vented fins (the Jetfins in 1964). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Beuchat is the 326th most popular inventor (up from 338th in 2019), the 4,383rd most popular biography from France (up from 4,504th in 2019) and the 37th most popular French Inventor.

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Among INVENTORS

Among inventors, Georges Beuchat ranks 326 out of 426. Before him are Didi Senft, Alexander P. de Seversky, George Devol, Ottmar Mergenthaler, Jacob Ellehammer, and Jozef Murgaš. After him are William Justin Kroll, Peter Carl Goldmark, Jack Northrop, Hannibal Goodwin, An Wang, and Victor Hasselblad.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Georges Beuchat ranks 264. Before him are Barys Kit, David Dunlap, Alicia Markova, Vladas Mikėnas, Mamadou Dia, and Ralph Metcalfe. After him are Tefta Tashko-Koço, Sulo Bärlund, Willy Ronis, William Higinbotham, Johann Urbanek, and Adalberts Bubenko. Among people deceased in 1992, Georges Beuchat ranks 191. Before him are Jean Poiret, Freddie Bartholomew, Gino Rossetti, Suzanne Lilar, Vladas Mikėnas, and Mordecai Ardon. After him are Ion Bogdan, Allan Bloom, Irmã Dulce, James Van Fleet, Willie Waddell, and Vincent Gardenia.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Beuchat ranks 4,383 out of 6,770. Before him are René Bliard (1932), Gabriel Attal (1989), René Bougnol (1911), Raymond Kaelbel (1932), François Chabot (1756), and Charles Collignon (1877). After him are Philippe Djian (1949), Jean Tardieu (1903), Ariane Ascaride (1954), Jean Despeaux (1915), Alfred Moquin-Tandon (1804), and Albert Rust (1953).

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Among INVENTORS In France

Among inventors born in France, Georges Beuchat ranks 37. Before him are Georges Hébert (1875), François Isaac de Rivaz (1752), Alphonse Beau de Rochas (1815), Henri Fabre (1882), Louis Lumière (1864), and Léon Gaumont (1864). After him are André Blondel (1863), and Franky Zapata (1978).

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